Reply #413: It's a long story, but yes, I've known him for a few years now.

[DFW]

One of my closest friends in Texas who knew him told me that if I was going to be out in L.A., that
I should have lunch with him. I said, sure, right, Stan Lee would drop everything and have lunch with
some guy he had never heard of. But my friend promised he would set it up, and sure enough, he did. I
see Stan now every time I'm in L.A. (which isn't much any more these days, and I haven't seen him since
last year, but we stay in touch by email). The picture above is in front of his Santa Monica Blvd. office
building.

A friend of mine in London has a foster son who pleaded for an autograph. I asked Stan if he would do it,
and he sent a Spider-Man logo card, made out to the kid's name, and he was happier than if I had just
given him the deed to Buckingham Palace.