The Case for Coates as a Comic Book Writer -- ep. by Howard Rambsy II

The Case for Coates as a Comic Book Writer -- ep. by Howard Rambsy II

A brief take on Ta-Nehisi Coates’s move into Marvel Comics, highlighting how his Black Panther run bridges African American literary continuums and comic storytelling while expanding the scope of Black artistic production across forms.  Written by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm

Ta-Nehisi Coates and Representation Struggles -- ep. by Howard Rambsy II

A brief take on Ta-Nehisi Coates’s entry into comics, examining how his rise to prominence with Black Panther highlights the double-edged nature of representation—simultaneously expanding visibility while reinforcing disparities in attention for other Black creators.

Star Wars for Black People -- ep. by Howard Rambsy II

A brief take on Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, tracing how “Star Wars for Black people” becomes a framework for merging Afrofuturism, slave narrative traditions, and large-scale Black representation in comics.  Written by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm

Rumors of Scipio Moorhead -- ep. by Howard Rambsy II

A brief take on Phillis Wheatley’s tribute to Scipio Moorhead, interpreting surviving poem and portrait as fragmentary “rumors” of early Black artistic collaboration in eighteenth-century America.  Written by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm

Painting the Enslaved as Liberated -- ep. by Howard Rambsy II

A brief take on Kerry James Marshall’s portraits of John Punch, Scipio Moorhead, and Harriet Tubman, reimagining enslaved figures as liberated subjects through contemporary Black artistic interpretation.  Written by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm