"I just hope that the more people read diversely, the more it becomes the norm instead of something that is newsworthy."īackup stories by poet Yona Harvey (paired with Coates) and artist Afua Richardson will explore other underexplored aspects of Wakandan society. I’m not trying to be overly didactic," Gay says. "I hope people see that anyone can be heroic and have a story worth telling. Martinez to tell the story of Ayo and Aneka, the two queer female characters at the heart of the series. And before long, I was contracted with Marvel to write World of Wakanda."Īyo and Aneka in Black Panther #1 Marvel Comics Ta-Nehisi Coates e-mailed me and told me he had a crazy idea, and I said I love crazy ideas.
"I had kicked around the idea of a graphic novel of one of my short stories with a publisher, but I never imagined myself writing comics. "Comics was not really something on my radar," Gay told Polygon. His first choice was Roxane Gay, author of Bad Feminist, An Untamed State, and two forthcoming books, Difficult Women and Hunger.Ĭoates recalled Gay’s public reading of a zombie story a few years ago and thought she would be perfect for the job. Coates had the idea to bring in black women writers to tell the Dora Milaje’s story.
Now Marvel has released a spinoff series, Black Panther: World of Wakanda, about the Dora Milaje, the female warrior-guards who protect the Wakandan royal family. Written by vaunted essayist and cultural critic Ta-Nehisi Coates, with art by veterans Brian Stelfreeze and Chris Sprouse, the first Black Panther arc tells the story of a superhuman terrorist group that sparks a violent uprising in Wakanda, the fictional African nation ruled by T’Challa, the Black Panther. When Black Panther debuted earlier this year, the first issue sold more than 300,000 copies-a massive hit in an industry where topping 100,000 in sales is cause for celebration. The editors at Marvel Comics know a hot property when they see one.
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