Bill Maher Mocks Comic Book Fans Over Stan Lee’s Death Again, Takes Shot At Kevin Smith

Bill Maher became the center of controversy in the comic book world last year after the Real Time host mocked fans mourning the loss of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee who died in November.

In a blog post, Maher criticized comic book fans after Lee’s death and even went as far as equating the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States as something that could only happen in a country that values comic books as important.

To cap off the latest episode of his HBO series, Real Time with Bill Maher, the host took the opportunity to explain his blog post, asserting his position and lashing out at comic book fans again:

“Tonight’s editorial is about Stan Lee who, if you missed it, died in November. And a few days later, I posted a blog that in no way was an attack on Mr. Lee, but took the occasion of his death to express my dismay at people who think comic books are literature and superhero movies are great cinema and who, in general, are stuck in an everlasting childhood. Bragging that you’re all about the Marvel Universe is like boasting your mother still pins your mittens to your sleeves.”

Maher went on to mock fans further, likening the tastes of comic book fans to the taste of children:

“You can, if you want, like the exact same things you liked when you were ten but if you do, you need to grow up. That was the point of my blog. I’m not glad Stan Lee is dead, I’m sad you’re alive. By the way, if someone says you’re being childish and you react by throwing a tantrum, you’re not Iron Man — you’re Irony Man. Let me tell you, people were pissed about this post, I wasn’t even aware I ruffled so many capes until I saw that forty thousand Twitter followers unfollowed me like that [snaps], to which I say ‘Good riddance, go follow Yogi Bear.'”

While showing an image of Kevin Smith sporting his usual hockey jersey, Maher went on to comment on the reaction from Smith, who clapped back at Maher in the midst of the controversy:

“Director Kevin Smith accused me of “taking a shot when no shots are f**kin’ necessary,” except again my shot wasn’t at Stan Lee. It was at, you know, grown men who still dress like kids.”

Maher then gave his view on comic book films themselves, blasting the origin story formula itself:

“Can we stop pretending that the writing in comic books is so good? Oh, please. Every superhero movie is the same thing — a person who doesn’t have powers, gets them, has to figure out how they work, and then has to find a glory thing. Justice League, glowy thing. Iron Man, glowy thing. Spider-Man, glory thing. Captain America, glowy thing.”

He continued to make his case, arguing that comic book fans are clinging to their childhood because they choose to collect toys based on their favorite franchises:

“I’m sorry, but if you’re an adult playing with superhero dolls, I’m sorry — I mean collectible action figures — why not go all the way and drive to work on a Big Wheel? Grown-ups these days cling so desperately to their childhood that when they do attempt to act their age, they have a special word for it now: adulting.”

Lee passed away last November at the age of 95 from heart and respiratory failure, as well as aspiration pneumonia — the inhaling of stomach acid, saliva, or food into the lungs. A private funeral was held per his wishes. He is survived by his daughter J.C. Lee. His wife Joan Lee passed away at the age of 93 in July of 2017 after she was hospitalized due to a stroke.

His legacy will carry on in both Marvel Comics as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe which continues this year with Captain Marvel, Marvel’s first female-led superhero film, Avengers: Endgame, the highly-anticipated follow up to Avengers: Infinity War, and Spider-Man: Far From Home, the sequel to 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.

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