So, Stan Lee — the man who invented the No-Prize — is complaining about the No-Profit. As I said before, I hope Stan gets every last dime they owe him.
In the meantime: Year before last, the legendary Smilin' One was involved in one of those Internet companies that did a swan-dive into economic oblivion. As its stock went South, so did its business head, who departed for Brazil. There, he is reportedly still in prison, negotiating his extradition to the U.S.
Before Stan Lee Media crashed and burned, it produced an array of "webisodes" — short cartoons done in Flash animation, viewable on your home computer and featuring new Stan Lee creations, including "The 7th Portal" and "The Accuser." An array of fine writers and artists worked on them and so, briefly, did I. From what I can tell, no one — including Stan — was entirely satisfied with the product. Too many cooks and all that, plus the short webisode format seemed quite confining to Stan's ideas. So I'm not recommending the shorts but I am informing you that they're available again for download on the 'net. At this website, you can view them online or save them to your hard disk. Either way, your computer will need some form of Shockwave Flash, while you'll need a certain tolerance of continued stories that were never completed…and probably never will be.