Like a Little Kid.

Not to geek out too much, but I met Stan Lee.

When I mentioned this to my wife, It was as if I said I'm met some random mope off of the street. She had no idea, but when I said that Stan Lee was the guy who co-created Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Hulk and the Fantastic Four, she was like "OooooooH" Still didnt know who I was talking about but she recognized the names of those characters.

So It's not like I got to hang out with the old d00d, I was on line to get a book signed by him took a few pictures and when I got up there I said something corny like "It's nice to meet you, thanks for creating Spider-Man. With great power comes great responsibilty are words to like by" or something like that. He smiled nodded and said thank you and I moved on. It was a short exchange but you could tell that he appreciated the comment. Watching him interact with people you can tell he LIKES his fans and doesnt hold them in contempt like a few other creators I could name. Now granted there are a great number of comic book fans who deserve the contempt, but the typical comic fan is actually pretty normal and Stan treated everyone who approached him with enthusiasm and respect, which made me feel good to be a comic book fan. For me meeting him was like a baseball fan meeting Cal Ripkin Jr or Hank Aaron or Babe Ruth. I don't get nervous around famous people, but I did feel the butterflies a little bit. I felt like a little kid...and that was a good thing.