The Lessons Of Stan Lee And Jack Kirby

Any Struggling Artist Would Be Let Down By a few BAD REVIES From People Reguarding Their Artwork....I Am No Exception.

However, I recently Learned Something That ALL ARTISTS Should Know...

Everyone Knows Who Stan "The Man" Lee Is....He's The Godfather Of Comics.
The Guy That Created Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Hulk, Fantastic Four And Pretty Much Every Known Title In Marvel Comics, Whose Work Has Heavily Inspired Hollywood To Make "Good Superhero Movies"

And, Jack Kirby Was Stan's Partner.
Who Not Only Co-Created The Fantastic Four, But Also Created The Gods Of New Genesis And Darkseid And his Dark World Of Apokalips For DC Comics (And Became Important characters In The Superman Series)

Anyway, Stan Lee Was Th Writer And Jack Kirby Was The Artist....
And, together....They Helped Created Most Of Those Comics That We Enjoy.


But, They Weren't ALWAYS On Top....
When Stan Lee Started Out, Most People Found His Stories To be "Far-Fetched" And a Bit Crazy.
When Stan Tried To Pitch His Idea For SPIDER-MAN (One Of The Most famouse Superheroes Of All Time) His Publisher Said "Nobody Will Want To Read a Book About a Teenager With Spider Powers, PEOPLE HATE SPIDERS!!!"

But, Stan Lee Ran The Book Anyway.

Jack Kirby Is a Great Artist, But At First....Many People Thought He Was a Terrible Artist!!
And, THIS Is The Guy Who had An Art Museum Built In His Memory When He Died (The Jack Kirby Museum)

Heck, Even WALT DISNEY (When he Was Young) Was Denied Employment From a Newspaper Company, Simply Because The Publishers Said He "Couldn`t Draw!!"


What can You tak Frome This??
Simple...Just Because Soebody Says Your Work Is No Good, It Doesn't Man It's True.

Critics Were very NEGATIVE To Stan Lee And Jack Kirby.....Yet, They Created Things People Still Love And Go Crazy Over.

They Weren't Always "Great", But They Got Better And Proved Their Ideas Were Good.
And, All Thoe "Nay-Sayers" Are No Doubt "Eating Their Words With Ketchup And Salt" Today.

So, When Someone Tried To Say your Work Is Bad.....Don't Let It Bring You Down.
Had Stan Lee And Jack Kirby Gave In To All that, then We Would Be Living In a World WITHOUT All Those Superheroes We All Know And Love.


I'm Not Trying to Compare Myself To them As They Are.....But Rather As They Were Starting Out.
My Writing And Art May Not Be PERFECT....But, It Is Certainly Not TERRIBLE.

Perhaps SOMEDAY, I Will Achieve The Same Success That THEY DID.
And, To Those Of You That Think My Work is bad....Choose Your Words CARFULLY, Cuz' You May Be Eating Your Words In The Future.

And, To Those Of you that Have Supported Me....I Hope Your There When I Get Famous.


Basicly, It's Like This: Do What your Love, Accept Support And Ignore All The Negative Critisism....

And, Don't Live Your Entire Life Trying To Please People Who Don't Understand....Just Be Yourself.


Those Are Lessons I learned From "The Masters"....And, If Your An Artist, They Are Lessons You Should Learns As Well.



                                                                               ---MetroXLR99