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The flaw in this idea is that not many black writers are ever brought on in a meaningful matter. Case in point, where is Evan after doing the mini Panther book? I even wonder if Marvel tried to lay out more substantial work for Redjack to build Marvel comics profile.
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Black Panther keeps getting black writers because all his success has come at the hands of black writers.
Priest-longest BP solo run.
Hudlin-2nd longest and his run got trades into stores.
Coates-got BP spinoffs and MILKED the movie hype wave.
Ridley-a bigger name than Coates that should keep BP and those trades out there before the movie.
Now to black writers. How many have faced a push back the moment they got hired at Marvel or DC not named Priest?
For all the talk about paying dues-McDuffie and Priest are the poster children of that. McDuffie could NOT get Spider-Man. After ALL he did from Hellraiser to Milestone to Ben 10 to Justice League. Priest could not get Batman unless he wanted to be an editor.
How many white writers can we think of who have done LESS and got big name books like Batman? Because of the good olde boy network.
Now if Marvel put say Jason Aaron on Black Panther-how many stores are going to order the book? What about James Tynion IV? Yeah Cancel Culture will throw a fit but whose fit would be worst theirs or the group who think Aaron or Tynion are WASTING their time on Black Panther and want them off the book?
So as a result we are seeing more black writers do black books at the big two. Because no one else seems to want to do it and deal with the baggage. Meanwhile outside the big two-white and non black writers are doing black lead books to no protest.
At best they'll get side books like Ralph Macchio on The Sound and The Fury or Black Panther vs Deadpool by Daniel Kibblesmith and never the main title. Marvel seems to be in the habit of pairing minority characters with writers of the same race and gender. I remember Mark Waid once pitched a BP series but someone had said that it was to bad that he isn't black. All I want is a writer that wants to elevate T'Challa and Wakanda and not keep kicking him down with constant deconstruction. Don't care if they black, white, Asian or whatever. The best "modern" BP story IMO is still SWAD by Jason Aaron.
IMO T'Challa needs his own "office", someone running point for him at Marvel that actually cares about him otherwise we will get more writers like Coates and writers new to comics like Nendi or Roxane Gay. If we took elements like the rape camps from season 1 and put them in Gotham, Hell's Kitchen or NYC in general, Metropolis, etc, and the heroes knew about it. I'm certain that it wouldn't have been allowed to slide like with Coates. I agree with MoS that T'Challa is the character that you have to earn to write like the others.
T'Challa
A.K.A. The Black Panther
King of Wakanda
King of the Dead and The Champion of Bast
Two-Time Time Magazine "Person Of The Year"
Six-Time People Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive"
I've never bought into the "bigotry of low expectations" considering how much more effort PoC have to put in to get the same respect White people get for doing less.
Anyway, I see what you're saying. BP needs to be treated the same way as other major characters. Idk what it'll take for that to happen
I think people protest precisely because Black writers don't get as much respect, as you've pointed out. As for comics outside the big two, they're not as well known, so that doesn't really result in as large of a following to protest in the first place
Yea. But again that was during the time when it was rumored Namor was going to be the villain (when they were going to make Atlantis = Aztec)
Still we at least got major castings like Christian Bale for Thor and Jonathan Majors as Kang for Antman. Everything seems to be quiet on the BP front.
Mayberry-first Marvel work was a backup starring Wolverine. Black Panther was his first monthly gig. He is famous for Netflix's V-Wars.
Liss-Panther was his 2nd Marvel work but his first full time series. Liss does mystery novel set in Sherlock Holmes era.
Robert Venditti was doing warehouse work for Image when he pitched Surrogates-that became a movie. He did Demon Knights for his first DC work and got Green Lantern the following year.What else have you written at Marvel? What have you written at DC? What have you written independently?
Scott Lobdell submitted a story using Contest of Champions and got hired. He got Excalibur and later Gen X and Uncanny X-Men as monthly gigs.
What dues are they paying? I have looked at some and I see a TREND-unlike Liss & Mayberry-they are working on properties like Batman, Deadpool and X-Men. Those one shots or backups have lead to bigger gigs and shots.
MEANWHILE-We are NOT getting those gigs.
Brandon Thomas (probably the first black man) to write an X-title-X-Force Shatterstar. It took him 11 years to get another shot at Marvel. He has Excellence & Noble under his belt.
Brandon Easton got Star Trek, Transformers, MASK and Thundercats under his belt. He can't even get in the door at Marvel. DESPITE working on Agent Carter.
Rodney Barnes's first Marvel work was introducing Rayshaun Lucas as Patriot followed by Falcon series.
Marc Bernardin-only Big two monthly gig was Static last 2 issues. All he is doing is working on Star Trek Picard and Castle Rock among other shows.
What I am seeing is what Priest did NOT want-black writers only getting black lead gigs at the big two.
T'Challa
A.K.A. The Black Panther
King of Wakanda
King of the Dead and The Champion of Bast
Two-Time Time Magazine "Person Of The Year"
Six-Time People Magazine "Sexiest Man Alive"
That's more a problem at Marvel and DC and more importantly a lack of opportunities to write the big name heroes, Supes, Bats, Spidey.
The majority of poc writers get the obscure or C, D level characters. They get little fanfare, promotion or PR and they usually get the poc characters.