Comments on: Common Superhero Day Jobs, Part 1 http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/ How to write a superhero book, comic book or superhero novel and get it published Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:23:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: B. Mac http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50529 B. Mac Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:30:16 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50529 Personally, I'd sort of recommend against bike couriers. I suspect it'd have limited plot applicability. But if you're really into it (and it sounds like you are) then go for it. Personally, I’d sort of recommend against bike couriers. I suspect it’d have limited plot applicability. But if you’re really into it (and it sounds like you are) then go for it.

]]> By: B. Mac http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50527 B. Mac Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:03:17 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50527 Or the Postmaster Generalisimo, if he's a villain. Incidentally, there was once a minor <a href="http://atopfourthwall.blogspot.com/2008/03/daredevil-306.html" rel="nofollow">Daredevil villain named the Surgeon General</a>. About as awful as you'd imagine. Or the Postmaster Generalisimo, if he’s a villain.

Incidentally, there was once a minor Daredevil villain named the Surgeon General. About as awful as you’d imagine.

]]> By: ??? http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50522 ??? Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:14:47 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50522 People still use bike couriers. Hell, every year there's a competition in New York that hundreds of bike couriers compete in. People still use bike couriers. Hell, every year there’s a competition in New York that hundreds of bike couriers compete in.

]]> By: ShardReaper http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50513 ShardReaper Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:37:53 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50513 That would be cool! If I had a name for that hero, I'd put it down. Maybe the Deliveryman of Justice? That would be cool! If I had a name for that hero, I’d put it down. Maybe the Deliveryman of Justice?

]]> By: B. Mac http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50503 B. Mac Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:55:38 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50503 Mailman-as-superhero. Now THAT would be unexpected... ;-) Mailman-as-superhero. Now THAT would be unexpected… ;-)

]]> By: ShardReaper http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50494 ShardReaper Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:02:00 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50494 I think bike couriers went the way of the dodo when UPS and FedEx entered the game. I think bike couriers went the way of the dodo when UPS and FedEx entered the game.

]]> By: Becca http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50422 Becca Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:10:12 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50422 I think bike couriers are a little less universal than other jobs, too. I mean, I've never heard of someone actually being a bike courier. Never seen that kind of thing here. A different job would be easier for everybody to buy. I think bike couriers are a little less universal than other jobs, too. I mean, I’ve never heard of someone actually being a bike courier. Never seen that kind of thing here. A different job would be easier for everybody to buy.

]]> By: ??? http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50375 ??? Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:14:12 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50375 You just have to know how to work an angle. As a courier a character has a reason to be virtually anywhere. Your hero rescued someone from a burning building, his alter-ego could say he was making a near-by delivery. You just need to know how to work it. You just have to know how to work an angle.
As a courier a character has a reason to be virtually anywhere. Your hero rescued someone from a burning building, his alter-ego could say he was making a near-by delivery. You just need to know how to work it.

]]> By: B. Mac http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50314 B. Mac Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:46:59 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50314 I think it's a bit cliche and, aside from a setup like Infamous where the hero has been chosen to move some massively important item, I think it'd be hard to work into the plot. (At least, I'm pretty sure that's the setup of Infamous. I've never played it). I think it’s a bit cliche and, aside from a setup like Infamous where the hero has been chosen to move some massively important item, I think it’d be hard to work into the plot. (At least, I’m pretty sure that’s the setup of Infamous. I’ve never played it).

]]> By: ??? http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-50308 ??? Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:44:46 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-50308 Why not make a teenage hero a bike courier? Why not make a teenage hero a bike courier?

