Neal Adams, RIP -- May 9, 2022

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At the end of April, I was sad to learn that comic book artist Neal Adams had died. I remember when DC was excited to announce that he had drawn one of their stories. Many were written by his collaborator writer Denny O'Neil. After working for DC and Marvel, Adams and Dick Giordano formed a studio called Continuity Associates, which made storyboards for the movie industry. Recently he has been active on social media. He was an organizer of the Comics Creators Guild, which fought for creators' rights in the comic book field.

Stan Lee, RIP -- November 12, 2018

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I was sad to learn that Stan Lee has died.  He started out at Timely Comics, filling inkwells for artists.  He became a writer.  Stan Lee became a writer with a story in Captain America #3.  Lee became an editor before he served in the Army during World War Two.

When superheroes fizzled after the war, Lee wrote stories in many genres for Atlas, the successor of Timely.

Atlas became Marvel in the early 1960s.  When superheroes came back, Lee worked with artist Steve Ditko to create Spiderman.  I did not appreciate Marvel comics because they seemed to be trying very hard to be current and hip.

Lee eventually became editor-in-chief.  After he retired, he served as a spokesman for the company and made cameos in Marvel-related movies.