What information do we collect?
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Registration
The minimum information we need to register you is your name, email address and a password. We will ask you more questions for different services, including sales promotions. Unless we say otherwise, you have to answer all the registration questions.
We may also ask some other, voluntary questions during registration for certain services (for example, professional networks) so we can gain a clearer understanding of who you are. This also allows us to personalise services for you.
To assist us in our marketing, in addition to the data that you provide to us if you register, we may also obtain data from trusted third parties to help us understand what you might be interested in. This ‘profiling’ information is produced from a variety of sources, including publicly available data (such as the electoral roll) or from sources such as surveys and polls where you have given your permission for your data to be shared. You can choose not to have such data shared with the Guardian from these sources by logging into your account and changing the settings in the privacy section.
After you have registered, and with your permission, we may send you emails we think may interest you. Newsletters may be personalised based on what you have been reading on theguardian.com. At any time you can decide not to receive these emails and will be able to ‘unsubscribe’.
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Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.
Updating your personal information
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Stan was a tremendous guy and a great scholar. He will be long remembered.
Terribly sad news.
If anyone is in contact with the family please pass on my condolences.
Stan’s great research will be missed. i was just citing his Spider-Man document today on the Ditkomania group. I proofread a couple of chapters of his Kirby bio; I hope to read the whole thing some day.
Damn. You will be missed, Stan. You were a generous man.
Certainly the most valuable contributor to the old group while I was there by a long long long long shot.
Ah damn. He was a great guy, always enjoyed his posts, perspectives and upbeat attitude.
I remember Stan as being articulate, well versed in the subject matter of what ever he was discussing out on the net. He looks very familiar and am sure I met him at say San Diego Comicon back in the day. May he Rest In Peace.
Ah jeez. That’s very sad news. Stan had dropped off the usual online haunts over the years but we went back together to the earliest days of Kirby-L. I met him down in Florida back in 1999 and spent the day with him at Disneyworld with my family. I know I have some photos of that I have to locate. Stan was a sweetheart and a great Kirby scholar. I’ll miss him a great deal. My condolences to his family.
We will not only miss his insights and knowledge, but more importantly his sincere friendliness. what a nice guy! Very sad & sorry!
Stan was without a doubt one of the main reasons I stayed on Kirby-l for so long. He was insightful and informative, always took the time to answer my questions with careful and thoughtful consideration. He was a real gentlemen and didn’t let his feathers get ruffled when others would have. His essay on the origins of Spider-Man in particular is a standout piece of comics scholarship. I also enjoyed discussing Louis Armstrong with him. When he found out I was doing a book on Satchmo he sent me a program autographed by Armstrong and the band members. When I called to thank him I asked, “Are you sure you want to give this away?” He replied, “I’m not giving you my Duke Ellington.” A great guy, I am saddened to learn of his passing and sorry we never met face to face. Heartfelt condolences to the family.
Very sad to hear the news about this wonderful gentle guy. He had the rare gift of being extremely passionate on a subject while remaining open-minded and patient with those who might express a disagreement on his stance. Good night, Stan.
Just heard the sad news about Stan Taylor. He was a legendary Kirby-L contributor, and his Spiderman essay was required reading, chatting (& arguing!) with him on Kirby-L was always a highlight, even when our opinions clashed, he was always very nice about it, a gentleman and one of the good guys, he’ll be sadly missed.
Stan Taylor was a true gentleman and will be greatly missed. It was a memorable moment when I met him for the first (and sadly, only) time when he visited New York in 2006 . We met up with Rand Hoppe and Harry Mendryk, who set up a visit to Joe Simon’s studio. Stan was not only knowledgeable about comics history and Kirby in particular, but had a wonderful sense of humor. A very warm and human member of the comics community.
Sad to here about Stan. He always had interesting things to say about Jack Kirby. I only met him once, but it was a blast.
A terrible surprise! As others have said, Stan was one of the guys whose
comments on Kirby-l were always insightful and worth pondering, and always
given in a respectful way, whether he agreed with you or not.
Folks have mentioned his analysis of Spiderman’s origins, where he was
convinced that Kirby had a far greater input than most believe, (and a great
piece it is too) but my favourite piece of his was his unfinished analysis of how he perceived
Kirby’s thinking behind the Fourth World/New Gods. It had more depth and
credibility than most I’ve read. I tried at least twice to get him to write it up
properly, but he never did!
I never met him personally but he seemed a great guy!