As many of our most recognizable comic book heroes hit TV and the big screen alike, it can be argued we are in the second Golden Age of superheroes.
Brian Stelfreeze, the current illustrator of “Black Panther,” Afua Richardson, illustrator of a “Black Panther” companion, and Van Jensen, who authored several issues of “The Flash” and “Green Lantern,” joined us on “City Lights” to talk all things superheroes and comic books.
“Honestly, I think lately there’s been sort of a loss of hope and all the comic book characters boil down to, if you had the ability to do something, these are the things that you would do,” said Stelfreeze about the revitalization of superheroes. “And I think right now, people are looking for that altruistic escape.”
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