Unemployed Man Is the Unofficial Superhero of Occupy Wall Street
The Slotbot 3000, a 16-foot-tall robotic representation of the New York Stock Exchange, squares off against Unemployed Man in a “Superheroes versus Economic Supervillains” event Monday in New York’s Zucotti Park.
Unemployed Man and his costumed colleagues stormed Wall Street on Monday morning, bringing some superhero street theater — and a 16-foot evil robot known as the Slot Bot — to the Occupy protests in New York.
The Superheroes versus Economic Supervillains smackdown was staged by Gan Golan, 37, co-author of 2010 graphic novel The Adventures of Unemployed Man. Occupy Wall Street is a perfect stage for the book’s characters, a team of superheroes battling economic injustice.
“People at Occupy are fighting incredible forces in our society — that’s a perfect description of what you find in a superhero,” Golan told Wired.com.
