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"I Blew Off Stan Lee" – Michael Davis, From The Edge

Michael Davis is the co-founder of Milestone Comics and a current graphic novelist. He runs The Black Panel at San Diego Comic Con. And he now writes a weekly column for Bleeding Cool.

I did.

I had an appointment with the great Stan "The Man" Lee and simply said, "Screw that mofo, I'm sleeping in."

I received a late invitation to sit on a panel at Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo, which took place last weekend in Los Angeles. When I say "late," that's late by my standards, and my standards run into what I call "the anal zone." I like to have information months before I'm required to show up anywhere.

That's a good business rule to keep regardless, but my reasons have less to do with being professional (which we all know I'm not. By the way, whoever wrote that comment last week — you don't know shit, but thanks for the feedback!) and more to do with my time.

I hate wasting time.

Hate it.

Hate it.

Hate it.

The only thing I hate more than wasting time is Tyrone Cash.

By the way, if you were wondering whether this is going to be another article where the point comes after a few other seemingly pointless observations…

Yep.

For the record, it's all connected, but if the only way you can follow a narrative path is like the way Dorothy looked for a way to get back to Kansas, I'm afraid you will never get your brain from the Wizard because there is no Yellow Brick Road. Oh, that little bitch got lost anyway, so much for that.

But I digress (sorry Peter)…shit.

Someone may not know what "Peter" I'm referencing, then I'll get comments about just how stupid or/and unprofessional I am for having a random name dropped in the middle of my rambling article…shit. I'd better rewrite the above…

But I digress again (sorry Peter David, huge comic book and mainstream writer who pretty much owns the rights to the phase, but I digress, hence my apology) I hate wasting time, as most people do, but most people don't realize they are wasting time even when they are.

That's the main reason I like to have my plans secured way in advance, to gauge whether or not it's worth my time.

Like I said, I'm anal.

Stan Lee is worth my time. I can't think of anyone in the entertainment arena who would not make time for Stan Lee. I'd miss my son's funeral for Stan. What? Is that something horrible to say? Why? It's not like he'd notice I'm not there.

People, we're talking about Stan Lee here.

Luckily, I don't have a son. That way that little bastard won't be around mucking with my Stan Lee meeting.

Yes, Stan Lee is well worth my time, so when I'm invited to participate in a panel discussion at Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo a couple of weeks before the event, I say yes. That panel was called Alternative Distribution in Comics. Shane Snoke was kind enough to invite me, so I accepted.

Because it was a Stan Lee event, I accepted without the usual due diligence that precedes my involvement in anything.

And then I screwed up.

I got the dates wrong. I thought the conference was a week later. On the date to which I agreed, I was out of the country and unable to attend. It was just by luck that I noticed the event when I opened an email from Shane with details for checking in at the site.

So, in effect, I blew off Stan Lee.

Come on fanboy, did you really think I would really blow off Stan himself?

Because it was Stan Lee's event, I did commit, and Shane was kind enough to invite me so I'm going to try and make it up to Stan, Shane, and anyone in attendance who may have wanted to hear from me.

Also, because I'd like to send a well deserved "REALLY?" to those who saw fit to question my professionalism, I'm going to share my thoughts on Alternative Distribution in Comics.

But wait! There's more! I'm also going to give my Bleeding Cool readers a step-by-step primer on how to do it.

Get that?

I'm not going to give you theory and broad strokes, I'm going to tell you step by step how I generated millions, that's millions, of dollars in revenue with a comic book universe, created for an alternative market, and distributed through alternative channels.

Yep, I've got your professionalism right here…well not right here, but next week I'll have your professionalism right here.

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Mr. Davis. What does any of this have to do with blowing Stan Lee? Frankly, I don't even think you know Stan, and I'm pretty sure he's not gay. Also, how dare you insult all women by calling Dorothy a "bitch"? And WHO is Peter and why are you apologizing to him? Is he your boyfriend, and he just found out about you and Stan? This is nonsense and Rich should kill your cat.

I'd thought I get that comment in there first and save a few people some time.

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