]]> By: B. Mac http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-44599 B. Mac Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:35:53 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-44599 I think a software engineer would work, but I wouldn't recommend delving too much into the details of what he does. With a journalist, the details of how he pumps a source for information or looks for damning evidence are really interesting and show us a lot about the character. In contrast, the details of software engineering are kind of hard for laymen to get into... I think a software engineer would work, but I wouldn’t recommend delving too much into the details of what he does. With a journalist, the details of how he pumps a source for information or looks for damning evidence are really interesting and show us a lot about the character. In contrast, the details of software engineering are kind of hard for laymen to get into…

]]> By: Swapnil Siddharth http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-44592 Swapnil Siddharth Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:24:03 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-44592 Thanks for the post. My novel is based on technology (computer, amazing gadgets & devices ). Please tell me what should be the job of the protagonist. Can I make my protagonist a software engineer ? Thanks for the post.
My novel is based on technology (computer, amazing gadgets & devices ). Please tell me what should be the job of the protagonist.
Can I make my protagonist a software engineer ?

]]> By: NewAgeZombi http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-44554 NewAgeZombi Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:25:01 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-44554 One of the heroes I'm writing, James, is a pest control guy. Y'know, the sort that deals with termite to snakes to possums and everything in between. Phyllis, the main character, is a student, with no part-time job or anything. However, seeing this made me remember that I have to write some stuff about her parents. A lot of her psychological state has to do with her being alone waaay too much as a kid, so her parents' jobs have to tie into that. What do you suggest? The remaining member of the team doesn't have a day job because of being found in a deathlike state before becoming a hero. The result was that Amber is thought to be dead by everyone but her two teammates. The end of this conversation: "Isaac: Whoops, sorry Da- Uh, sorry. Dad: Can I ask you a few questions? Isaac: Sorry, I can’t stick around. You know what Mum’s li- Uh, I have to get home to my wife and 2.5 kids. Dad (suspicious): How old are you? Isaac (running away): Old enough!" sort of reminds me of of an excange between Static and Mr. Hawkins on one episode of Static Shock. I know, off topic, but I just felt like I had to say it. One of the heroes I’m writing, James, is a pest control guy. Y’know, the sort that deals with termite to snakes to possums and everything in between.

Phyllis, the main character, is a student, with no part-time job or anything. However, seeing this made me remember that I have to write some stuff about her parents. A lot of her psychological state has to do with her being alone waaay too much as a kid, so her parents’ jobs have to tie into that. What do you suggest?

The remaining member of the team doesn’t have a day job because of being found in a deathlike state before becoming a hero. The result was that Amber is thought to be dead by everyone but her two teammates.

The end of this conversation:
“Isaac: Whoops, sorry Da- Uh, sorry.

Dad: Can I ask you a few questions?

Isaac: Sorry, I can’t stick around. You know what Mum’s li- Uh, I have to get home to my wife and 2.5 kids.

Dad (suspicious): How old are you?

Isaac (running away): Old enough!”

sort of reminds me of of an excange between Static and Mr. Hawkins on one episode of Static Shock. I know, off topic, but I just felt like I had to say it.

]]> By: B. Mac http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-32443 B. Mac Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:47:52 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-32443 Hmm. I think that it sounds a lot like a quasi-police position, conceptually similar to Yu-Yu Hakusho (spirit detective) or Jake Long (magical guardian) or the Temps Aeternalis (time police, from Umbrella Academy). <br /> I'd recommend coming up with a smoother name than "dimension cop," though. For example, Star Trek used Starfleet rather than "space cop." Hmm. I think that it sounds a lot like a quasi-police position, conceptually similar to Yu-Yu Hakusho (spirit detective) or Jake Long (magical guardian) or the Temps Aeternalis (time police, from Umbrella Academy).

I’d recommend coming up with a smoother name than “dimension cop,” though. For example, Star Trek used Starfleet rather than “space cop.”

]]> By: Chevalier http://www.superheronation.com/2009/02/14/common-superhero-day-jobs/comment-page-1/#comment-32125 Chevalier Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:04:00 +0000 http://www.superheronation.com/?p=2163#comment-32125 D-Man A.K.A. Demolition Man spent some time as a homeless superhero. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Man D-Man A.K.A. Demolition Man spent some time as a homeless superhero. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Man

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