Black Panther: Wakanda Forever + Ironheart Writer Eve L. Ewing

X-Ray Vision

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🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 120 minutes

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On this episode of X-Ray Vision, Jason Concepcion and Rosie Knight ingest some heart-shaped herb! Starting in the Airlock (1:58), Jason and Rosie dive deep (deeep) into the waters of Talocan, the streets of Boston, and, of course, the jungles of Wakanda for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, recapping the film and discussing breakout performances, Shuri’s character arc, and more. Then, in a return of the Omnibus (54:22) Jason – with Rosie’s Footnotes™ – unpacks the origins of Afrofuturism in and out of comics. In the Hive Mind (1:13:08), X-Ray Vision is thrilled to welcome Eve L. Ewing – author, academic, poet, and writer of the acclaimed Ironheart comics – to discuss how comics led to her birth, the joys and struggles of writing, attempting to draw, seeing Riri Williams come to life on screen, and much more. Tune in every Friday and don’t forget to Hulk Smash the Follow button! Follow Jason: twitter.com/netw3rk Follow Rosie: IG, Letterboxd, IGN author page, Nerdist author page Join the X-Ray Vision Discord Follow Crooked: twitter.com/crookedmedia The Listener’s Guide for all things X-Ray Vision! Check out more of Eve’s amazing work at her website! Ironheart Vol. 1: Those With Courage – By Eve L. Ewing, Luciano Vecchio, Kevin Libranda, and more. Jan Švankmajer – Czech multimedia artist, whose work has included stop motion animation. How to Write an Autobiographical Novel (2018) – Written by Alexander Chee. Available here. ‘The Case for Reparations’ (2014) – An essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates for The Atlantic. The Bear (2022) – An FX on Hulu series created by Christopher Storer set in a flailing Italian Beef sandwich shop in Chicago. Reginald Hudlin – Director, screenwriter, comic-book writer, producer and more, known for a multitude of projects alongside his brother Warrington. Ms. Marvel Team-Up (2019) – Written by Eve L. Ewing, pencils and inks by Joey Vazquez, colors by Felipe Sobreiro, letters by Clayton Cowles. And for those of you interested in learning more about Afrofuturism, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will be launching a major exhibition on the subject in March, 2023. Put it on your calendars.

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0:00.0	Warning! This podcast contains spoilers for Black Panther Wakanda forever!
0:20.7	Hello! My name is Jason Concepcion, and welcome to X-ray Vision, the Crooked Podcast,
0:25.6	where we dive deep all the way to the bottom of the ocean!
0:30.8	Into your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture in this episode!
0:35.3	In the airlock, we're going to be diving deep into the Black Panther Wakanda forever.
0:39.2	Rosie and I are going to talk about the characters, talk about the themes, talk about our thoughts
0:42.8	about it, talk about some of the history, it's going to be fun. A return of the omnibus segment,
0:47.2	we're going to talk about Wakanda, the Black Panther, and the Afro-futurism aesthetic movement.
0:53.8	In the hive mind, we will be joined by author sociologist Professor Poet and writer
1:00.5	of the acclaimed Iron Heart comic for Marvel, Eve L. Ewing.
1:06.4	There's just so excited for this. If you want to jump around, of course, check the show notes
1:11.6	for the timestamps and join me today! Is the writer, comics, encyclopedia?
1:19.2	She is the heart shaper!
1:23.2	The great Rosie day! It's me! I'm so excited!
1:26.4	Yeah, this is so exciting. I mean, most anticipated movie of the year, probably.
1:31.7	And here we are about to break it all down and talk about some of the amazing creators who made
1:36.5	it possible and talk about this wild movie, and of course, like, first over name more.
1:43.6	Oh, name more so. Okay, let's get into it. First up, recapping Black Panther Wakanda.
1:48.2	Forever.
1:58.4	We're stepping out of the airlock and into Tala Kanda to discuss the latest installment of the MCU,
2:03.3	the last film in Phase 4, Black Panther Wakanda forever. Here we go, the last film in
2:07.9	Marvel's Phase 4, which is a wild thing to say. It opens in Wakanda. We're in Shurie's lab.
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