Abstract
ABSTRACT This study looks at ways cultural nationalism manifests in comic books featuring the character Black Panther between 1972 and 1978. As politics and agency became goals for the African-American collective, agency and strength were presented as an actualised reality in the character, Black Panther. This essay explores the ways creators of the Black Panther comic books interpreted and navigated the dynamics of the Black Power Movement. The primary method for this essay is textual analysis to examine narratives and visuals within the context of the genre. Overall, this study finds the medium is able to take several abstract feelings and notions and give them voice. However, in doing so they ended up reinforcing stereotypes associated with African-Americans and the Black Power Movement. The book’s creators facilitate an interpretation of the black aesthetic and cultural nationalism to acknowledge their positive influence but rely on stereotypes to achieve those goals.
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