Spider-man, Hulk, Iron Man, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, and on and on. Agree?
2006-08-17 00:53:29 · 11 answers · asked by The Riddler 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well, Shakespeare has been famous for a few hundred years now, so I imagine it'll take a while before you can say with any confidence that Stan Lee is more famous.
He's certainly more famous to comic geeks, to the rest of the world? Nope.
2006-08-17 00:59:39 · answer #1 · answered by Kiari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apples and oranges and I think Stan had a staff to help him. Marvel created a new genre of super-heros but Jack Kirby did have a serious hand as well.
One of the most abundantly creative Americans of all time, the genius who brought us Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The Hulk, X-Men, The Avengers, Mighty Thor, Silver Surfer, New Gods (and on and on...) died in 1994. Yet his spirit lives on.
If you're not familiar with Jack Kirby, there is no way, in this space, we can encapsulate his stellar career. He was a giant talent that transcended the comic book medium. Filmmakers too numerous to mention (like Bryan Singer and George Lucas) acknowledge the influence Kirby had on their work while movies, television shows and video games based on his characters have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars just in the last decade.
The big budget Fantastic Four movie was a huge box office winner in 2005 and there are cinematic versions of Iron Man and Captain America currently in production. Because of the working conditions that existed then, the Kirby estate is unlikely to see any money from these films, just as Jack was denied proper renumeration and credit for these types of productions during his lifetime.
Jack Kirby video interviewThis interview was conducted by John Hitchcock (seen right) on June 1, 1985 at a Greensboro, NC comic book convention.
The video and audio are severely degraded but still offers us a rare glimpse into a man who's brilliant career was winding down. For the first time in over four decades there were no new Jack Kirby comics on the market; his Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers and Silver Star for Pacific Comics were cancelled the year before.
During this period, much of the work that the 67 year-old artist was involved with was for the Ruby-Spears studio, creator of Saturday morning cartoons like Thundaar, the Barbarian (1980-84).
Also in the summer of 1985, Jack Kirby was becoming embroiled in an infamous battle with Marvel Comics to get his original artwork from the 1960s returned. An unsatisfactory settlement was reached in 1987.
2006-08-17 10:10:09 · answer #2 · answered by Thomas S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell no..And the sad thing is.. His show "Who wants to be a superhero?" is the most scripted piece of bad acting I've ever seen. And everyone on that show, including Stan Lee, takes themselves seriously, its pathetic. All his characters are the same, they are all the result of some freak accident or something gay along those line... So no, he's not the greatest author, he's lost on ideas and needs the influence of other people for new ideas. Which all of them are really bad, come on man, "Cell-Phone-Girl".. How fvcking lame is that???? You can't count him as an author. Its not literature... Its a few snappy lines with narrations in-between... Its a fvcking comic..
2006-08-17 08:07:59 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he may be one of the greatest authors in the past 2 or 3 generations in pop culture....Shakespeare has been around forever, and it doesn't look like he's going anywhere, and he is not only a literary figure, but also a historical figure....I love Stan Lee, but I think we have to give him another 100-odd years before we give him a grand title...
2006-08-17 10:19:20 · answer #4 · answered by Genea_80 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Willy didn't have a staff of writer's to work under him though, and his dialogue is better besides. Ha, I just had a thought: Stan Lee reimagines the works of William Shakespeare. Now wouldn't that be fun?
2006-08-17 08:53:52 · answer #5 · answered by Alobar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Stan Lee for Spiderman but, I had to groan when I saw a commercial of him and some Superhero reality show.
Stan say it aint so!!!
Shakespeare had alot of famous characters who have stood the test of time and he could probably kick S.Lee's Butt!!!
2006-08-17 08:52:40 · answer #6 · answered by MindinChaos 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grant you, Stan Lee is a clever and imaginative fellow. However I think that comparing him to William Shakespere is abit of a stretch.
"What ho! The clock strikes and the rooster crows good Horatio. Doth mine eyes deceive me and play comedy with mine thoughts or is that our friendly neighbor Spiderman that crawleth against the wall of the keep?"
2006-08-17 08:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Shakespeare created real men and women with hearts not made of pen but made of emotions depicting his talent of observing men.
Julius Caesar is real, Spider- Man is imaginary,
Antony is real, Hulk ain't real,
Cleopatra is real and She- Hulk is not real.
You see shakespeare potrayed the exact replica of human nature
as it was 2000 years ago.
2006-08-17 09:55:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
disagree. No characters can surpass the great Bard. Certainly someone who writes COMICS!! Those aren't books.
2006-08-17 08:04:37 · answer #9 · answered by litlady_1975 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They all suck except for Spider Man.
2006-08-17 08:00:49 · answer #10 · answered by T B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