Stan Lee unveiled his upcoming YouTube channel, Stan Lee's World of Heroes,
at Comic-Con on Thursday, promising fans something so good he should get a tax
exemption.
"What we are giving you is such a gift, such a wonderful thing, I don't think
we should have to pay taxes," Lee said. "Could you speak to somebody about
that?"
Collaborators for the channel joined Lee onstage, including the original Luke
Skywalker (Mark Hamill), reality TV star Adrienne Curry and
Peter David, writer for such comics as "The Incredible Hulk."
Hamill will be hosting an unnamed podcast for the channel, and he encouraged
fans to tweet at him with suggestions for a title. He promised a show far
better than those of David Letterman or Jay Leno, because of the time
he'll have to go in-depth, referencing a podcast he did with Kevin Smith
that ran more than three hours.
"For me, a podcast is a way to stay directly in touch with you guys without
answering mail piece by piece," he said.
His roots at the San Diego conference date back almost 40 years, something he
was quick to remind those in attendance.
"You guys know I was a fan before I went to 'a galaxy far, far away,'" he
said to raucous applause. "I was coming to the Con in the early '70s when most
of you, I guess, weren't born ... the days when there'd be one basement with six
dealers and a six-screen projector to show 'Flash Gordon' serials."
Besides the podcast, Lee's channel will mix fan-dedicated content with
narrative programming.
Examples of the former include "Fan Wars," in which fans join in comic book
debates like Batman vs. Superman, as well as a show in which Curry scours the
country for the biggest superfans she can find.
On the narrative side, David has scripted a show about a superhero who
becomes a joke in the community and spends most of his time hanging out in a bar
for superheroes and supervillains. He described it as something along the lines
of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," only better.
To that, the fans said, "Oooh."
Though everyone took turns raving about their upcoming shows, David made one
thing clear: "As a Marvel reader since the 1960s, it is in fact Stan Lee's world
of heroes, and we're all just living in it."
Comic-Con 2012 is over and I'm back from San Diego with tales of tearful panels and a big surprise in the top spot for most popular costume. Check out the best parts of my first Comic Con trip and then go to geekingouton.com for more videos!
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Comic-Con 2012 is over and I'm back from San Diego with tales of tearful panels and a big surprise in the top spot for most popular costume. Check out the best parts of my first Comic Con trip and then go to geekingouton.com for more videos!
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Comic-Con 2012 is over and I'm back from San Diego with tales of tearful panels and a big surprise in the top spot for most popular costume. Check out the best parts of my first Comic Con trip and then go to geekingouton.com for more videos!
