On Monday, November 12, news broke of the tragic passing of Stan Lee, Marvel Comics icon and co-creator of characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men and Black Panther. The knowledge of Stan’s death touched many in rock, with the likes of Bring Me The Horizon, Rob Zombie and KISS all paying their respects to a giant of the entertainment world.
Andy Biersack, too, was moved by the sad news, with the Black Veil Brides/Andy Black man posting a tribute on his Twitter feed where he acknowledged Stan’s creation of “some of the most iconic and influential characters in the American literary canon.” Andy himself is a man heavily invested in the world of comic books, both as a fan and creator of upcoming graphic novel, The Ghost Of Ohio. Here, he pays tribute to Stan Lee and the legacy he leaves, and details how, without the creation of Marvel’s “emotionally driven and inherently flawed” characters, the world of comic books wouldn’t be the same…