This comment was left on Cracked.com's list of "The 6 Worst Marvel Cartoons", but first, let's look at why they put the Black Panther cartoon on the list:  "Black Panther" (2009)In 2004, Reginald Hudlin wrote the greatest, toughest, most action-packed Black Panther story of all time. This seemed nuts since his previous writing credits were the movie House Party. Five years later, the comic was adapted into a cartoon by BET and everything fell apart. Instead of animation, they made it a "motion comic" like the old '60s Marvel Superheroes show. In this style, the characters shift an arm or a leg for a few frames rather than "move." It might have still been okay with good voiceover, but every voice actor was so concerned with thickening up their fake "African" accent that they forgot to do things like "inflect" or "act." The final result was like a sleepy exchange student wiggling a comic book while they read it out loud. And I don't want to sound racist, but that's really annoying.

  They barely move and they all talk like voice actors trying to passive aggressively get revenge on their agents, but other than that the characters are great!

Theme Song: The Black Panther music is awesome. Every time Black does anything, anything at all, an African choir goes crazy chanting his name. "T'Challa! T'Challa! T'Challa!" As an experiment, I named my dong T'Challa while I was watching this show, and I've been hard for almost two years.

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LOL, I just watched some Black Panther....Its actually that kind of BET well meaning racism. Like how the only people/ culture from Africa that has anything to offer....is a made up one. The Wakandans talk of every other nation in Africa as savages, let alone the Europeans who they spit on. Oh, and they have a cure for cancer, but screw telling anyone outside their kingdom.

The Wakandons are jerks, lol.

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jamiso

LOL, and their utopian society is xenophobic isolationist hereditary Absolute monarchy, which is at times decided by wrestling matches. 

BET....more racist towards black people than the Klan

Posted on 4/7/2011 1:42 PM

jamiso

But asking the question why didn't they get involved while the rest of Africa is being raped is an understandable one, right?

Since when was BP hated?

" Since when was BP hated? "

" @JonesDeini: Some of the storylines in the book were suspect, though. The Black Panther annual is one of them (Wakanda eventually ruled the world in that issue, IIRC, with some black power mindset thing), and the storyline with the Skrulls on another planet (who were all shapeshifted into humans) was another. The bad guys were all White, while the rebels were all Black (and led by people like MLK and Malcolm X). It's as if Hudlin was using White people are scapegoats or something. He even has the Black Panther mock Latervian architecture, basically saying that they live like Keebler Elves in their old-style Germanic homes as a comparison to himself and where he lives.  

I didn't even catch the racial undertones of all this until I went back and read certain issues again. Hudlin basically got away with way too much in this volume. LOL.

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" @Osiris1428 said:

" But asking the question why didn't they get involved while the rest of Africa is being raped is an understandable one, right? "

Maybe the Wakandans were the ones that were selling other Africans into slavery? "

" @Static Shock said:

" @JonesDeini: Some of the storylines in the book were suspect, though. The Black Panther annual is one of them (Wakanda eventually ruled the world in that issue, IIRC, with some black power mindset thing), and the storyline with the Skrulls on another planet (who were all shapeshifted into humans) was another. The bad guys were all White, while the rebels were all Black (and led by people like MLK and Malcolm X). It's as if Hudlin was using White people are scapegoats or something. He even has the Black Panther mock Latervian architecture, basically saying that they live like Keebler Elves in their old-style Germanic homes as a comparison to himself and where he lives.  

I didn't even catch the racial undertones of all this until I went back and read certain issues again. Hudlin basically got away with way too much in this volume. LOL.

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LMAO True, he did do some out there stuff, like I said heavy handed where eloquence was needed. And ironic that the man who was the driving force behind the worst thing to happen to black people since slavery, BET, wrote Black Panther... "

Some people see anti-colonialism as "anti-white." The same ones who usually who feel 'anti-racist' means anti-white. When these things and themes are central to the Black Panther universe, there is no pandering to those type of people. Let them hate it. THE'RE SUPPOSE TO. That is why I am leery of this whole "American Panther" thing.

" @Osiris1428: They want to Americanize Panther in order to give him more mass appeal. That's what I think, unfortunately.... "

Hudlin was the worst thing to happen to T'Challa, he's a perfectly solid character so long as you don't buy into that Black Supremacist crap.

I do like the character, but his writer sucks.

I don't think he is that bad. But, I most people who have posted here say why they don't like Hudlin, but don't go into detail as to why.

I don't like the American Panther idea, I think if you want to make Black Panther more marketable again, then downplay the race card. In general, I think the race card has been played with BP for far too long and it's alienated a fair share of readers. As insightful as Hudlin's message is, if it's drowned out by black supremacy, then people will simply not get it and instead focus on what offends them personally. 

They need to make Black Panther more international. They could have made a Black Panther & Storm series. I don't see why they don't. Storm could be the quintessential Marvel women, but why they won't do that, I don't know.

Why American Panther? Is he a citizen? Unfortunately his Wakanda origin just doesn't work well. For example being in America when Africa is in dire need of heroes. The mix of tribal ways and high tech feels off for some reason. If he is an Avenger not sharing the cure for cancer thing doesn't make sense especially since the Original Capt. Marvel died of it.

Why American Panther? Is he a citizen? Unfortunately his Wakanda origin just doesn't work well. For example being in America when Africa is in dire need of heroes. The mix of tribal ways and high tech feels off for some reason. If he is an Avenger not sharing the cure for cancer thing doesn't make sense especially since the Original Capt. Marvel died of it.

I do agree an Avengers International title would be great. Especially if they used foreign heroes only or maybe one from the US. I like Panther I just feel his showing up in the US is mighty weird. If American Panther is not T'Challa I can dig it even though clone characters aren't my favorites. I posted this in the Avengers forum its an Idea for an Avengers International roster.

http://www.comicvine.com/avengers/65-3806/avengers-international-idea/92-625528/#3
 
As SC said Blue Marvel would make a good team member as would a number of Asian heroes.

Storm used CEREBRO in the cartoon.    Storm using cerebro = me OVER IT.    It should've been done like like the Avengers movies  And I honestly feel that Reginald Hudlin should return to Black Panther..........something I never thought I would say..........I dislike so much of what he does, but at least he does it (If you need me to elaborate, I WILL). 

i actually like the cartoon series, especially that we get to see the x-men too. and the last part of the series was exciting.