His heroes are mighty swordsmen, ax-wielders, and post-apocalyptic adventurers. And Stan quickly demanded an autographed copy of LEGEND.ĭavid's a dynamic storyteller. Stan's wife, Joan, being British, was especially gracious to the London-born Gemmell. Before long the two fantasists were chatting away happily. Here was the man who, through his Marvel Comics stories, had reinvented the relationship between heroes and villains, forever blurring the barriers between good and evil. A friend of mine spotted a familiar face, so I excused myself and darted away, returning a few moments later to say, "David Gemmell, I'd like you to meet Stan Lee." A tall, ruddy, and normally poised individual, David was struck speechless. We were at the San Diego ComicCon, rustling up new readers, and David had just finished a two-hour continuous signing. One out of three wasn't bad, but it could be improved upon. Tolkien wrote back, Lamour passed away before David had any opportunity to contact him, and Stan Lee lived thousands of miles away from David's British home. However, David has also acknowledged that three of his major influences were Louis Lamour, J.R.R. David Gemmell is so committed to his work that he's offered to leap naked out of an airplane if it would appeal to readers.
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