In just under a span of 10 minutes, S&S’s own A. David Lewis managed to address a span of issues with “Here & Now” co-host Robin Young on a recent WBUR broadcast. Touching on Ms. Marvel, the upcoming Muslim Superheroes essay collection, Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Black Panther and the Crew, and his own Kismet, Man of Fate, Lewis blitzed Young with a full update of many topics at the intersection of the comic book medium and Islam. And, he vouched for the surprising brilliance of the new Flintsones series, to boot!
Additionally, WBUR provided this video clip of Lewis going into further explanation of his charity work for Syria.
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This is a good time to be a nerd. Marvel’s superheroic epics have taken over the box office, and most importantly comics have become cool again. Or, maybe they have? It depends on who you ask. If you’re asking us, then yes, comics are DEFINITELY COOL.
Marvel Comics’ Ms. Marvel #13 not only displays a determined, patriotic Muslim-American superheroine on its cover, but it also dedicates much of its page content to the titular hero pushing a “get out the vote effort.” In a U.S. Presidential election that has featured intolerance widely and Islamophobia specifically, having the Jersey-born Pakistani character campaigning for democratic action feels heartening, coming, even as a does, from a mega-corporation-backed publisher like Marvel.