ECCC 2010 Part 3: STAN LEE!

[captain_slinky]

Standing in line to get an autograph from Stan Lee was... an experience. Side note before I get in to my personal experience; I had an interaction with local celebrity/Morning Radio Show Host BJ Shae while in line! HIM: "Is this the line for Stan Lee?" ME: "Yup. Hey, you're BJ Shae!" HIM: "Hey, thanks for listening!" *HAND SHAKE* EVENT ORGANIZER: "Right this way Mr. Shae".

Standing there in line, we could see people coming away from the signing all trembling and moon-eyed, like people who have been "Healed" or "Saved" at an old-time Religious Revival. Like Stan had laid hands on them and they had seen Jesus. Staggering away, numb to the rest of the world, unable to look away from the item they had just had signed. HA! LOSERS! It's just an autograph! Get a life, NERD!

All of us in line are trying to show-off with the items we're getting signed. One guy has X-Men #1, one guy has a fancy hardback leather-bound History of The Marvel Universe, One guy has a stack of comics that barely make sense like the first appearance of The Punisher, Spider-Man #300, The X-Men "Days Of Future-Past" trade paperback... I mean, sure Stan created many of the characters in these books, but he had nothing to do with THESE books. THESE came long after he was actually writing anything. But hey, whatever, that dude can spend his money how he likes.

In line, everybody was impressed with my Slurpee Cup :) Many of them were hard-core collectors who didn't even know such a thing existed!

So by the time I get up to where I can see Stan signing stuff, he's obviously VERY tired and getting in to a whole "Conveyor Belt" zone of operations. Somebody shoves a comic book in front of him, he signs his name, he shakes a hand, repeat. They are cranking through the line FAST. Then comes *my* time in line. So glad I had the presence of mind to turn on my camera because I was beginning to feel that old-time Religion setting in...

(For those of you reading this on the Facebook cross-post, I'll post the video separately)

When you watch the video, you'll see that I kind of start losing it at about the moment he is writing my name on the cup. And I got a smile frm him!

I staggered away, moon-eyed and trembling, unable to stop looking at my signed Stan Lee Slurpee Cup. Somebody in line probably yelled "HA! LOSER! It's just an autograph! Get a life, NERD!", but I didn't care :)

Later, I drank water from the cup and it cured my cold sore.

Comments

[firefly-pink.livejournal.com]

That was pure Video awesomeness! OMG so cool!!

[nealbailey.livejournal.com]

You must put it in a room with an old man where you have to dodge a blade, spell Jehovah with an "I", and make a leap of faith to enter.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I can't afford all that, but I can afford the have that old guy from the Bothell Community Theater come in once every other week to do his Sean Connery impression... i figure that's good enough, right?