Dying By Inches

Enough is enough. I just can't take it anymore. This past Thursday, Stan Lee's office confirmed to Ben Widdicombe of the New York Daily News that, yes indeed, Stan is developing an animated series for MTV starring Paris Hilton.

Yeah, swirl that around in your head for a few minutes. Stan Lee. MTV. Paris Hilton.

If you feel the need to vomit, I completely understand.

It's indicated that the project may be similar to SpikeTV show "Stripperella". Well, that certainly makes me feel better about the whole damn thing.

I don't understand what exactly Lee thinks he's doing. I'm sure Lee thinks he's somehow raising the awareness of the general populace about comics, "Creating new stories for a new generation" or some such BS. But how is this helping? How does it help the comic industry that the only comic writer the public knows is doing stuff like this? How does it do anything other than reinforce the stereotype that comics are for no one but hormone crazed fourteen year old boys with masochistic fantasies? How does it help us when the man that's supposed to be a spokesman for our industry makes cartoons with someone who's best known for being a rich whiney amateur porn star?

Answer? It doesn't.

Give it up Stan. Stop being a caricature of yourself and retire.

-Dan