The Man Who Made Black Panther Cool
January 22, 2018 2:01 PM Subscribe
No, it’s the better one.
posted by Artw at 2:30 PM on January 22, 2018 [14 favorites]
posted by Artw at 2:30 PM on January 22, 2018 [14 favorites]
I'm really not sure what to say about a profile that describes Jim Shooter as "a stubborn and revolutionary leader".
posted by Halloween Jack at 2:43 PM on January 22, 2018 [5 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 2:43 PM on January 22, 2018 [5 favorites]
Before I read the article, I would like to place my bet that the answer rhymes with "lacism".
posted by howfar at 2:49 PM on January 22, 2018 [10 favorites]
posted by howfar at 2:49 PM on January 22, 2018 [10 favorites]
The Kid Who Took Over: The Extraordinary Career Of Jim Shooter
posted by Artw at 2:54 PM on January 22, 2018
posted by Artw at 2:54 PM on January 22, 2018
Think Art meant this. Mods mod as a mod will if a mod does.
posted by mwhybark at 3:06 PM on January 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by mwhybark at 3:06 PM on January 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
Relevant: the last time priest discussed race in comics by Christopher Priest.
Really worth the read, because Christopher Priest is great.
Also for the stories about GI Joe creator Larry Hama:
Hama sat at the table, removed his mirrored aviators, and said, "Jim— never let the white man take advantage of you."
posted by scaryblackdeath at 3:20 PM on January 22, 2018 [16 favorites]
Really worth the read, because Christopher Priest is great.
Also for the stories about GI Joe creator Larry Hama:
Hama sat at the table, removed his mirrored aviators, and said, "Jim— never let the white man take advantage of you."
posted by scaryblackdeath at 3:20 PM on January 22, 2018 [16 favorites]
If you enjoyed Christopher Priest's work on Black Panther, I recommend Don McGregor and Billy Graham's work on the "Panther's Rage" storyline that added significant development to the character and the nation of Wakanda in the 1970's.
I believe that the book's content was pushing the envelope for comics in the early 70's. The book's first story arc was set in Africa and included only one white character (a villain); the second arc took the Panther to the American South where he battled the Ku Klux Klan.
It's notable that the Panther's conflict was with the actual Klan, without any 70's supervillain veneer that coated Marvel's "Maggia" (Mafia) or the Nixon-analogue who headed the Secret Empire in Steve Englehart's forward-thinking work Captain America.
I certainly hope that the Black Panther movie brings more attention to Priest's work, as well as other ground-breaking Panther stories that came before him.
posted by JDC8 at 3:45 PM on January 22, 2018 [4 favorites]
I believe that the book's content was pushing the envelope for comics in the early 70's. The book's first story arc was set in Africa and included only one white character (a villain); the second arc took the Panther to the American South where he battled the Ku Klux Klan.
It's notable that the Panther's conflict was with the actual Klan, without any 70's supervillain veneer that coated Marvel's "Maggia" (Mafia) or the Nixon-analogue who headed the Secret Empire in Steve Englehart's forward-thinking work Captain America.
I certainly hope that the Black Panther movie brings more attention to Priest's work, as well as other ground-breaking Panther stories that came before him.
posted by JDC8 at 3:45 PM on January 22, 2018 [4 favorites]
Quantum & Woody was one of the most eye-opening comics I read during my formative years. It’s hard for me to remember that most of the industry barely thinks about it.
Priest’s run on Black Panther *was* amazing, but at the time I was mostly excited because it felt like a chance to get a little more Q&W. (The story structure, voice, and style were incredibly similar.)
posted by bluemilker at 4:39 PM on January 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
Priest’s run on Black Panther *was* amazing, but at the time I was mostly excited because it felt like a chance to get a little more Q&W. (The story structure, voice, and style were incredibly similar.)
posted by bluemilker at 4:39 PM on January 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
One of the great things about getting on the Internet in the late 90s was discovering the comic groups on USENET, where Priest would hang out and talk about all the things that had gone wrong with the latest issue of Steel.
(and I also found out that he was the (uncredited) writer on Amazing Spider-Man Annual #20, the one with Iron Man 2020 that haunted me when it ran in the back for Transformers UK back in the 80s)
posted by carsondial at 5:22 PM on January 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
(and I also found out that he was the (uncredited) writer on Amazing Spider-Man Annual #20, the one with Iron Man 2020 that haunted me when it ran in the back for Transformers UK back in the 80s)
posted by carsondial at 5:22 PM on January 22, 2018 [1 favorite]
Y'know, what kills me about this article: I didn't realize Priest wrote Spider-Man vs. Wolverine under his birth name. That was one of the best stand-alone issues I've ever read.
His run on Black Panther is one of the best things I ever read in comics, too. It really just makes me think of how he was criminally underappreciated and not nearly given enough freedom in all those years.
posted by scaryblackdeath at 5:55 PM on January 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
His run on Black Panther is one of the best things I ever read in comics, too. It really just makes me think of how he was criminally underappreciated and not nearly given enough freedom in all those years.
posted by scaryblackdeath at 5:55 PM on January 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
Jim Owsley? Wow, I had no idea! Spider Man vs. Wolverine is a great book. I can remember wondering what happened to its writer.
posted by Chuckles at 6:13 PM on January 22, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by Chuckles at 6:13 PM on January 22, 2018 [4 favorites]
I just spent a few minutes hunting up the original run of Priest's “Quantum and Woody” because of this article and some of the stuff on Priest's own site. Forty bucks on Comixology. Or free if you subscribe to their "Unlimited” thing.
posted by egypturnash at 6:35 PM on January 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by egypturnash at 6:35 PM on January 22, 2018 [2 favorites]
The Crew's early cancellation was a downer for me. I thought Priest was going to surpass his Black Panther run with that series.
posted by Eikonaut at 1:58 PM on January 23, 2018
posted by Eikonaut at 1:58 PM on January 23, 2018
I'd mostly quit reading comics around the time Priest started, but I remember idly picking up Spider Man vs Wolverine not expecting much, and just loving it. It's one of the few comics from my teens (along with Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns) that continue to stick in my mind.
Also, Priest's essay on race (linked above, I believe) was how young (and white, and suburban) me learned about institutional racism. I'd heard the term before and was kind of skeptical about it but in one or two sentences, he defined it in and clearly showed how it fit into our society.
posted by suetanvil at 6:28 PM on January 23, 2018
Also, Priest's essay on race (linked above, I believe) was how young (and white, and suburban) me learned about institutional racism. I'd heard the term before and was kind of skeptical about it but in one or two sentences, he defined it in and clearly showed how it fit into our society.
posted by suetanvil at 6:28 PM on January 23, 2018
The MCU Story Of Black Panther Will Based on the Christopher Priest and Ta-Nehisi Coates Run
posted by Artw at 7:57 AM on January 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Artw at 7:57 AM on January 25, 2018 [2 favorites]
Quantum and Woody is being made into a TV series, possibly with Joel McHale as Woody.
posted by rednikki at 6:59 AM on January 26, 2018
posted by rednikki at 6:59 AM on January 26, 2018
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