Go, Read: Abraham Riesman On Stan Lee’s Legacy

I enjoyed this article by Abraham Riesman on Stan Lee's legacy, even after it gave me a heart attack by noting the author was 12 years old in 1998. Riesman does a fine job of putting together Lee's later-period activities -- all those special Stan Lee projects -- and finding a reason for them that fits into a continuity for his larger career. He also covers the basics pretty well. I have my own areas of interest when it comes to grand theories of Lee, of course, and these aren't mind but these seem solidly conceived.

One thing I hope for as Lee's reputation continues to be debated and shaped is that none of us flash in a defensive way when some of the explorations get tricky or potentially unflattering to one theory or the other. As someone who co-wrote what is supposed a great critical biography of Lee, I can go for hours about Lee's intriguing accomplishments in a way that makes him an undeniably major pop culture figure of the 20th Century. Anyway: fun article.
 
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