Newspaper story about Stan Lee

[AlexH]

For anyone interested, this appeared in the Globe and Mail (Toronto) newspaper today.

 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030929/STANLEE29//?query=stan+lee

[CosmicBob]

The sold-out crowd -- primarily pale-skinned guys with greasy hair and beady eyes -- shuffle into the lecture hall, clutching plastic-wrapped collector-edition Spider-Man books close to their hearts.

 

So greggy, how was the seminar?

[chromium]

Cool article, thanks....but the stereotype lives on... " The sold-out crowd -- primarily pale-skinned guys with greasy hair and beady eyes -- shuffle into the lecture hall, clutching plastic-wrapped collector-edition Spider-Man books close to their hearts.

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[chromium]

Hey, guess we were reading the same paragraph at the same time....of course I wasn't thinking of Greggy when I read it

[Darthdiesel]

The sold-out crowd -- primarily pale-skinned guys with greasy hair and beady eyes -- shuffle into the lecture hall, clutching plastic-wrapped collector-edition Spider-Man books close to their hearts.

 

Myths and steroetypes alike, sad to say, have some basis in fact. Though probably no longer the majority, a certain percentage of comic book collectors still fit the description - anyone at a con can readily attest to this.

 

I say more anime girls, b-movie starlets and porn chicks at conventions and we'll do our part to rid the industry of this stigma once and for all!

[CosmicBob]

I say more anime girls, b-movie starlets and porn chicks at conventions and we'll do our part to rid the industry of this stigma once and for all!

 

Bring them on!