Am I tired or did they not give me enough to work with here.
Star Blazers: The Magazine Of Space Battleship Yamato #7
Argo Press (August, 1996)
“Icarus” part 2
WRITER/ARTIST: Bruce Lewis
COLORIST/SPECIAL EFFECTS: John Ott & Bruce Lewis
COVER ART/COLOR: Tim Eldred & Bruce Lewis
Before he was selling sausages for your breakfast, Jimmy Dean was an actor and singer before his passing in 2010. However, while he’s mostly known for his variety show The Jimmy Dean Show, also notable for the first appearance of the Muppet piano playing dog Rowlf, there’s only one song of his I really know, 1961’s “Big Bad John”. Even then all I remembered was the refrain, but for some reason, despite never hearing the song in years that was playing in my head this week so I checked it out.
I thought the song was going to be like “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”, which I should totally do someday, only set in the Old West. I just got that from the name though, because when you actually hear the song it’s about a drifter who comes to work in a mine and is very much not meaner than a junkyard dog. If anything, Big John wasn’t bad, he was a hero. Hero enough that they didn’t let him die in the sequels. Yep, this was one of those songs that had sequels, only one of them by Dean himself. Let’s start were all stories start, where the legend began.
Now if I can get a crossover with Luigi it’d be the best video game comic ever! (Depending on the writer.)
Tails #1
Archie Comics Publications (December, 1995)
“Southern Crossover” part 1
WRITER: Mike Gallagher (also penciler on Tails’ comic book)
PENCILER: Dave Manak
INKER: Harvo
COLORIST: Barry Grossman
COVER ART: Patrick Spaziante & Harvo
COVER COLORING: Heroic Age
LETTERER: Mindy Eisman
EDITOR: Scott Fulop
The video goes into the whole history of Atlantis as well. Namor’s history specifically starts at maybe 6:38 if you want to meet his parents.
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Weighing In On #RecastTChalla
T’Challa debuted in July, 1966 in the pages of Fantastic Four #52. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (two Jewish men), T’Challa, otherwise known as Black Panther, is the ruler of Wakanda (created by those same two Jewish men), a fictional African nation with advanced technology and outdated weaponry if you ask the folks at Marvel Studios. The latest in the family to inherit the title of Black Panther, T’Challa went through ritual combat to earn the right to use the title and wear the suit made of Vibranium, a metal from space that can absorb vibrations (hence the name) and kinetic energy directed at it. He also gains enhanced strength and speed through use of a special herb used only by his tribe, the Black Panther Tribe. He has been a member of the Avengers and the Marvel hero brain trust The Illuminati. He’s a long time beloved comic book character who has also appeared in animation TV shows and movies as well as video games, and has a decent sized fan following…among people who aren’t media snobs.
Chadwick Boseman debuted November, 1976, presumably in a hospital, though he was mentioned in prior months as “the baby in mommy’s tummy”. Created by Leroy and Carolyn Boseman, Chadwick had considered becoming an architect but ended up going into acting, performing on stage (even writing a play or two) and the daytime soap opera All My Children. He moved on to other TV shows and movies, including the Egyptian god Thoth in Gods Of Egypt, until landing the role of T’Challa, the Black Panther, in Captain America: Civil War, followed by more MCU movies including his own, fittingly titled Black Panther. Unfortunately I have to end the gag here because this is when we get to Boseman passing away in 2020 of colon cancer. Please note that in no way, shape, or form, am I ignoring or making fun of this man’s career, his faith (it will annoy Hollywood to hear he was a Christian who according to Wikipedia–question the wiki–prayed about taking the role), the tragedy of his passing, his mourning family and friends, or that cancer has claimed another life. I do not know his work because most of his productions outside of the MCU is not in my usual circles but everyone spoke highly of his dedication to the craft and how he approached every character, including T’Challa.
However, T’Challa comes from comics and if it wasn’t for those comics looked down upon by the media snobs there wouldn’t BE a Black Panther in the MCU. This has been one of the factors behind the #RecastTChalla hashtag on Twitter, which was trending last night and got my attention. Another is what T’Challa means to many black fans of the movies and the black kids who saw a character they can admire with the supposed all-important title of “looks like me”. I’ve written about this before but I saw some specific talking points in the trending hashtag on Twitter so I want to address them and the movement that’s been revitalized in the wake of the second movie, Wakanda Forever, and first without not only Boseman but the character this all centers around.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on November 15, 2022 in Marvel Spotlight, Movie Spotlight and tagged Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, commentary, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Marvel Universe, T'challa, Twitter.
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