Waiting for Clark Kent

"We're all cartoons," he said, "crudely drawn, searching for meaning."What if the most powerful man alive cannot find a reason to live?Clark Kent can outrun bullets, outthink his teachers, dominate any sport, and fly beyond the reach of ordinary men. What he cannot do is feel ordinary.Raised in Smallville as a brilliant outsider, Clark struggles with impossible expectations, first love, devastating loss, baseball fame, war, and the burden of deciding what humanity deserves from him.As the world tries to turn him into an athlete, weapon, symbol, and savior, he must confront the one question no superpower can answer: What makes a life meaningful?Darkly comic, philosophical, and boldly unconventional, Waiting for Clark Kent: An Existential Cartoon transforms the superhero origin story into an alternate-history satire about loneliness, identity, free will, fame, power, and responsibility.A provocative novel for adult readers who prefer their heroes complicated and their comedy edged with darkness.