A review by craigmaxwell
Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Yona Harvey, Afua Richardson, Rembert Browne, Joe Bennett, Roxane Gay, Alitha Martinez, Ta-Nehisi Coates
3.0
An introduction to The World of Wakanda with a powerful, independent native African cast of women. Starting off rushed and sporadic, gets really good and then introduces two completely new storylines...
With the new Black Panther movie looming I thought I’d give this comic a go, as I’ve never really delved into the world of wakanda or black panther.
The story begins with training a select group of women to become the next protectors of wakanda and the royal family, which leads to an underlying romance and conflict of power.
I’ve heard great things about Roxanne Gay so I was excited to read something by her.
Regarding the storyline itself, for me the scenes change too often, from page to page we are introduced to a new time, place and it’s feels like the writer was given a bullet point list of topics to cover and she has indeed covered them, but in a rushed, forced fashion resulting in it feeling extremely contrived.
The series also touches on struggles many women face on a daily basis, sexual advances, rape. With the outcomes of the situations being female empowerment which I loved reading.
My favourite scene - a show of powerful female empowerment by putting two sleezy guys in their place, Aneko and Ayo are a complete badass power couple!
Overall I was let down by the sporadic nature at the beginning with too much trying to be introduced, to then really liking the storyline, as soon as I liked it two brand new storylines were introduced with a loose relevance - I wanted more from Aneka and Ayo but was let down by the final two irrelevant issues. I hope there is more to come.
With the new Black Panther movie looming I thought I’d give this comic a go, as I’ve never really delved into the world of wakanda or black panther.
The story begins with training a select group of women to become the next protectors of wakanda and the royal family, which leads to an underlying romance and conflict of power.
I’ve heard great things about Roxanne Gay so I was excited to read something by her.
Regarding the storyline itself, for me the scenes change too often, from page to page we are introduced to a new time, place and it’s feels like the writer was given a bullet point list of topics to cover and she has indeed covered them, but in a rushed, forced fashion resulting in it feeling extremely contrived.
The series also touches on struggles many women face on a daily basis, sexual advances, rape. With the outcomes of the situations being female empowerment which I loved reading.
My favourite scene - a show of powerful female empowerment by putting two sleezy guys in their place, Aneko and Ayo are a complete badass power couple!
Overall I was let down by the sporadic nature at the beginning with too much trying to be introduced, to then really liking the storyline, as soon as I liked it two brand new storylines were introduced with a loose relevance - I wanted more from Aneka and Ayo but was let down by the final two irrelevant issues. I hope there is more to come.