THIS ALWAYS FREAKING HAPPENS TO ME

The latest Tom the Dancing Bug is about God-Man, The Hero With Omnipotent Superpowers.

I seriously cannot believe how often the universe screws me on this stuff. I'm like Zeitgeist Man. I have this strange and horrible power to tap into the Zeitgeist and come up with amazing ideas for great new things, only to watch in horror when the story/book/movie/tv show/stupid weekly comic comes out a few weeks/months/years later and my idea's completely taken.

Link to your favorite God-Man adventures. I was going to say, at least I can prove independent development using my beloved poor man's copyright. But not since 1997. God*damn*it.

Worst part: Now I'm going to need a new title for my, Tom's, and John Lanning's comic book concept, which I've been working on for about three months, and which we've been working on together for about a month. With the exact same (great) name and wildly different concept. If the project isn't entirely funking sunk by this. Grrr. Argh.

UPDATE: I guess, now that I think about it, that you can't copyright titles. Maybe we can keep the title. I'll have to talk to my unscrupulous lawyer.

If you're not a writer, I don't think you can imagine how angry this would make a person. I hate being Zeitgeist Man. Zeitgeist Man can't catch a break.

UPDATE 2: Sigh. We probably need to come up with a new title. Or kill ourselves. Check the date: Tuesday, August 17.

I never said it was the most original thing in the world. POWER + Man. That's how you name your superhero. That's why it's such a good name for our concept.

And it's such a good fit. In my current despair, I can't imagine one fitting better.

I'm done now.