Stan Lee, Even the Comic Book Great Ones Have ProblemsWritten by Dave Gieber
Stan Lee, in my mind, has to be one of all time most recognizable individuals in "Comic Book Industry". Most lovers of comic books have known his name all their collecting lives. For those of you who don't know his name, I am sure you have heard of his creations. The X-Men, Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, and very well known Spider-Man are all from mind of Stan Lee. For last forty years or more and as an employee of Marvel Comics, he has entertained us through art of comic book imagination. Well, by now you would think that an individual of this caliber would be taken seriously and treated with respect from his employers. Apparently not! In 2002 Stan Lee decided he had to file a lawsuit against comic giant, Marvel. It appears agreement between Lee and Marvel was that 10% of income generated from TV and movies using Lee characters, was to be his. Seems Marvel didn't see it that way. Typical of conglomerates, isn't it? The boys in suits seem to want to make all rules. Stan at one time had even been a suit. Among other positions held at Marvel, Lee had even been president of company for a while. Years ago when Stan Lee had created most of his characters, he had done it through a write-for-hire agreement, so he doesn't own characters. Stan was then, just a "meat and potatoes" kind of guy, trying to put meat and potatoes on table. But over years, he was very instrumental in putting Marvel Comics on map. When 10% deal was formally put together, apparently most individuals involved didn't realize windfall that comic book character movies would become. Now is that any reason to hold back Stan's piece of pie? I think not. Just corporate bigwigs trying to increase their lot in life. Now this is just my opinion so don't rant back at me as being unfair.
| | A simple way to identify and catch the big one in river!Written by Ebenezer Heng
River dry fly fishing considered as purest form of fly fishing inspired generations of writers, artists, poets and even philosophers to wax lyrical about its pleasures. The gist to river dry fly fishing lies in rise. Here, angler waits patiently for a rise to begin before he or she starts to fish. And art comes in persuading a particular trout to take your artifical pattern among a host of natural flies. Rise forms vary widely from hour-to hour and river-to river. From way a trout breaks surface (a rise), an experienced angler can tell how and what trout feeds. The classic rise is when a series of concentric rings fan out on surface as trout confidently engulfs fly as it drifts past. Trouts do not rise vertically in water, instead they drift back on current to intercept fly. The trout will then return to its station in stream, usually inbetween weed beds on a shallow gravel run, under a bridge, overhanging tree or in a hatch pool, to wait for next free meal. Other rises includes: Nebbing rise occurs when trout pushes its nose right out of water as heavy hatches of flies hover over its head. Splashy rise is a violent splashing which usually happens in evening when trout are after mayfly or caddis.
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