Every accomplished artist has to start somewhere, and comic magnate Stan Lee is no different. His first job in the comic book industry was going over artists’ drawings with a giant eraser to remove all the pencil marks.
Lee’s improbable rise to editor at Marvel Comics is something of a Cinderella story, serving as inspiration to many art students looking to break into the world of comics. However, Lee doesn’t glorify his early days in the industry.
“We just hoped that a book we were drawing would sell so we could keep our jobs and pay the rent,” he said. “We never for one minute thought there would be schools where they teach this.”
While Lee and his cohorts at Marvel worried about making money from their drawings, many students pursue a career in comics because they idolize Lee and the characters he created.
“You see Stan Lee and everyone knows who he is,” art student Dan Glasl said. “Every kid has this part of their life where they’re this awkward, geeky sort of kid. And Spider-Man is the character every kid can put themselves into.”
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