Roxane Gay Talks Beg the First Black Woman Marvel Lead Wrer | Time

Contents:

• ROXANE GAY
• ROXANE GAY'S 'WORLD OF WAKANDA': HOW SNDAL SPIRED THE NEW MARVEL IC
• ROXANE GAY ON BEG THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE LEAD MARVEL WRER: 'WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO FAIL'

ROXANE GAY

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ROXANE GAY'S 'WORLD OF WAKANDA': HOW SNDAL SPIRED THE NEW MARVEL IC

Now Gay, along wh poet Yona Harvey, make Marvel history as the first black women to wre for Marvel. In their seri, World of Wakanda, Gay tells tal of the Dora Milaje, the Wakandan royal fay’s ele all-women fightg guard, while Harvey foc on female revolutnary Zenzi, who fights for her untry’s rights. “Historilly, the Dora Milaje have served the Black Panther loyally and whout qutn, ” says Gay of Wakanda’s polil climate when the seri kicks off.

9, EW ught up wh Gay to discs wrg her first ic, her storytellg fluenc, and who she’d like to see pen their own ic. GAY: When Ta-Nehisi first approached me, I jt knew that I wanted to wre fierce women who uld be as timidatg as they are trigug. Roxane Gay has ma history as Marvel’s first black woman lead wrer for Black Panther: World of Wakanda, but her watershed achievement hasn’t been an effortls experience.

ROXANE GAY ON BEG THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE LEAD MARVEL WRER: 'WE AREN'T ALLOWED TO FAIL'

Wrg about two women of lor a queer relatnship for a mostly whe, male-domated anchise is groundbreakg, but Gay not that n also be dntg. In an terview wh Complex, Gay explas that while she is proud of the work that she is dog, ’s not always easy to be a trailblazer, pecially when to makg spac for diversy.

“All too often, black creators aren’t allowed to make mistak, ” Gay said. ” However, Gay is up to the challenge — and lookg to the future.