Harvey wrote a 10-page origin story for Wakanda's revolutionary leader Zenzi, and has said she drew on the example of Winnie Mandela as inspiration.
The series debuted Novem(with a cover date of January 2017). He had seen Gay read a short story about zombies two years earlier that he recalled as "the most surprising, unexpected, coolest zombie story you ever want to see" Harvey had been his classmate at Howard University and he felt her skills as a poet would lend themselves to the comic-book form, telling The New York Times, "That’s just so little space, and you have to speak with so much power. Coates recommended Gay and Harvey to pen the series.
Īfter the success of the Black Panther series relaunch in April 2016, written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Marvel developed a companion piece set in the fictional African country of Wakanda, home to the Black Panther. The series also won a 2018 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book. Ta-Nehisi Coates served as a consultant for the series.īlack Panther: World of Wakanda won a 2018 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series. Gay and Harvey became the first two black women to author a series for Marvel counting Martinez and Richardson, upon its debut the series itself was helmed entirely by black women. Martinez drew the majority of the art for the series, for which Afua Richardson contributed cover art to the first five issues, as well as art for a short story in the first issue. The series was primarily written by Roxane Gay, with poet Yona Harvey contributing a story to the first issue. It published six issues before being canceled. Black Panther: World of Wakanda is a comic book series and a spin-off from the Marvel Comics Black Panther title.