On April 16, Kendrick Lamar accomplished an amazing feat by winning the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Music for his April 2017 album, “DAMN.” This marks the first time the award has been given to an artist outside of the classical or jazz music genres. When you stand back and look[Read More…]
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Not all heroes wear capes
Senay Kenfe saw the viral video of the children from the Ron Clarke Academy in Atlanta finding out they would be viewing “Black Panther” and was immediately inspired. The happiness on the children’s faces motivated Kenfe to start a similar campaign for underprivileged Long Beach low income students to see[Read More…]
“Black Panther” is a fresh take on the superhero film
It’s become a cliché for reviews to proclaim that Marvel Studios’ newest movie is their best output yet. But “Black Panther” really is the best movie to bear the Marvel name; it’s the only one to draw tears from me. It isn’t just a beautiful or entertaining movie, it’s perfect.[Read More…]
Negative Space: Starting Black Panther
Welcome back to Negative Space, the Daily 49er’s formerly biweekly column on comic books. I say formerly because we’ll be doing this every week now! The goal remains the same: to connect you with the best that comic books have to offer. Every week I’ll be recommending one book that[Read More…]