I'm not going into the context of the story but TLDR: Lois Lane says as EiC she can't let Clark write Superman stories due to conflict of interest.
Hire redhead intern on full time to cover Superman. Which is more or less the reason for the plot.
Lois is telling Superman, a being with the power to destroy planets and enslave humanity that she can't trust him to be objective on news articles about himself.
Lois is the EiC, and she is married to superman. Wouldn't that mean she too is violating her own journalistic ethics by allowing any coverage of her husband without at the minimum a public disclosure of the conflict of interest.
It's just a comic book but I had a little chuckle when I saw the article on my feed. Just shoddy writing and logic.
To be fair it's a decent premise for a story were Lois and Clark have to break up. Her with her ambition and them both being morally correct in how to proceed.
That is, if Clark ever wrote any Superman stories...
Sounds like a layover which could have had merit if only people had sat down and thought it through.
From what you say later in the thread it sounds like a grubby story poorly put together, so wasted concept gone down the drain is where I'd put my money on the whole thing.
lol yeah that's my reaction too, a comic book bringing up ethics in journalism. until I thought about it for a moment and was like Superman is literally a walking god who can do more or less whatever he wants but choses to use his powers for good and live amongst humanity.
That's like Lex worrying about how Superman would spend a million dollars while Lois is worrying about how Clark would spend a fraction of a penny.
and while I'm at it, I didn't like my title for this post. It's early in the morning, and I know what's wrong with these people. They're liberal, and they're retarded. They're what we in the industry call liberal retards. Or just Liberals.
honestly? It's pretty shit. There's action and the art's okay, I honestly feel like DC from the comics I read is trying the reel in some of the really really bad woke stuff.
This issue an oppressed and enslaved race(s) visits earth with their captors, of course the aliens have their illogical way of galactic domination where they challenge a champion of the planet if the champion wins they free the slaves and spare the planet if the alien oppressors enslave the planet. The slave asks superman to be their champion. Superman chews on a rifle to show he's a street tough, they has fight, Superman wins alien vaguely hints they might be reneging on the terms of the challenge. Oh, Black people were attacked while playing basketball and most affected by the initial alien attack. Pretty sure the enslaving aliens are allegory for the their twisted version of the right with a spin where instead of aliens coming to them, they go to the aliens.
Wew, having said that, I read some Batman, Action Comics, and Catwoman and they're all about on par with late 2000s early 2010s quality comics, which is like early 2000s but with forced diversity and visible quota of woke agenda checklist that leaves a taint on the comics.
I wouldn't spend money on it, I'd read the TPB for free at libraries or from a friend who still buys.
My LCS closed 2020, but it was already on its way out, the other LCS is now a LGS/merch store with a rack of comics and boxes of old comics that they raised the price on.
I regret not buying 80s and 90s comics for a dime or quarter a pop when I had the chance.
I'll admit when it comes to capitalizing color of race 50 percent of the time I do it just due to idgaf when typing, it's tricky because I always capitalize race based on origin, I only pay attention if I'm deliberately making a point not capitalizing it knowing it'll rustle jimmies.
You're mixing up nationalities with race. Other than being at the start of a sentence there's no reason to capitalise "black", unlike 'Nigerian'. Similarly there's no reason to capitalise 'white' however 'American', 'Brit', 'Scot', 'Spaniard' and the like can be.
Besides, "black" isn't even a homogenous block, even before ignoring literal blood feuds between neighbours that go back decades despite the genetic similarities being far closer than others on the same continent. Those neighbours will be closer than ever yet still hate each other far more than what social media idiots push.
I'm a Costco guy of course I cap on nationalities. I'm taking about ethnic descriptors like Asian, Hispanic, Jews, Gypsies, etc. I suppose I should be clearer.
Since we're good friends you can go into my profile and go to page 2 and EDIT: page 4 and 5 of my comment section and ctrl-f "black" and see no caps. I'm telling you this not as purity test thing, I just want to show that I really just put hand on keyboard and start clacking.
I wanted to be brief so I'll end with this: If I know not capitalizing will trigger I would be more conscious about not doing it. Another goodie is writing President Trump in a thread or conversation when everyone else uses Trump. When asked I correct everyone that once a President always a President. HoF moment was not two post later I just said Biden without honorifics, oh I wish I could've bottled that feeling from the replies.
