Creating godlike super heroes who still feel human Every writer wants to create sympathetic characters, but when you’re writing a super hero with godlike powers, the wrong origin story can make them unrelatable. Unstoppable Man may have witty dialogue and original powers, but if he doesn’t feel like a real person, readers just won’t care. One of the foundational super […]
A Superhero Story Gradyville: Population 71. Seventy ordinary people, and Ricky Jarvis. It was one of those towns you passed on the way to somewhere else. There wasn’t much reason to stop at a place that was little more than a church, a grocery store, and a bait shop. Even the highway didn’t stop. The highway just wrapped around the
Whenever a new superhero movie comes out, some people will pretend they’ve been into the comic book forever, and weren’t just swayed by an exciting trailer or slick marketing campaign. They are afraid of being seen as “sheep” or “mindless consumers”, so they pretend to be comic book fans, even if they’ve never picked up a comic in their lives.
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I’ve never found Superman that interesting of a character. He’s basically a god. It’s nearly impossible to give Supes a problem that feels big enough to actually be a challenge. Even Mister Mxyzptlk, who has the power to warp reality itself, is nothing more than an annoyance. That’s a problem. Other than a few magic rocks, nothing can hurt him.
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