Wakanda Forever and the pathology of Black Leadership
The movie Black Panther Wakanda Forever is finally in theaters. The movie hauled in excess of 300 million its first weekend of release. It is...
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A Moment of Clarity Black Panther #11
Never underestimate the depth someone would go to make a point. Black Panther #11 is the best book in John Ridley’s run. If I can...
A Soldier’s Story
“…who do the fighting for these rich white folks and their wars?” – Paris from the song ‘Sheep to the Slaughter’ The Black American soldier...
Luke Cage: 50 Years in the Making
Fifty years ago, Marvel debuted a character named Luke Cage. This particular character’s first appearance was in his own title. Luke Cage, Hero for Hire....
Bark at the Moon
“Well, that did not take long”. “Long, you say?” “What choo talmbout?” So glad you ask. So, Marvel recently debuted Moon Knight the limited series...
Tell Me A Story: A Lamentation
… we are not lost upon the idea that this character’s beginnings ARE questionable. Yet, no one ever really called Marvel out on it. McDuffie...
Unapologetically Black “Cuz we are original…”
… there are numerous places where one can consume independent black comic book material, however it has not always been that way. The struggle to...
We Are One
WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER THAN WE ARE APART. WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT. Alright you old school heads, I’m going to need to cue up...
Right On for the Darkness
Cue up Curtis Mayfield’s “Right on for the Darkness” or Billy Paul’s “Am I Black Enough for You?” or Common’s “The Corner”Black comic books. Where...
Storm: “You Wanna It to be One Way, but it’s the Other Way”
No one wants to incur the wrath of HBO, so I won’t embed a clip from the show the Wire. Suffice to say that the...