Eisner Award-winning writer David F. Walker joins Justin to discuss his work bringing historic episodes of racial justice -- and injustice -- to life. His new graphic novel, The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History, created with artist Marcus Kwame Anderson, just came out Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 2021.

David discusses the power of comics to educate and (maybe?) change minds and hearts, the danger of casting ourselves as heroes in our own stories, and what "creative self-care" really means.

David and Justin also talk about treading water until you can swim, and David’s comic-writing bucket list, including the Lone Ranger and Tonto (for realz).

David is the co-creator of the Eisner-winning comic series Bitter Root. He has written major titles for DC (Cyborg, Young Justice), Marvel (Power Man and Iron Fist) and Image. He is also a filmmaker and a recognized expert on 1970s Black film. David is an adjunct professor at Portland State University.

LINKS

The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History https://amzn.to/3svJ1s3

Bitter Root Vol. 1   https://amzn.to/3bAhort

Who was Fred Hampton?  https://bit.ly/2Lnl7OJ

“The 1968 Kerner Commission Got It Right, But Nobody Listened”, Smithsonian Magazine, March 2018  https://bit.ly/3i9gK5A

Classics Illustrated   https://bit.ly/3bPlpbZ

“Bad Apples of Bad Barrels? Philip Zimbardo on the Lucifer Effect”  https://bit.ly/2KfBKLy

The Hero’s Journey, made popular by Joseph Campbell   https://bit.ly/39KkruX

Adventureman Vol. 1 by Matt Fraction and Terry Dodson   https://amzn.to/2LTWMjs

Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel adapted by Ryan North and Albert Monteys https://amzn.to/2Nd1KIr