Stan Lee
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Articles & interviews3
- Cartoon Title Cards Deliver Ten Seconds of Overlooked Visual Joy
Steven Heller’s Daily Heller column spotlights the overlooked artistry of cartoon title cards, inspired by the book 'Original Cartoon Title Cards' by Eric Homans and Fred Seibert. Seibert, founder of FredFilms and former head of Frederator Studios, reflects on the creative craft behind these brief yet visually rich animations. The article celebrates the design, typography, and illustration traditions that shaped decades of animated television.
- Times Opinion page highlighted comics artists’ contributions
The New York Times' 175th-anniversary review of Opinion Art recognizes the role of illustration and comics on its Op-Ed page. Steven Heller recalls commissioning comics artists including Will Eisner, Stan Lee and John Romita, Gahan Wilson, Art Spiegelman and R. Crumb for political, seasonal and holiday editorial pages during his tenure in the mid-1970s.
- Times revisits Op-Ed comics legacy for 175th anniversary
The article recalls efforts to bring comic artists and narrative illustration to The New York Times Op-Ed page during the mid-1970s, in connection with the Times' 175th-anniversary retrospective on Opinion Art. It highlights commissioned political and seasonal work by comics figures including Stan Lee, John Romita, Gahan Wilson and Art Spiegelman, and frames these contributions as an early opening for comics within the newspaper's editorial visual language.