Pablo Mera • “Modern superhero stories are defined more by the...
Modern superhero stories are defined more by the amazing circumstances and the trials and tribulations that the heroes have to face: circumstances that are beyond the norm and with outcomes that affect a wide magnitude of people—sometimes the world in general. Even a secret identity isn’t as necessary as it was in decades past… Tony Stark (Iron Man) went public, because the secret identity didn’t make sense for him. There was a time when revealing a hero’s secret identity was considered a story element to avoid, but today it’s all open to debate if it serves the character in better ways.
Pablo Mera a.k.a Pablo EMG , Uruguayan-born writer and longtime resident of Paraguay whose life has moved through sport, business, reinvention, family devotion, setbacks, observation, and persistent hope. he writes with unusual candor about dignity, masculinity, suffering, resilience, love, and the architecture of a meaningful future. The Lucid Misfit’s Handbook is his first major English-language work.
