Thoughts on Reading ‘Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Vol 1’
General thoughts on the graphic novel that collects the first four parts of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther series
Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet Vol 1 is a graphic novel that collects the first four parts of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther series.
It’s really well-written, and allows a depth and exploration of politics and monarchy that many comics’ writers would shy away from. The art and composition is clever af.
What I will say, though, is that I found it tricky to pick-up with limited Black Panther knowledge — and I had very basic Black Panther knowledge, and am used to picking things up out of order and just figuring it out.
But I struggled here to figure out what was going on, especially for the first issue or so. So, if you’re someone that finds it difficult to pick things up part-way, maybe this isn’t the one to jump in on.
Originally published as part of a larger Comics Wrap-Up post on my blog, Dora Reads