Ta-Nehisi Coates to Write Black Panther Comic for Marvel
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Ta-Nehisi Coates can be identified in many ways: as a national correspondent for The Atlantic, as an author and, as of this month, as a nominee for the National Book Award’s nonfiction prize. But Mr. Coates also has a not-so-secret identity, as evidenced by some of his Atlantic blog posts and his Twitter feed: Marvel Comics superfan.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/books/ta-nehisi-coates-to-write-black-panther-comic-for-marvel.html?_r=1
So it seems only natural that Marvel has asked Mr. Coates to take on a new Black Panther series set to begin next spring. Writing for that comics publisher is a childhood dream that, despite the seeming incongruity, came about thanks to his day job. “The Atlantic is a pretty diverse place in terms of interest, but there are no comics nerds,” besides himself, Mr. Coates said in an interview.
His passions intersected in May, during the magazine’s New York Ideas seminar, when he interviewed Sana Amanat, a Marvel editor, about diversity and inclusion in comic books. Ms. Amanat led the creation of the new Ms. Marvel, a teenage Muslim girl living in Jersey City, based on some of her own childhood experiences.
I'll be very tempted to pick this up. Never read Black Panther before (in fact, I don't read much traditional Marvel/DC stuff) but TNC is the man. It'll be interesting to see how he does with such a different format.
The entire run will be old Panther writing a open letter to his upcoming son who will become the new panther. And they'll throw some affordable healthcare in there for all of Wakanda and Klaw will bear a striking resemblance to Donald Trump.
I'll be there day one. Hopefully he does a good job and they give him my boy Luke Cage too
I'll be there day one. Hopefully he does a good job and they give him my boy Luke Cage too