Most of you will have seen the news about Stan Lee passing on today, which has been long expected/dreaded, but really isn’t a surprise. I wanted to take a minute to honour those who created the things we draw pleasure and inspiration from- the Creators. We’ve lost several titans of the entertainment industry in recent times. JRR Tolkien went long before my birth, in 1973, but what he created with the Lord of the Rings launched a vast amount of what we know now as the fantasy genre. Gary Gygax, the “father of D&D”, died only ten years ago, and what he and Dave Arneson (2009) created with D&D is the reason most of us are here now. Without their work, modern role-playing games wouldn’t be what they are. And now Stan Lee, the face of Marvel. Since 1939, he had been in the comics business, telling stories, creating characters, and recently heavily involved in creating the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what is now a juggernaut of 21 feature films, 11 TV shows, 5 short films, and countless other tie-ins over a period of only 10 years (that’s right, Iron Man was only released in 2008!), a shared universe that has never been accomplished before. The MCU has normalized a lot of what used to be just geek culture, and brought superheroes into amazing colour and life. Countless millions of people are reading comics now who would never have touched them before, and opening up to fantastic storytelling. (And we can make them gamers more easily now, too!) So whether you’re just pressing F to pay respects or gushing a long, heartfelt letter about what it meant to you, thank the people who have created what you love. Thank your GMs for the worlds they create. We’re not all Ed Greenwood (who is thankfully still alive), but a GM’s work is (sadly) never complete. Thanks for everything, Stan Lee. (Originally posted on Game Masters Stash on 13 November 2018) Categories All Comments are closed.
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