The Luke Cage TV show is undeniably black. But that alone isn’t enough to satisfy every black comics fan who’s watching the show. Three days after the series went up, it seems like everyone’s talking about Luke Cage. In many ways, it’s the show that folks have been waiting years for, myself included. What follows is a discussion between myself and three other notable nerds of African descent about what we thrilled to and were disappointed by in Netflix’s episodic adaptation of the popular Marvel Comics superhero. Advertisement Joining me are: Cheryl Lynn Eaton, writer and creator of the Ormes Society, an organization dedicated recognizing and promoting past and present contributions of black women David Brothers, formerly one-half of the almighty 4thletter! comics criticism site, current comics professional and Oakland representer Jamie Broadnax, managing editor and founder of Black Girl Nerds, a pop culture enthusiast social media community Advertisement Evan Narcisse: Let’s kick things off by talking about what your concerns and expectations were in the long hype cycle leading up to last Friday? My biggest concern was that the series would hew too much to a standard-issue superhero template. But I liked how they were open about people knowing… Read full this story
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