Black Panther is the first Marvel film to feature a black superhero and its Feb. 16 release falls in the middle of Black History Month. "It has a certain resonance," Johnnie Christmas, a black comic book writer and artist from Vancouver, said on CBC's On the Coast. Vancouver comic book artist Johnnie Christmas is hopeful about the prominence of black voices in Black Panther, including its director, Ryan Coogler. "It was electric," said May, who's read the Black Panther comics since middle school. Andrew May shows off his Black Panther tattoo, based on the recent spin-off series illustrated by Brian Stelfreeze.

Source: CBC News February 17, 2018 03:22 UTC