461 - FCF: Black Panther - The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Panthers…</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">IN SPAAAAACE</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">! For their first</span> <strong>Four-Color Flashback</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">of 2022, Paul and Arlo look to the stars, where they find</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Black Panther: The Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The second half of Ta-Nehisi Coates'</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Black Panther</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">run, these 25 issues--with art by Daniel Acuña, Kev Walker, and Ryan Bodenheim, among others--concern T'Challa's rise from slave to legend in an alien empire that bears his kingdom's name. The boys discuss Coates' bold new direction, the question of expansion vs. imperialism at the heart of the book, Acuña's photorealistic interstellar action compared to Walker's more abstract emphasis on character, and that goddamn symbiote. Plus, an acknowledgement of how surreal it is to be reading a comic book depiction of war at this particular moment, Amazon's evisceration of comiXology, and more.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">NEXT: let's party like it's 1999-2003. For the first of a two-part exploration of the Wachowskis'</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Matrix</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">series,</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mimesis</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">author Eric Sipple jacks in to discuss the original trilogy. Whoa.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style= "font-size: 10pt;"><strong>BREAKDOWN</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">00:00:23  -  Intro / Banter</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">00:08:21  -  Paul’s Unhinged ComiXology Rant</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;">00:34:43  -  Main Topic</