Lee recently launched, an initiative, symbolized by a pin, to unite people in response to racially motivated violence in the country. But if you can get a story that has a nice moral angle to it, why not?” The one thing I tried not to do is preach. We also have an Indian superhero called Chakra. We have a new Latino character at POW! Entertainment. I tried to get black characters and Latino characters. I tried in the stories to make it that everyone could get together well. But I hoped that when someone finished reading the story, in some way he’d have a slightly better attitude toward the world and people and so forth. “I tried to put a lot of social commentary in but tried to not make it read like social commentary,” Lee said of his writing philosophy. What Lee was able to share about his POW! stable of characters reflected a continuity of socially conscious and culturally diverse themes that he began at Marvel with stories about flawed superheroes wrestling with real-world issues. I can’t tell most because they are secret.” "We have some movies that are in the works now, and I am kind of excited about them. “I have another little company of my own called POW! Entertainment, which, of course, stands for Purveyors of Wonder,” he said. Yes, Lee is still creating new superheroes with collaborators, and he said he has no plans to slow that down anytime soon. So, it helps me to come up with more stories that I’m sure fit in the area that they like.” From a selfish point of view, when you talk to the fans you learn what they like. And I feel if you have them, the least you can do is pay attention to them and make them be glad that they are fans. Lee said his fans are what has kept him going, even after retiring from Marvel Comics in the late 1990s. Lee, who started working in comics in 1939, began making what would become hundreds of convention appearances after co-creating iconic characters like the Hulk, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Black Panther and Thor in the 1960s and 1970s for Marvel. “I think I was here once for a convention some years ago,” Lee said of Cincinnati during an interview conducted in late July. "It was great." Lee, whose comic book career spans more than 75 years, announced in May that after he turns 94 in December he will only attend convention events near his home in California. “It’s an honor for the expo," said David Wray, expo artist director. The Cincinnati Comic Expo, which runs Friday through Sunday at the Duke Energy Convention Center, will be the 93-year-old Lee's last convention appearance ever in the Midwest, organizers said. Last, but not least, 25 mins from my house is the Cincinnati Comic Expo.CINCINNATI - Stan Lee's visit to the Cincinnati Comic Expo this weekend might not be his first trip to the Queen City, but for fans of the legendary Marvel Comics creator it should be the most memorable. ![]() Within 2 hours drive time, I can hit Louisville, KY for it’s Derby City Comic Con (June 2013), Lexington, Ky’s Comic & Toy Con (March 2013), Dayton, Ohio’s Gem City Comic Con (March 2013) and Columbus, OH, not only home to the Ohio Comic Con (Sept 2013), previously Mid-Ohio Con, but it is also home to S.P.A.C.E. (April 2013), a small con dedicated to indie/creator-owned comics. What I’ve come to learn is that this area is a little hotbed for smaller comic expos and shows. ![]() ( Arcadian Comics, Captain Comic, Rockin’ Rooster Comics & Games, Queen City Comics & Cards and Up, Up & Away!) These are just comic shops. ![]() Traveling a bit further out, less than 40 minutes from my house (or 20 from where I work) I have access to 5 other comic shops, in and around the greater Cincinnati area. Comic Book World is less than 10 mins from my doorstep and just a couple exits prior to mine on my way home from work. Comics2Games, my new home base for comics, is less than 5 mins from my house and I drive by it to and from work. I have two local stores in my new home town of Florence, Ky. I didn’t realize it, but for a comic geek, I pretty much landed in comic heaven. I’ve lived in the greater Cincinnati area going on two years now.
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