«Breaking News» Bill Maher faces fan backlash when the comedian appears to blame Stan Lee for Donald Trump

Bill Maher riled up comic book fans on Saturday when the comedian wrote a blog post critical of Stan Lee's cultural impact.

The Real Time host suggested the recently-deceased Spider-Man creator was responsible for kids continuing to read comic books into their adult years - and thereby wasting their 'smarts on stupid stuff'.

He even claimed comic book were responsible for America's current political climate: 'I don’t think it’s a huge stretch to suggest that Donald Trump could only get elected in a country that thinks comic books are important.' 

Backlash: Bill Maher [L] riled up comic book fans on Saturday when the comedian wrote a blog post critical of Stan Lee's [R] cultural impact

In the blog post, titled Adulting, Maher takes aim at nerd culture.

The Religulous star implied that comic books should only be read by children and that he had long ago 'moved on to big-boy books without the pictures'. 

He also blamed the immaturity of adults on comic book culture, writing that 'now when adults are forced to do grown-up things like buy auto insurance, they call it “adulting,” and act like it’s some giant struggle.' 

Defenders: Fans of the medium were quick to retort, including comic book author Neil Gaiman

Controversy: Meanwhile Twitter user @Marcprice21 referred to Maher's habit of inviting controversial figures like Steve Bannon onto his talk show Real Time

Fans of the medium were quick to retort, including comic book author Neil Gaiman, who wrote: 'More people cared about Stan Lee's death than care about Bill Maher alive.'

Meanwhile Twitter user @Marcprice21 referred to Maher's habit of inviting controversial figures like Steve Bannon onto his talk show Real Time.

'Bill Maher is so up his own a** he blames Stan Lee for creating stories about rejecting bigotry instead of himself for inviting white nationalists on his show.'

Lee created popular characters like Black Panther and The Incredible Hulk. 

Hypocrisy? And @UpToTASK was quick to point out that the HBO star once appeared in a comic book movie himself

Tirade: Many other users were quick to defend Stan's legacy

And @UpToTASK was quick to point out that the HBO star once appeared in a comic book movie himself.

In response to  a line from the blog in which the 62-year-old funny man dismissed Lee as having done little more than inspiring 'millions to, I don't know, watch a movie', the user posted a picture from Maher's Iron Man 3 cameo.

The native New Yorker played himself in the Robert Downey Jr. starrer. 

Stirring the pot: Maher seemed to blame the rise of Trump on the deceased comic book writer

And streaming giant Netflix has included an easter egg on their website in honor of the writer, who passed away on Monday.

Users who type 'Excelsior!' into the search bar get returns for 'Titles In: Stan Lee’s Universe'.

Such titles as Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2, Spider-Man 3, Doctor Strange, Daredevil and Jessica Jones are included in the Netflix catalog.

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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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