evan narcisse
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DC Power: A Celebration Showcases the Company’s Best Heroes During Black History Month
The new anthology features Cyborg, Aqualad, Kid Flash and Nubia.
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Batman: Gotham Knights – Gilded City Introduces a Revolutionary New Hero
A new Batman story adds mysterious vigilante the Runaway to Gotham City’s history.
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The Wonder of Wakanda: How This Black Utopian Space Is a Game Changer for Artists and Audiences
On a rainy Friday afternoon in January, rivulets of black comic fans trickled through the halls of Harlem’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The occasion was the annual Black Comic Book Festival—an event that draws thousands of comic enthusiasts, creators, publishers and collectors. Black Panther tickets had just gone on sale days before,…
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Watch: Everything You Need to Know About Black Panther, Explained
Where is Wakanda? Who is T’Challa? Can a woman be Black Panther? I have so many questions about this comic book-turned-feature film, so I consulted with play cousins to The Root who are both staff writers for i09: Charles Pulliam-Moore and Evan Narcisse (who happens to be one of the brilliant writers of the Rise…
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Watch: Rise of a Black Panther Comic Book Writer
Evan Narcisse is the writer of the hit comic series Rise of the Black Panther. It tells the early story of Black Panther, aka T’Challa, becoming King of Wakanda. The i09 senior writer and self-proclaimed “Haitian Sensation” sat with The Root to discuss going from comic critic to breakthrough comic writer, working with Ta-Nehisi Coates…
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How io9’s Evan Narcisse Went From Writing About Comics to Writing Rise of the Black Panther
Oprah’s Golden Globe speech. The 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. The Atlanta season 2 trailer. Marvel’s Black Panther dropping in a month. We’re only a week into 2018, and the official Conscious Negro Advent Calendar is already half full. However, Oprah, Atlanta and MLK are all known properties, but aside from a…