This Dad Created a Superhero to Explain His Epilepsy to Kids.
John McLaren remembers falling to the floor and hearing his son shout, “Daddy fell down, Daddy fell down.” The 43-year-old from Durham, North Carolina has epilepsy — he was diagnosed at 14 and has experienced seizures into adulthood.
After this seizure, McLaren realized his son David, then 2 years old, knew nothing about his condition.
“I was afraid I would pass away early and leave my son without a dad,” McLaren told The Mighty. “I wanted him to have something to remember me by.”
So he created a comic book to explain epilepsy through a superhero named ToteMan.
What do people try to acomplish making cringeworthy superheroes that discuss one particular disability or subject? as a kid I hated those.
Carter Anderson
I hate every single thing made for "awareness". Awareness my ass. The comic has furries though. Don't know if that makes it worse. totemansworld.com/tiggra.html
Daniel Bell
Children hate awareness shit or at least I hated it when I was a kid and then using some bullshit villains to blame for the problems they have to get people aware of.
No you dipshit. Global warming isn't cause by General Poluto, it is your fault because you are a parasite, also the earth doesn't care a little about you and would just shake you up like a dog with too many flyes.
Samuel Turner
For what purpose
Gabriel Cruz
We're already aware, people have known about the shakes since medieval times.
Fucks sake why is everyone obsessed with "awareness" bullshit, like there are people under rocks that don't know this stuff.
No joke I just saw a womens awareness poster. I think I've been aware of women since I was eleven.
Lucas Smith
Satire comic right?
Jonathan Clark
So you gave him a horrible nightmare of watching his father wringing in pain on the floor like an animal? Father of the year right there.
I bet there's a whole lot of shit the kid doesn't know at age 2.
Brayden Long
…That's a little much for a child's comic about seizures. Is this some sort of parody?
Cooper Young
I don't know what you mean, man. My hand's got it's own little seizure going just looking at Tiggra.
David Ramirez
I think it's fanart. It's featured in the gallery of the official website because it's nice of the author to post the art people sends him, and that encourages other artists so send more art. What I'm saying is we should send him some art and wait, because he will post it not realizing we're totally trolling.
About Tiggra: Real Name: Saia M. Occupation: Wife and Crime Fighter Base of Operations: Garden City Psychiatric Hospital Marital Status: Married Height: 5' 8" Weight: 125 Eyes: Brown Hair: Auburn
Landon Hernandez
Rule 34 when?
Robert Jackson
I came here to laugh at you
Dominic Myers
Some of the other characters designs
Gotta like the nips on Wind Chyme there, while the rest of the comic industry shits itself over women being drawn too sexy we'll always have children's epilepsy awareness comics not afraid to show some skin.
Ryder Kelly
That one suction cup is totally her clit, isn't it?
Probably. Let's un-obscure this bitch and see what happens.
Christian Fisher
Fuck off General Poluto.
Ethan Walker
I believe you're correct, sir. Anyway, why the fuck would a comic about fucking epilepsy fucking awareness need so many fucking characters? What the fuck is this fucking comic even about!
Jack Campbell
It's like you're a commie out of your own volition. I mean, everybody in their right minds is aware that General Poluto has an alliance with Peer Pressurer and Depresstro, and are blaming global warming on us to take over the world.
Jacob Russell
probably because the guy who created it had larger aspirations in life, and in the end, got stuck writing a comic about epilepsy awareness and is watching his life circle the drain. This is his only public outlet, hoping someone will at least maybe see his work and maybe want to hire him.
But alas, he's stuck drawing epilepsy shit.
Isaiah Rogers
Also he draws suction cups where the nipples should be. not even just near them, but exactly where they should be.
I have a feeling this guy has tons and tons of oddly specific fetish drawings stacked up somewhere.
He's one of us.
Julian Thompson
Junkyard Jess makes my pelvis feel funny
Camden Price
Well, whatever, do whatever you want if that kill all of us faster.