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sI learned this morning that Morgan Spurlock passed away yesterday (May 23, 2024) from cancer at the age of 53. Morgan created the Super Size Me documentary in 2003 and many other projects after that.

I met Morgan in 2003 when he was making the documentary. At the time, I was the director of a not-for-profit size acceptance organization (the International Size Acceptance Association or ISAA) and Morgan asked to interview me and Gia Melissa Marciano for the film. Our part ended up being removed from the final cut of the documentary and that ended up being a blessing in disguise. Even so, I remained friends with Morgan for a few years after that until we eventually lost touch.

It wasn't until 2017 that Morgan admitted to the world that his whole premise for Super Size Me had been a lie due to his neglecting to disclose his chronic alcoholism. None of his medical readings had been accurate throughout the film. In addition, Morgan publicly admitted to his harmful behaviors with women over the years and essentially cancelled himself, stepping down from his own production company. Then he fought cancer. Morgan is survived by two ex-wives and two sons from those marriages. My condolences to his family.

This 8-minute segment is from The ISAA Rapport, an audio podcast (before they were called podcasts) I co-hosted with Gia from 2002 to 2004. Gia and I talked about our experience with the filmmaker and I think it's worth a listen. It's not disparaging, especially about Morgan. Thanks.

I used Canva A.I. to make some art of supporting characters from my Christian fiction superhero thriller novel Mindfire.

Dana is the superhero known as Black Fox. She is a werefox and has the proportionate strength, speed, healing, and enhanced senses of a fox. She was a co-founder of the AR-MEN superhero team and has continued as a superhero even after the group disbanded. She has an adult son named Dane. She is training him to follow her example.

Dane is 21 years old and a superhero-in-training whose code name is Shadow. He is biracial. His father, John Covington, was also the superhero known as Silver Knight. John died before Dana learned she was pregnant with his child. Dane is also a gamer who likes the online MMO called War Blades 9000.

Misha is Leia's best friend and her coworker at Skippy's Pizza. She is a fellow college student and has no superpowers.

Tanya is Leia's 15-year-old half-sister. Her parents are Steve and Sue Hamilton. She loves and is very supportive of her sister. Once she learns of Leia's superpowers, she yearns to have powers of her own.

I used Canva A.I. to make some more character art, this time from my Christian fiction superhero thriller novel Mindfire.

Leia Hamilton is the main character in Mindfire. A 20-year-old college student. she discovers that she has superpowers (telekinesis, pyrokinesis, and super strength). She has these powers because both of her parents have superpowers. Her father is a former superhero and her mother is a supervillain. I made a few digital tweaks  to this  piece, so it's not 100% A.I. art.

Josh is Leia's boyfriend. He has no superpowers but he has been best friends with Leia since childhood. He loves her deeply.

Steve is Leia's father. He used to be the superhero named Crusader. He is super strong, invulnerable, and can fly. He was the co-founder of a superhero team called The AR-MEN. The team disbanded 20 years ago and Steve left that life behind to be a husband and father to Leia and later, Tanya. He is also a Christian.

Sue is Steve's wife and Leia's stepmother. She is also the mother of Leia's half-sister, Tanya. 20 years ago, she was a Latina model and superhero named The Cat. She stopped being a superhero after Leia was born, choosing instead to be a wife and stay-at-home mom. Sue is also a Christian.

Angela is Leia's biological mother, the strongest telepath and telekinetic in the world. She is also a sociopathic supervillain who calls herself Malevolence. She agreed to stay out of Leia's life shortly after her daughter's birth, but has recently returned.