The Last Superhero – Part 3 (AI Comic)

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I’ve started making AI comics again. Last year was a good beginning, but I didn’t feel the models had evolved enough to justify continuing the project on a monthly basis. That may have changed in 2026.

The quality still fluctuates — to put it politely.

But the idea behind The Last Superhero series is to use it for experimentation and testing anyway. So let’s continue.

For Part 3, I used ChatGPT for the first time. It has moved beyond DALL·E 3, so this comic was created using OpenAI’s GPT-5 image model.

There are plenty of issues: I’ve planend on creating a 4th part using ChatGPT for March where I try to get around the most servere issues. But I will also write a future post where I discuss all the problems and possible solutions.

For now, here is the complete comic short story…

The Last Superhero – Part 3

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3 More Methods to Generate Story Ideas Recommended by Grok (Grok Diary – Day 9)

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To be honest, generating ideas was never my problem. I’ve got this giant swipe file with hundreds of ideas to tap into. And whenever I do some outlining, new ideas for stories jump to mind quickly.

But I’m still looking for a 5-minute drill to use at the end of the day so that my swipe file never reaches its end. I guess, this might be a question to Grok for tomorrow.

You can follow the project in real time here: @michael_brig

How to Build a Strong Writing Routine

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When I asked Grok where to begin if I wanted to become a successful indie author within five years, the AI recommended focusing on building a strong writing routine. Writing 500 words a day is a great starting point. If you stick with it consistently over the long term, you’ll be able to publish books regularly.

I decided to aim for 1,000 words a day. It’s a routine I’ve successfully maintained in the past for quite some time, so it should be realistic to sustain it for the next five years as well.

When I asked Grok for more detailed advice, it suggested the following:

  • Always write at the same time every day.
  • Track your word count (for example, with a free tool like TrackBear).
  • If you don’t feel like writing on a particular day, sit down anyway and aim for less. Once you start, you may find yourself reaching your full quota.
  • Maintain balance. Sleep well, eat healthy, and exercise. Prevent burnout.
  • On average, it takes about 66 days to build a new habit — sometimes up to a year. After that, writing your daily quota will feel natural.
  • At 1,000 words a day, you can expect to finish two to four novels per year. Even 500 words a day can result in at least one new book annually.

This is where it begins. Not just for me, and not just because Grok suggests it — but because this is the foundation for every author.

Sit down. Write. Do it every day.

Congratulations. You’re a writer now. Everything else builds from there.

What is the single most important method authors should use to generate story ideas? (Grok Diary – Day 8)

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I asked Grok to further explain the method in the backend. Here is the full answer:

What if Method Explained

The “What if” method is one of the simplest, most powerful, and most widely used techniques for generating story ideas in fiction writing. It’s essentially a speculative question that takes a familiar situation, fact, person, object, rule, or event from reality (or from an existing trope/story) and twists it by asking:

“What if [something impossible, unexpected, exaggerated, or reversed] happened?”

This single question forces your brain to leap away from the ordinary and into conflict, possibility, and originality — which is exactly where good stories live.

Why it works so well

  • It starts small and everyday (an observation you can make right now) but quickly escalates into high-stakes drama or wonder.
  • It bypasses “I have no ideas” by using the real world as raw material.
  • Almost every major story can be traced back to a “What if” core (examples below).
  • It’s endlessly repeatable: one good “What if” can spawn dozens of variations.

How the method typically works (step by step)

1. Observe something normal
Look around, read news, overhear a conversation, remember a memory, or take a common trope.
Example observations:

    • A child playing alone in a park
    • People staring at their phones on the subway
    • A solar eclipse happening on schedule
    • A rat in a restaurant kitchen

    2. Ask “What if…?” and twist it
    Add one surprising, contradictory, extreme, or impossible element.
    Push it toward conflict, emotion, or high stakes.
    Examples from above:

      • What if that child playing alone could see and talk to dead people? → The Sixth Sense
      • What if staring at phones actually let people control others’ minds? → Black Mirror episode
      • What if the eclipse was late… or never ended? → speculative short story
      • What if that rat was a master chef in disguise? → Ratatouille

      3. Follow the chain of consequences
      Once you have a strong “What if”, ask:

      • Who would this affect most?
      • What would they want/lose?
      • What happens next? (escalate)
      • Why does this matter emotionally/thematically?
        This turns the idea into a premise, then a plot skeleton.

      4. Vary the intensity

        • Mild: What if someone forgot their phone for a day?
        • Extreme: What if forgetting your phone erased your entire identity from the world?
        • Genre flip: What if forgetting your phone turned you into a ghost?

        Famous examples of “What if” origins

        • Jurassic Park → What if we could clone dinosaurs and put them in a theme park… and the safeguards failed?
        • Toy Story → What if toys were alive when humans weren’t looking?
        • The Matrix → What if the world we see is a computer simulation?
        • Jaws → What if a great white shark started hunting humans off a small-town beach during tourist season?
        • Inception → What if you could enter and manipulate people’s dreams?

        Practical tips to use it right now

        • Keep a tiny list on your phone or notebook: 5–10 daily “What if” questions (takes 2–5 minutes).
        • Combine it with other sources: news headlines, overheard sentences, random objects, fairy tales, history.
        • When stuck, take any boring situation (waiting for the bus, doing dishes) and ask: “What if [worst/best/weirdest thing] happened right now?”
        • Generate 10 bad/weird ones on purpose — the 11th is often gold.