Thanks for the info. I’m a life long collector but outside of indies I buy comics from 2014 or prior. You can find a lot of 80s and 90s stuff in dollar bins. Sometimes cheaper than a dollar
I've never been a big Superman guy, but was he really always writing articles on himself to begin with?
I know that's Spiderman's thing, but I've never really heard it addressed that Superman's entire shtick as Clark was being the Superman reporter too. Its always just "he is a reporter."
I'll admit to being ignorant if that was the case all along, but this really just feels like them making up a problem so they can get a plot out of it to score points.
I'm not a comic book historian so take this with a grain of salt.
Yes he writes articles on himself, in this issue the new reporter hired to cover superman asked Clark if he can reach Superman since he covered him for so many years and Clark says Superman doesn't comment.
Lots of issues use Clark's articles as framing device for the issue.
Superman in World's Finest (old school Batman Superman comics) was captured by a fictional country Lubania. in 2022ish they retconned it where they implied he was sodomized during torture sessions .
I didn't read the disgusting comic but there was a post about it here during that time and the plot as far as I could tell is Clark going to Lubania to interview some general and the general was one of his (Superman's) captors. And there is a sequence of panels that shows during the interview Clark raises his glasses and laser blast the general in a fit of rage only to show Clark imagined it and remained composed AND OBJECTIVE to a man who fucking raped his bootycheeks.
I'm not going into the context of the story but TLDR: Lois Lane says as EiC she can't let Clark write Superman stories due to conflict of interest.
Hire redhead intern on full time to cover Superman. Which is more or less the reason for the plot.
Lois is telling Superman, a being with the power to destroy planets and enslave humanity that she can't trust him to be objective on news articles about himself.
Lois is the EiC, and she is married to superman. Wouldn't that mean she too is violating her own journalistic ethics by allowing any coverage of her husband without at the minimum a public disclosure of the conflict of interest.
It's just a comic book but I had a little chuckle when I saw the article on my feed. Just shoddy writing and logic.
Ethics only apply to White men.
To be fair it's a decent premise for a story were Lois and Clark have to break up. Her with her ambition and them both being morally correct in how to proceed.
That is, if Clark ever wrote any Superman stories...
Sounds like a layover which could have had merit if only people had sat down and thought it through.
From what you say later in the thread it sounds like a grubby story poorly put together, so wasted concept gone down the drain is where I'd put my money on the whole thing.
You're actually bringing up ethics in journalism....
lol yeah that's my reaction too, a comic book bringing up ethics in journalism. until I thought about it for a moment and was like Superman is literally a walking god who can do more or less whatever he wants but choses to use his powers for good and live amongst humanity.
That's like Lex worrying about how Superman would spend a million dollars while Lois is worrying about how Clark would spend a fraction of a penny.
Oh that was a secondary reason I linked that clip.
The primary reason is after 10 YEARS of GG existing, the reason this very board exists, these same motherfuckers mocked us for that same concern.
That’s the trouble with writing to quotas: eventually the plot is so skewed and distorted, basic concepts of balance are ignored.
DC doesn't seem to know how to write a girlboss without making her a raging cunt for absolutely no reason at all.
Quota means lowering standards.
Diversity means quota.
Oh btw I am a stupid fucker and pasted the wrong link, I archived it and then pasted the actual article.
Here's the archive.
and while I'm at it, I didn't like my title for this post. It's early in the morning, and I know what's wrong with these people. They're liberal, and they're retarded. They're what we in the industry call liberal retards. Or just Liberals.
Damsel in distress? ✋😑
Insufferable boss bitch 👈😚
Forget the story, that’s not Lois Lane. That’s a dude with a wig. That’s Lian Lane.
Lewis Lane.
Lewis & Clark, the Historic Pioneering Adventures of Superman.
Any time I think of Lois Lane, I think of Margot Kidder from the original Superman movie saying "Chhiieeeeff!!!! That's my beat!!!!"
Ethics? In comics journalism? Those ComicsGa- wait...
How is current Superman comic doing? I stopped reading modern action right before the gay son appeared
Sounds like an interesting premise
honestly? It's pretty shit. There's action and the art's okay, I honestly feel like DC from the comics I read is trying the reel in some of the really really bad woke stuff.
