Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Clark Kent quits the 'Daily Planet'


In Superman #13, Clark Kent quits the Daily Planet! But why?

EW and Superman writer Scott Lobdell has the scoop:
“Superman is arguably the most powerful person on the planet, but how long can he sit at his desk with someone breathing down his neck and treating him like the least important person in the world?” asks Lobdell rhetorically, and if you listen closely you can hear a chorus of unemployed 27-year-olds answering: “Wait, so he’s quitting in an era of mass unemployment because his boss doesn’t validate him often enough?” Kent will be joined in his exodus from print journalism by Cat Grant, blonde entertainment reporter and perpetual sixth place finisher in the neverending contest to win Clark Kent’s affections (after Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Wonder Woman, Lori Lemaris, and Lyla Lerrol.)

Part of Kent’s speech involves an emotional exhortation to his Planet colleagues to stand up for Truth, Justice, and “and yeah — I’m not ashamed to say it — the American way.” Lobdell explains that Kent won’t seek employment at another media conglomerate; instead, “He is more likely to start the next Huffington Post or the next Drudge Report,” which I guess means he’s going to found a website called something like “The Kent Review” — built on aggregation, exactly as H.L. Mencken would have wanted.
Clark, hire me when you restart/

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

so he's gonna start a tumblr and post secrets and pictures of bad stuff that only his good friend, Superman, knows about? Peter Parker would want his plot back but i think he's gonna die or something in the near future

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