Sentences with phrase «black comic book»

Besides Black Panther tickets going on sale this week, the other big news (at least if you're in the New York area) is the Annual Black Comic Book Festival at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture this Friday and Saturday January 12 - 13.

While not the first black comic book hero — the first black character to headline his own comic book was Dell Comics» Western hero and gunfighter Lobo in 1965 — the Black Panther is considered the first black superhero, introduced as a supporting character in Fantastic Four in 1966 and later featured in his own book.

Yet that won't matter because the people this movie will speak most deeply to — a rainbow - coalition cross-section of black comic book readers, African - American movie audiences, Boseman / Jordan / Bassett / N'yongo fans, black - culture connoisseurs and pop - culture nerds — will see something of themselves in this movie.

Quick primer for those unfamiliar with the Marvel Universe: Black Panther, the first major black comic book superhero, lives in a self - sufficient, almost completely hidden African country called Wakanda.

Blade, by the way, remains the only black comic book character besides Shaquille O'Neal's «Steel» to get his / her own movie, though Marvel's «Black Panther» is slated for a 2018 release.

ACQUISITION Virginia Commonwealth University acquires rare black comic book.

The Schomburg Center's 4th Annual Black Comic Book Festival The Schomburg Center's 4th Annual Black Comic Book Festival celebrates the rich tradition of black comics in a full day event featuring panel discussions, film screenings, hands - on workshops and exhibit tables -LSB-...]