Superchum is Back! And Blogging!

Shmitty Atkinson • April 1, 2018

It's official 'Chum Fans, I have a blog and I know how to use it.

It's been 10 years since I've updated anyone on the progress of The Mighty Befrienders, the Paths of Chumliness and the good work we are doing in the town of Suburbs.

10 years!

Well I'm back everyone! And I'm looking to re-connect with all my friends I've made in the past and all the new friends I am looking to make moving forward.

What happened you ask? The internet. We were not prepared for social media or Baron Bad Guy's dastardly master plan. Back in 2007 we were connecting with people in the neolithic era of social media through the once popular medium of MySpace. We were thriving. Making new connections every day and spreading the good word of Chumliness and friendship to all.

But we chose the wrong channel. MySpace died and was Facebook dominated. Alas, Facebook wasn't right for us. The platform seemed perfect. Built on connections with friends and the stated goal of making new friends was like a dream come true. Unfortunately we learned the hard way that Facebook was a facade. The true purpose of the platform was advertising and monetization. To maintain profits, Facebook had to do a lot of unfriendly things. They even got caught and apologized for some of their behavior.

What we saw happen was a collective and concerted effort to manipulate people into being unfriendly. Arguments, rants, raging, viciousness was running rampant on the internet. And Facebook was pouring gasoline on the fire.

I wasn't until years later, when the Cambridge Analytica kerfuffle happened that we realized the insidious connection: Baron Bad Guy.

You see 10 years ago, the Baron realized what he was up against when he opposed the Mighty Befrienders. His robots were all secular and physical and were constantly outmatched by our powers and our friendliness. The Baron, however, is a master of science and ingenuity, even if his goals are always evil and unfriendly. He took the core of his robots: Artificial Intelligence, Processing Power, Data Crunching, and Speed, and he put them to work in the virtual world. He built an army of bots that would feed his goal of unfriendliness and greed.

And he used the guise of Facebook and their platform to do it. He manipulated people directly on their social media channels and he harnessed Facebook for both profit and the spread of mean, cruel unfriendliness.

It's taken over the world.

And that's why we're back. The Mighty Befrienders have finally caught up to the Baron and his misdeeds. We have a plan of action. A bold new project, that will bring genuine friendliness and kindness back to social media. We will connect again with people. We will bring the warmth of a smile and a firm handshake to the millions of people suffering under the bots of Baron Bad Guy.

The Paths of Chumliness are now part of The Internet of Things!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steve Myers

Artist and Creator

Steve created Superchum when he was 13. He's been drawing a version of Superchum and the Mighty Befrienders since 1995.

Inspired heavily by both Superman and The Tick, Superchum is Steve's homage to the Golden and Silver Age of comics.

Steve is an award winning cartoonist and designer who has had his artwork used in movies, books, and comics since the 1990s.

He's also a Search Engine Optimization expert and creator of Doctor Digital the World's First SEO Superhero. Other comics work from Steve include Dirk Fantastic and Spacejacked, both published by Oddity Prodigy Productions. And also Smash Bronson Beach Detective, published by Cat and Mouse Press.