Today marks the birthday of a comics icon, and the Twitter Report joins Christos Gage, Brian Michael Bendis, Tony Lee and most of this column's follow list in wishing the Marvel Universe's lead architect a hearty excelsior as he celebrates. Birthday boy Stan Lee, meanwhile, closed his daily Twitter meditations Sunday with the realization that his leadership role on a private island country he's planning may produce conflicts of interest with his mayorship in "Marvel Super Hero Squad."
In other tweets, Kevin Smith was blown away by the new "Iron Man 2" trailer and relayed his War Machine thoughts to Jon Favreau. Check those posts out after the jump along with Jock's Batwoman and Judge Dredd-related tasks, Simon Pegg on video games and fatherhood and another "Avatar" reaction.
It's all in the Twitter Report for December 28, 2009.
Stan Lee pt. 1: @Christosgage Happy Birthday @smilinstanlee! I owe you my job, my imagination, my childhood, my adulthood (such as it is) & my moral code (such as it is)!
-Christos Gage, Writer ("Union Jack," "Absolution")
Stan Lee pt. 2: @BRIANMBENDIS Happy birthday, @smilinstanlee ! i'll never be able to thank you enough.
-Brian Michael Bendis, Writer ("New Avengers," "Ultimate Spider-Man")
Stan Lee pt. 3: @mrtonylee @smilinstanlee Happy birthday, Dad! (phrased specifically for half the interviewers who keep asking if you're my father...)
-Tony Lee, Writer ("Doctor Who," "The Gloom")
@ThatKevinSmith Favs: apologies to Joya (Mrs @Jon_Favreau) & kids, but trailer-ending shot of IronMan/WarMachine = the greatest accomplishment of your life.
-Kevin Smith, Writer ("Batman: Cacophony," "Daredevil")
@danluvisiart Avatar is at 615 mill estimated. What do you think Cameron is doing? Swimming in gold liquid or being fed grapes by Victoria Secret models?
-Dan LuVisi, Artist ("Secret Six")
@simonpegg Being a new dad is not conducive to video gaming. Fortunately having your own miniature human is better than anything on the Xbox or PS3.
-Simon Pegg, Actor ("The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn," "Star Trek")
@jock4twenty morning all.good christmas? back at work... batwoman batwoman batwoman to finish. going to be a busy week! couple of DREDD movie pieces too.
-Jock, Artist ("The Losers," "Green Arrow: Year One")
@ChrisSamnee Aaaand now I'm finished with half of my work on SIEGE: Embedded!
-Chris Samnee, Artist ("Siege: Embedded," "Area 10")
Parting Wisdom for the Day:
@smilinstanlee A scary thought—If I’m Mayor of Cartoon Network's Super Hero City, will it conflict with being Generalissimo of our nation? Divided loyalty?
-Stan Lee, Writer ("The Amazing Spider-Man," "The Fantastic Four")
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