stan's soapbox february 1980


"Bullpen Bulletins," in Marvel comics cover-dated January 1982. Now, Marvel has rounded up all 144 columns in STAN’S SOAPBOX: THE COLLECTION , a colorful publication reflecting a near-20-year period of immense growth and change in the comic book industry, and in the rest of the country as well. He's personable and enjoys the fan interaction.

IMDB : Das Mädchen aus der Streichholzfabrik.
Again, experience matters, and Joe Q is someone who, like Jim Lee, has influence in the industry based on a career full of success. Creative folks generally being the garrulous sort, typically, quite a bit of 'bull' got tossed around these legendary rooms, so the nickname 'bullpen' was a natural.... At any rate, these days, most comics artists and writers prefer to work in their own studios, but, still, here at Marvel, we have a big room, a production bullpen, where all of our art/production people work doing our paste-ups, lettering corrections, art corrections, and such — and even though the editorial folks are bunched in small offices off to the sides we still refer to the whole shebang as the Marvel Bullpen. But they’re all memorable! Get the latest news, original content, and special offers from Marvel. For those who may not remember or those too young to recall, there was a time when Stan Lee, the face of Marvel, had a regular mini-column that was printed in each Marvel comic. And would DC/Warner Bros. be OK with DC Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer/Publisher putting potentially controversial opinions out there? Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. The next few editors-in-chief took over the writing of the Bullpen Bulletins, but Lee’s baby continued until 1980 as a personal project by “The Man” himself. Much like McFarlane, he has an affinity for the spotlight that would make Stan Lee proud. You'll also hear from Larry Hama about CRAZY! [7], "Stan's Soapbox" first appeared in the "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins" of June 1967. Unfortunately, he probably saw the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville who marched with t-shirts, carrying quotes from Adolf Hitler. For my own tribute to Stan Lee I wanted to post something unique and I think I just found the perfect thing. Lee in 1975. It's exactly the type of action Comics' Ambassador would be expected to do. A Zealful Zetetic of Zestful Zanies to Zap the Zeitgeist," which ran in Marvel comics cover-dated June 1977. Although Lee still doesn’t lean left or right in this column, he argues why comics should be opinionated, even if they’re made up fantasies. Some are poignant, some informative, some … An abbreviated checklist returned, the gossipy "Items" came and went, and except for one month in 1981[16] the page disappeared entirely from Marvel's books.

Created by Rick Parker and Barry Dutter, "The Bull's Eye" often featured DeFalco, as well as Gruenwald, who was often depicted as a caricature and foil for DeFalco's antics.