HALLOWEEN HAVOC 2008: STAN LEE READS "THE RAVEN"

ITEM! It seems that both Yours Truly and my bestest biddy-buddy Kevin Smith both have a fondness for the classics, and you don’t get any classier than The Raven! And I don't mean the Red Raven from Rawhide Kid #38 (Feb. 1964 — Studious Stan). No I mean another literary classic, namely Edgar Alan Poe's The Raven (Jan. 1845 — Still Studious and sometimes even Scholarly Stan). Recently, Kevin asked me to tape a reading of The Raven for his QuickStop Entertainment website and I was more than happy to oblige. Be sure and go over there at quickstopentertainment.com and check out all of the other Halloween goodies, not the least of which are some wacky webisodes from his new movie Zack & Miri Make a Porno. Warning: you have to be 18 or over (which thankfully I am, give-or-take-five-or-six-decades) to watch the Zack & Miri webisodes! Meanwhile, enjoy the following daringly dramatic reading (in two parts)... if you dare! Bwhuahahaha!

Excelsior!

Smiley

HE SEEMS TO BE REALLY HUNG UP ON SUPER HERO SEX ORGANS

ITEM! Folks are always asking me what my favorite cameo appearance has been in our Mighty Marvel Movies, and I have to be honest with you... the answer is none of them. Don’t get me wrong. I love every one of my Marvel movie cameos, from seaside hot dog vendor (X-Men 2000) to wedding crasher (FF 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007) to Hugh Hefner impersonator (Iron Man 2008). But my all-time favorite movie cameo wasn’t in a Marvel flick at all — it was my appearance as myself in my buddy Kevin Smith’s 1995 cult classic, Mallrats. If you haven’t seen this classic exploration of the mating rituals of our mall-dwelling youth, then shame on you, pilgrim! Let me tempt you into getting this baby on DVD by showin’ yah the best three minutes of the whole magilla.

Excelsior!

Smiley