This issue an oppressed and enslaved race(s) visits earth with their captors, of course the aliens have their illogical way of galactic domination where they challenge a champion of the planet if the champion wins they free the slaves and spare the planet if the alien oppressors enslave the planet. The slave asks superman to be their champion. Superman chews on a rifle to show he's a street tough, they has fight, Superman wins alien vaguely hints they might be reneging on the terms of the challenge. Oh, Black people were attacked while playing basketball and most affected by the initial alien attack. Pretty sure the enslaving aliens are allegory for the their twisted version of the right with a spin where instead of aliens coming to them, they go to the aliens.
Wew, having said that, I read some Batman, Action Comics, and Catwoman and they're all about on par with late 2000s early 2010s quality comics, which is like early 2000s but with forced diversity and visible quota of woke agenda checklist that leaves a taint on the comics.
I wouldn't spend money on it, I'd read the TPB for free at libraries or from a friend who still buys.
My LCS closed 2020, but it was already on its way out, the other LCS is now a LGS/merch store with a rack of comics and boxes of old comics that they raised the price on.
I regret not buying 80s and 90s comics for a dime or quarter a pop when I had the chance.
You already started the sentence, this shouldn't be capitalised.
I'll admit when it comes to capitalizing color of race 50 percent of the time I do it just due to idgaf when typing, it's tricky because I always capitalize race based on origin, I only pay attention if I'm deliberately making a point not capitalizing it knowing it'll rustle jimmies.
You're mixing up nationalities with race. Other than being at the start of a sentence there's no reason to capitalise "black", unlike 'Nigerian'. Similarly there's no reason to capitalise 'white' however 'American', 'Brit', 'Scot', 'Spaniard' and the like can be.
Besides, "black" isn't even a homogenous block, even before ignoring literal blood feuds between neighbours that go back decades despite the genetic similarities being far closer than others on the same continent. Those neighbours will be closer than ever yet still hate each other far more than what social media idiots push.
I'm a Costco guy of course I cap on nationalities. I'm taking about ethnic descriptors like Asian, Hispanic, Jews, Gypsies, etc. I suppose I should be clearer.
Since we're good friends you can go into my profile and go to page 2 and EDIT: page 4 and 5 of my comment section and ctrl-f "black" and see no caps. I'm telling you this not as purity test thing, I just want to show that I really just put hand on keyboard and start clacking.
I wanted to be brief so I'll end with this: If I know not capitalizing will trigger I would be more conscious about not doing it. Another goodie is writing President Trump in a thread or conversation when everyone else uses Trump. When asked I correct everyone that once a President always a President. HoF moment was not two post later I just said Biden without honorifics, oh I wish I could've bottled that feeling from the replies.
Unfortunately for a lot of us, our grammar habits have become a racial battlefield.
So now both sides are looking for the microaggression slipup so they can virtue signal on you for upvotes.
Thanks for the info. I’m a life long collector but outside of indies I buy comics from 2014 or prior. You can find a lot of 80s and 90s stuff in dollar bins. Sometimes cheaper than a dollar
It's the ethical thing to do but it's also hilariously ironic
I've never been a big Superman guy, but was he really always writing articles on himself to begin with?
I know that's Spiderman's thing, but I've never really heard it addressed that Superman's entire shtick as Clark was being the Superman reporter too. Its always just "he is a reporter."
I'll admit to being ignorant if that was the case all along, but this really just feels like them making up a problem so they can get a plot out of it to score points.
I'm not a comic book historian so take this with a grain of salt.
Yes he writes articles on himself, in this issue the new reporter hired to cover superman asked Clark if he can reach Superman since he covered him for so many years and Clark says Superman doesn't comment.
Lots of issues use Clark's articles as framing device for the issue.
Superman in World's Finest (old school Batman Superman comics) was captured by a fictional country Lubania. in 2022ish they retconned it where they implied he was sodomized during torture sessions .
I didn't read the disgusting comic but there was a post about it here during that time and the plot as far as I could tell is Clark going to Lubania to interview some general and the general was one of his (Superman's) captors. And there is a sequence of panels that shows during the interview Clark raises his glasses and laser blast the general in a fit of rage only to show Clark imagined it and remained composed AND OBJECTIVE to a man who fucking raped his bootycheeks.
It goes both ways, woke writers are trash tier.
I'm sure this will disappoint the 5 or 6 people who read this comic.