Bill Maher does not respect Stan Lee's legacy and questions the importance of comics

Bill Maher, a controversial TV personality, is on the run on social media for an article in which he questions the legitimacy of comics as a media, dropping the name of Stan Lee and disrespecting the deceased .

In an article in his blog, Maher criticized the Americans for "using their wits for stupid things," and pointed to the fans he thought were exaggerated in the moments following Lee's death.

"The guy who created Spider-Man and Hulk is dead and America is in mourning," wrote Maher. "Deep, early morning for a man who has inspired millions of people, I do not know, watching a movie, I guess." Someone on Reddit posted: "I'm incredibly grateful for having lived in a world including Stan Lee. "

"Personally, I'm grateful to have lived in a world where there was oxygen and trees, but to everyone's world.Now I have nothing against comics – I I read them from time to time when I was a kid and that I was completely Hardy Boys.but the assumption that everyone had at the time, adults and children, was that the comics were for them. children, and when we grew up, we went to books for big boys without the pictures. "

In the typical Maher manner, the personality continued its tirade against comics, claiming that the industry was successful, because the "idiots had to be professors" in the writing of their articles and their theses on comic characters.

"But twenty years ago, something happened: adults decided not to give up kids' stuff," said Maher. "And so they claimed that comics were actually sophisticated literature, and because there are more than 4,500 colleges in America, we need more teachers than smart people – some idiots have become professors by writing theses with titles like Otherness and heterodoxy at Silver Surfer. "

"And now, when adults are forced to do things like auto insurance, they call it" adulting "and act like some kind of gigantic fight."

The shock of the shock ended his discontent by declaring that Donald Trump would only be elected to the presidency in a place where comics are important. Although Maher's speech seems to be centered on the last twenty years, it does not take into account the content or themes included in the comics since the introduction of modern comics.

Something that is enlightened again after Lee's death were his "Soapbox" editorials that began to appear in Marvel comics in the 1960s. One of the pieces of this soap box became viral again this week, for a very good reason. Published in 1968, Lee is making a point of fighting bigotry and racism using his platform.

In the tribune in question, Lee uses his platform to fight against fanaticism and racism, claiming that comics address people of all shapes, sizes and colors. Lee continued to use his platform to spread an anti-racist message almost until the end. In a video released last year, Lee reminded us that we are all part of a big family.

"This man next to you, he's your brother," Lee said. "That woman over there, it's your sister." And that kid who passes, hey, who knows – he may have the proportional strength of a spider.We are all part of one. great family, the human family, and we gather in the body of Marvel.And you, you are part of this family.You are part of the Marvel Universe that rises and ascends to ever greater glory. Other terms: excelsior! "

Lee died earlier this week at the age of 95.