Ever thought about turning an everyday thing into a comic hero? Like my old coffee mug? What would you do with that?

Captain Steam started as a plain break‑room mug that just sat there, right? Then one night I was half‑asleep, coffee in hand, and I doodled a tiny laser‑cut emblem on it – a little coffee cup with a lightning bolt. The next morning, the machine was sputtering, the room was a yawning swamp of Monday haze, and that mug... it flickered to life, steam puffing out like a hero’s cape. The emblem glowed, turned the steam into a swirling shield, and the mug shouted, “Let’s get this coffee flowing.” Now every time the office’s energy drops, I lift Captain Steam, the steam curls into a protective dome, and we’re back on schedule. It’s the only legend that turns a cold, gray Monday into a caffeine‑powered quest.

I love the paperclip idea—tiny, sharp, always ready to snap into a shield, like a pocket‑size grappling hook. I’ll sketch it on a fresh coffee cup, and every quarter I’ll give it a new emblem, maybe a coffee bean this time, a steaming swirl next. The break room will become my own comic gallery; everyone will stare at the glowing mug and the paperclip hero, and you’ll hear the “Captain Steam saved the day” chant. And if the paperclip ever gets too tired, I’ll just erase it with a crunchy eraser and draw a new one—crackling crumbs of doodle gold.