斯坦·李：動漫之父

斯坦·李這個名字雖然有點陌生，但他創造的漫畫角色深受世人喜愛，比如蜘蛛俠、美國隊長、鋼鐵俠、奇異博士等。漫畫愛好者們多么希望在現實中也有一位“超級英雄”來陪伴和拯救這位美國漫畫界的元老級人物。遺憾的是，2018年11月12日，斯坦·李在好萊塢一家醫療中心去世，享年95歲。

Stan Lee was born in 1922 to a working-class family. After high school， he began working at the comic1 section of Timely Publications， a company that eventually transformed2 into Marvel Comics， and became a comic book editor there at age 18. He published his first storybook， a series comic books Captain America III.

It was not easy to keep writing new books. At age 40， Lee decided to give up on comics. But his wife Joan urged3 him to create the characters he always wanted. And in 1961， Stan Lee moved his comic industry to the peak4. Helped by artist Jack Kirby， he created the Fantastic Four. Unlike traditional comic books， Stan Lee gave every comic character a n i n d i v i d u a l personality. He used his magic pen to let readers know that even super heroes have weakness5， and can face problems just like normal people.

During the same year， Timely Publications was renamed Marvel and the golden age of comic books had begun. Stan Lee created 90% of the famous characters. 2 billion copies of his comic books were sold in over 75 countries with 25 different languages. Stan Lees achievement6 was an important part of American culture. In 2008， Stan Lee was awarded7 the National Medal of Arts， the highest government award for creative artists.

Only doing one thing in life is not something special. What impresses us is to do this thing passionately8 from the very beginning to the end.

1922年，斯坦·李出生在一個工人階級家庭。高中畢業后，他開始在時代出版公司的漫畫專欄工作，這家公司就是著名的漫威漫畫公司的前身。18歲的斯坦·李成為一名漫畫編輯，并出版了第一部作品，即《美國隊長》系列漫畫的第三部。

創作這條路，并不輕松。40歲時，斯坦·李想過放棄漫畫，但妻子瓊鼓勵他創作他一直喜歡的漫畫角色。1961年，斯坦·李的漫畫事業走向巔峰。在藝術家杰克·科比的協助下，他創作了《神奇四俠》。不同于傳統的漫畫書，斯坦·李賦予每個角色鮮明的個性特征。他用充滿魔力的畫筆讓讀者明白，即使是超級英雄，也像普通人一樣有弱點，也會面臨各種困境。

同年，時代出版公司更名為漫威公司，漫畫書的黃金時代開始了。公司90%以上有名的角色都是斯坦·李創造的。他的漫畫書在全球75個以上的國家以25種不同的語言印刷，累計出售超過20億冊。斯坦·李的成就堪稱美國文化中一個重要的部分。2008年，他獲得美國國家藝術勛章，這是美國政府頒給創意藝術家的最高獎。

一生只做一件事情，沒什么了不起。了不起的是，充滿激情地將這件事情善始善終地做到讓世人欽佩。