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I'm The Chairman Emeritus, And According To My Contract I Am Supposed To Devote 10% Of My Time To Working For Marvel... And The Rest Of My Time, I Can Do Anything That I Wish.

Some Artists, Such As Jack Kirby, Need No Plot At All. I Mean I'll Just Say To Jack, "let's Let The Next Villain Be Dr. Doom" ... Or I May Not Even Say That. He May Tell Me. And Then He Goes Home And Does It. He's So Good At Plots, I'm Sure He's A Thousand Times Better Than I. He Just Makes Up The Plots For These Stories. All I Do Is A Little Editing ... I May Tell Him That He's Gone Too Far In One Direction Or Another. Of Course, Occasionally I'll Give Him A Plot, But We're Practically Both The Writers On The Things.

The "problem" Is That Comic-con Is So Damned Successful. People Who Are There Seem To Have A Wonderful Time. The Very Size Of It Makes It Exciting. Wherever You Look, There's Something Exciting. The Attendees Are Always Looking Around For A Familiar Face. It's Either 'there's A Movie Star!' Or, 'there's A Tv Star!' Or, 'there's The Guy Who Drew The Green Lantern!' It Means So Much To The Fans. It Makes Them Feel Like They're Where It's Happening. It's Like Woodstock.

The Comic Book Industry Has Turned Into The Wellspring For All Of These Movies That Are All Based On The Comic Books.

All I Thought About When I Wrote My Stories Was, "i Hope That These Comic Books Would Sell So I Can Keep My Job And Continue To Pay The Rent." Never In A Million Years Could I Have Imagined That It Would Turn Into What It Has Evolved Into Nowadays. Never.