EXCELSIOR! TRIBUTE TO STAN LEE (Chinese Theatre) (30 Jan 2019)
Hollywood, California

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The panels continued through the night, ending with a group of Stan’s comic book industry contemporaries with head of Marvel television Jeph Loeb, Marvel VP of Creative Development Steve Wacker, artist Bill Sienkiewicz, and industry legends Marv Wolfman and George Perez. Jeph Loeb had the crowd rolling with laughter after telling a story of the time he approached Stan in a bathroom outside the Marvel offices as a kid. Steve Wacker told tales of being Stan’s last editor at Marvel when he wrote a series of Spider-Man comics a few years prior. Finally, Marv Wolfman and George Perez spoke about working with Stan as their boss and peer during the 1960s and 70s.

EXCELSIOR! TRIBUTE TO STAN LEE (Chinese Theatre) (30 Jan 2019)
Hollywood, California

One of the loveliest surprises of the evening was the visit by one of my oldest and dearest friends-George Perez, (pictured here w Marv Wolfman and me) joining us on the sofa to share memories of Stan, which were just heartwarming.

George is an absolute treasure. Retirement looks - and sounds-great on him.

Of course, as a fan, I'm sorry we won't see more of his work regularly, but we all want and need George to be around, healthy and happy, for a looonnng long time.

EXCELSIOR! TRIBUTE TO STAN LEE (Chinese Theatre) (30 Jan 2019)
Hollywood, California

Stan Lee saluted at star-studded tribute
by Ashley Lee

LOS ANGELES — Kevin Smith woke up overwhelmed on Wednesday morning. The filmmaker was somewhat nervous about hosting the evening’s tribute to the late Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee.

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Dwayne Johnson, William Shatner, George Takei, Mike Colter, David Tennant, Doug Jones and Ming-Na Wen also shared their thoughts via video messages. Said Wen, “Thank you for helping all of us to find the hero within ourselves.”

Additionally, the evening included remarks from a slew of collaborators such as “Blade” creator Marc Wolfman, “Fantastic Four” creator George Perez, former Marvel executive Avi Arad, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and Nikki Frakes, who co-directed a 2011 documentary on Lee.

EXCELSIOR! TRIBUTE TO STAN LEE (Chinese Theatre) (30 Jan 2019)
Hollywood, California

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