The man who brought us Spider Man, X-Men, Iron Man and many more famous Marvel comics, will now be forever remembered in the Bronx.That's got to be some rare good news coming from a city that today, under Bill de Blasio, is on its way to destruction. Personally, I'm also hoping there'll be some libraries, museums and other archives named after Lee in the future. For now, this is a flattering step taken to honor Stan the Man's memory.
On June 10, Councilman Fernando Cabrera held a street renaming at University Avenue between Brandt Place and West 176th Street in honor of Stan Lee. Lee, a Bronx native and legend, co-created the Hulk, Black Panther, Spider-Man and much more. Lee died Nov 12, 2018 at age 95.
Because if we're going to try and stop the misuse of our favorite comics and their protagonists by the companies that write and publish them, we've got to see what both the printed and online comics news is doing wrong. This blog focuses on both the good and the bad, the newspaper media and the online websites. Unabashedly. Unapologetically. Scanning the media for what's being done right and what's being done wrong.
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Stan Lee gets a NYC street renamed after him
The Bronx Times has a brief announcing that a street in the NYC neighborhood where he'd once lived will be renamed in his honor:
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