Bill Maher destroys comics culture after Stan Lee's death and provokes outrage

Bill Maher launched the Marvel Wasp nest with a puzzling article posted on his blog this week.

The HBO night host wrote an answer to Stan Lee's death in which he criticized the mourners of the comics giant, destroyed the modern comics culture and suggested that "Donald Trump could not be elected only in a country that considers comics to be important. . "Naturally, he was not well received by all.

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"And now," he continued, "when adults are forced to take measures for adults, like buying auto insurance, they call it" adulthood, "and they act as s & # 39; s. 39, it was a gigantic struggle. "

Maher concluded his post by saying that our culture did not "necessarily become stupid", but simply "using our intelligence for stupid things". He added, "I do not think it's a huge effort to suggest that Donald Trump could only be elected in a country that thinks comics are important."

Maher's representatives did not respond to EW's request. HBO declined to comment, noting that "these blogs are Bill's voice."

Lee's admirers, comic book lovers and comic book creators seemed stunned and irritated by these comments, especially since they had been written in relation to Lee, who had died at the age of 95 days.

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