The Big Deal (Conclusion) The Last Word

"After spending more than eight years as a classroom teacher and five years teaching grade 8 African American adolescents living in an economically depressed area, I have concluded that increasing students' reading and writing abilities calls for much broader dictates than test-- driven educational practices that are intended to meet minimum standards".

Alfred W. Tatum author of
Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap



"Such naysayings from so many who either don't like either character or don't follow them.Then this doesn't affect you. Reggie Hudlin has been branded the official 'hollywood' guy to take all fanboy aggressions out on and I doubt,as sales indicate, that most are even reading BP at all. It is not bad at all. The House of M issue was the best thing connected with the whole event.
People bitched and moaned when Priest's BP was cancelled (because, again, sales were poor--too bad, it was one of Marvel's best titles)and they bitch and moan about Hudlin's.
Bah! Too much negativity 'round here.
Allaboutme

Reginald Hudlin started a new Black Panther series last year; one story line sent the title character and Luke Cage to post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans to help in the cleanup. (Fittingly, Hudlin, who is also a film director, described the teaming of an ex-cop and African king as a "a buddy action movie.")

"The reality is that there's been so few black characters who have their own book, who have been consistently published," Hudlin said, "let alone a black character who has been written by a black writer and the perspective that comes from that."

He added: "I'm not saying you have to be black to understand the character, but very often the best writer may be the writer who best understands the culture of the character."

Fans have debated whether the new Black Panther title succeeds - "We all like the character, why can't we disagree on the writing?" blkyoda wrote on hudlinentertainment.com - but Hudlin proudly spoke of a man who reads the series to his son, two pages a day.

In the end that equals success.