Thirty five years ago, Stan Lee moved to Los Angeles to begin a decades long push to adapt Marvel’s comic book superheroes in film and television. That was after spending decades at Marvel, where he co-created several of the company’s most popular heroes. Now, Los Angeles is giving Lee his due next month as part of the city’s first ever “Stan Lee Day.”
Earlier today at Los Angeles City Hall, Lee was present for a ceremony that named Friday, October 28 as “Stan Lee Day.” That’s also the first day of Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo, which has now been renamed as Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con.
The official Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con social accounts also posted a brief video from the ceremony.
Let it be known, from this day forward Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo will now be known as Stan Lee’s L.A. Comic Con. As declared by the city pic.twitter.com/byw7SivEZk
— Stan Lee’s Comic Con (@StanLeeComicCon) September 27, 2016
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Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo was founded in 2011, although Lee didn’t lend his name to it until 2012. Like the much larger Comic-Con in San Diego, Comikaze Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con focuses on comics, TV, film, anime, video games, horror, and pop culture. As far as guests, it tends to favor celebrities more than comic book creators, but it’s been one of the more stable LA based comic conventions of the last decade.
It should be noted that Lee is 93-years old and in the process of cutting back on his travel schedule. Next month’s New York Comic Con will be his final appearance at that show, and Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con may become one of the few shows left that Lee is willing to come to on an annual basis. Enjoy him while you can folks. As much as we love him, Lee won’t be around forever.
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