"My Protégé!" - Stan Lee to jD
"Jake is the Iron Man of Comedy!" - Stan Lee
"Get out of. my office, Jake." - Stan Lee to jD
From 2002 to 2016 jD was creative partners with comic book legend Stan Lee. jD considered Stan his mentor and jD is very proud that Stan called him his “Protégé.”
Stan and jD created many comic book projects together from 2002 to 2016.
Stan became like a grandfather to jD and talked with him about lots of things he didn’t discuss with many people and are not public knowledge.
Before Stan left this dimension jD gave Stan his script for a feature spoof satire, King Author & His Knights! Of The Not So Round Table: The Lost Tapes of 420 ad. Stan loved it. So he agreed to be in the movie. And he is.
Click this link to see Stan Lee & jD at Comic Con SD
(30 sec)
https://vimeo.com/757800912?share=copy
t didn't matter what city we were in, nor how many times I went with Stan to a Comic Con, I'm positive if God showed up people would push God aside to see Stan." - jD Shapiro
Dan Myrick (Co-Creator & Co Director The Blair With Project) Promo for King Arthur & His Knights! Of the Not so Round Table
(2 min/3 sec)
https://vimeo.com/221412046?share=copy
This is jD writing. Stan is in a scene (not "just" a cameo) for a movie I wrote and will direct the rest of called, King Arthur and his Knights! Of The Not So Round Table: The Lost Tapes of 420 ad (I have yet to shoot rest of the movie) And much to my surprise and delight Stan did a promo for the movie. There is also fantastic behind the scenes footage. I will release it all when the time is right (That means when I get financing to make the rest of the movie).
Th first pic was taken during the Stan's Knights! shoot.
The second pic is sad, weird, surprising beyond and somewhat joyous.To me. Friends, business associates and acquaintances sent me links to the many organisations that announced the death of Stan because many used this pic to announce it. Since there are millions of pics of Stan with A-list celebrities I was shocked and honoured they chose to use this one. It was and still is surreal. I don't know why they used it but the theory among many who worked with and knew Stan well is because the organisations did their research and due diligence and found out how close Stan and I were.
Perhaps. I'd like to think so. But it could have been a fluke. I don't know. Yet. I'll find out when I go to that new, great adventure Stan and all who have left us are on. All the good people that tis.
Knowing Stan, whenI do see him again he's gong to say to me, "Jakey! I thought for sure you'd be down there. And I can't believe that used that picture of use I sent them. It was a joke! I thought they'd get a laugh then use a photograph of me with someone interesting."
