Race, Culture, and Comics Unit 2
*Ta-Nehisi Coates authored key pieces--- 1. More than 350 entries on- 2. Most known magazine article- 3. Most known book
1. Civil War 2. Case for repreations 3. Between the world and me
What were two critiques that comic book reviewers had of Black panther?
1. too wordy 2. not enough action 3. black panther was not heroic enough
How many variants for the issue of black panther were produced?
25
The sonic energy being projected is the reason that Black Panther #169 is mostly what kind of issue?
A silent issue
What do the restraints placed on Aneka in Black Panther #169 suggest she is?
A slave
Who is the core creative team for Mockingbird? what stands out about them in comparison to what we've covered so far?
All Women
What did Harvey Pekar do?
American splendar autobiographies- to make people care
What iconic image from the recent Mockingbird run caused the harshest black-lash toward the writer?
Ask me about my feminist agenda shirt
Key magazine where Ta-Nehisi Coates:
Atlantic Magazine
When it comes to women and diversity, what were people worried about at the time that Mockingbird #1 was published in 2016?
Black Widow #1 that came out around the same time
Who produced the most #1 covers among the many variants
Brian Stelfreeze
What famous hero does Black Panther have a fight with early on in episode #1?
Captain America- Steve Rodgers
What did Art Spieglman do?
Cartoonist-known for maus
The character Coates and Stelfreeze create to instill a sense on intellectualism and philosophical pondering in Black Panther #2
Changamire
What's up with Everret Ross, Black Panther, and diversity? Who Created Ross?
Christopher Priest
Who created Dora Milaje? Who sought to greatly revise/rethink their roles?
Christopher Priest- Body guard/black panther wife
What former African American woman diplomat is satirized in episode #1?
Condoleezza rice
What did Frank Miller do?
Dare devil Batman (year 1)- more modern and realistic- started a progression of more realistic comic stories Batman 1986 Sin City- big influence on cinema TnT-making fun of frank miller and ninja villain in daredevil
What is the problem with Coates, Marvel, and diversity?
Didn't solve diversity, they just got a popular writer
Who greatly advanced storyline representations of Wakanda during the 1970's
Don McGregor
Sandman uses-
Ethos- Credibility Pathos-Emotion Logos- Logic
Which variant is most expensive? What's one main reason?
Greg Horn's cover with T'challa and Stan Lee
In order to make wakanda a real place in his mind and for comic book readers, what's something that Coates does?
He focuses on geography--created a map
Where does the action take place in Mockingbird #2?
Hellfire CLub
Karen Berger
Helped english invasion helped form vertigo For 2 decades & more mature, sold in stores but not set out on stands important because she was a women in a male driven industry
What unexpected challenge does T'Challa (Black Panther) when he goes to praise the vibranium miners?
His own people are attacking him
Why is Aneka being punished? What group do Aneka and Ayo belong to? What were they initially created to do?
Killed a guy absorbing women- dormalage- meant to body guard for black panther
Who is bobbi showing up to rescue? Who is that person trying to save?
Lance Hunter--who was trying to save the queen of england
Aneka and Ayo are/were Dora Milaje, but as a duo, they are known as what?
Mid-night angels
What did Allow Moore do?
More sophisticated style Came up around the British invasion Batman killing joker idea watchmen Marvelman warrior Swampthing- when d.c. asked him to write for them Was very influential on movies, still doesnt take money Only money that he took he donated
What kind of of animation does the series employ?
Motion comic- Movement is different
Who produced the animated series Black Panther and for what network?
Produced- Regional Hudler-2010 (from East St. Louis) Network-BT
Who created Shuri?
Reginald Hudlin
Who wrote a Black Panther comic book series and animated cartoon?
Reginald Hudlin
Who has a signature style of presenting superheroes as children? Who produced "connecting covers" for Black Panther #1-#4
Scottie Young And Sanford Greene
What was risky and then rewarding about the issue?
Sexualized environment- risky She wasn't over sexualized (her or the villian)-rewarding
What's one key unanswered (visual) question from issue #1 that's answered in #2?
Showed her wearing the outfit- now we know she was weraing it because of hellfire club
Creator of Black Panther
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Writer of the black panther
Stan lee Jack kirby is the artist Creator of 1970's black panther- Don McGregor 90's Christopher Priest- Everret Ross, who added white people, so white people will relate
Who produced a pre-released cover that led audiences to think that Coates run on the Black Panther would deal with racial problems in the U.S.? Why did the cover make people think that, and how did the content of the comic book prove otherwise?
Thought people in the U.S. not Wakanga
Black Panther #169 seems to counter the critique that Coates was...
Too wordy
What led Cain to delete her Twitter account
Trolls about the shirt
What do many comic book writers present in the first issue (i.e. #1) that could entice or repel readers?
Unanswered questions/puzzles
Why is bobbi rescue effort unusual in the history of comics?
Women rescuing men
Things that are different about sandman?
Wordy novel like the art is different the colors are dark its own genre it is a mature comic the characters
What two reasons did Black panther #1 gain so much attention
Writter and the movies - around civil war
Ta Meshlsi Coates
most well known black writer right now Was small then... wrote case for reparations and then wrote a book-between the world and me
Where Shuri was for much of the story #2
plane of Wakanga memory
What's especially distinct about the physical presentation of Wakanda and wakangans and its people thoughout issues #1-#12? Who was responsible?
the coloring--Laura martain
Marvel ended up canceling Mockingbird, presumably because of low sales. But what, according to journalist Eleana Levin, are two important reasons that major comic book companies should rethink their practice practice of basing sales figures on single issues sold at comic bookstores when the series is directed toward women readers
trade paperbacks- women are more likely to get paperbacks Women are more likely to go to bookstores over comic book stores
