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The legendary Stan Lee is writing an autobiography in graphic novel form with creator Peter David and artist Colleen Doran. How else would you expect Stan ‘The Man’ to go about this? The book will be called Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir, the book will be released through Simon and Schuster.

As you may know, I do some work for TheRealStanLee.com and Stan and I used to co-host Cocktails With Stan. I was lucky enough to get a chance to chat with him about the book, his favorite cameo and that famous naked (almost) picture of him from the seventies. Check out what the Generalissimo has to say below. Excelsior!

Legion of Leia: I’m so excited to check out your autobiography. How did you decide to do it as a graphic novel?

Stan Lee: I believe it was the publisher, Simon & Schuster that suggested the graffic novel form.

Legion of Leia: You’ve told me some amazing stories about your life while we were on set. Some I’ve never heard before. Is there anything in the book that will surprise fans?

Stan Lee: I’m sure there’s much in the book that’ll surprise me because I’ve such a terrible memory that a lot of things that happened to me will be as if I’m learning about them for the first time.

Legion of Leia: [laughs] You were just listed as the most successful movie producer of all time. Did you ever think this would happen? How does it feel?

Stan Lee: No, I never thought it would happen and still don’t believe it.  Every time I hear it it sounds like a
a press agent on steroids.

Legion of Leia: We talked about cameos in films a lot over the years. Which one is your favorite?

Stan Lee: I kinda like the one in The Avengers where I drink whatever Thor was drinking and have to be practically carried out.

Legion of Leia: Can we talk about that cheesecake photo you did way back when?

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Stan Lee: Years ago Burt Reynolds was a top screen star.  As a gag, he posed nude (covered by a towel or something at a strategic spot) while lying stretched out on a couch.  The photo got a lot of publicity, such just for fun, the bullpen gang suggested I do the same thing and they convinced me to do it.

Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir will be available for $30 in October.

 

 

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Jenna Busch

Jenna Busch is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Legion of Leia and has hosted and written for sites like Nerdist, ComingSoon.net, Metro, Birth. Movies. Death., IGN, AOL, Huffington Post and more. She co-hosted Cocktails With Stan with the legendary Stan Lee and has appeared on Attack of the Show, Fresh Ink, Tabletop with Wil Wheaton, in the documentary She Makes Comics, on NPR and Al Jazeera America, and has covered film/TV/gaming/comics for years. She's currently a co-host on Most Craved. She's been published in the comics anthology Womanthology, is a chapter author for Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind, Game of Thrones Psychology and Star Trek Psychology and more, and owns a terrifying amount of swords and 20-sided dice. There are also those My Little Pony trailer voice overs that give one nightmares.