You're on my "best of" list, partner.

Anyway, LobStar only has a couple more days on Kickstarter, so please consider backing it if you haven't already (and thank you if you have!)

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Would society even see them as a hero? What would the people in charge do about it, since it’s their systems the hero is dissatisfied with?

So without giving too much away for future chapters of LobStar, that’s why this is a superhero story.

LobStar is my best attempt at telling a superhero story about someone who’s trying to take a more “progressive” approach to saving the world. What if the status quo wasn’t worth protecting? What if the hero disagrees with what constitutes justice and wants to enact change on the world to save it?

There’s an article written by David Graeber called “Super Position” that explains this better and goes into more detail than I’m going to now, but you should definitely read it. Here’s a link: thenewinquiry.com/super-positi...

Those with great power often use it to protect the systems that are in place rather than to find ways to fix those systems. It’s often the *villains* who are trying to enact change, but are written so that they take things too far and hurt innocent people so the hero has no choice but to stop them.

When they're done well, superhero stories really do work as a sort of modern mythology, delivering messages with a lot more boldness than other styles.

And again, they’re just fun.

But, superheroes have traditionally been very conservative in their approach to what things like duty and truth are.

They’re fun to write and read, and in my opinion they’re an excellent way to convey a message. Criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot. Great power, great responsibility. People fear what they don’t understand. Hope. Duty. Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

So, that’s why Matt Murphy is a lobsterman. His background is in doing hard work for a tough industry that recognizes the need for sustainability over maximal profit. I think that helps make him a principled man, a good guy who stands up to do the right thing.