Ehhhh, that’s dubious. I’d have to see something said or written by the founders before I’d jump on board with that.
What with search engine enshittification, I’m not finding anything that directly supports it at all, and I am seeing disagreement with it.
Since the comic did predate the actual black panther party, it isn’t impossible.
However, the party wasn’t exactly created out of nowhere, and there’s a decent history of that black panther as a symbol for black activism that predates both the comic and the party.
Now, I’m not screaming “sources or gtfo” or anything like that. This is a casual conversation, and you don’t owe me shit in the way of effort, so don’t worry if you don’t want to.
But I can’t see anything supporting that origin, and it is disputed, so I won’t be repeating it, or correcting anything until and unless I see some kind of support for it that is credible and sourced
interesting, id always assumed since it predated the black panther party by a few months. and the fact some people thought the comic was named after the party when the comic had already been out by the time the party formed
black panthers literally named themselves after the black panther comic book
Ehhhh, that’s dubious. I’d have to see something said or written by the founders before I’d jump on board with that.
What with search engine enshittification, I’m not finding anything that directly supports it at all, and I am seeing disagreement with it.
Since the comic did predate the actual black panther party, it isn’t impossible.
However, the party wasn’t exactly created out of nowhere, and there’s a decent history of that black panther as a symbol for black activism that predates both the comic and the party.
Now, I’m not screaming “sources or gtfo” or anything like that. This is a casual conversation, and you don’t owe me shit in the way of effort, so don’t worry if you don’t want to.
But I can’t see anything supporting that origin, and it is disputed, so I won’t be repeating it, or correcting anything until and unless I see some kind of support for it that is credible and sourced
interesting, id always assumed since it predated the black panther party by a few months. and the fact some people thought the comic was named after the party when the comic had already been out by the time the party formed
Source? From what I remember, the two emerged around the same time, but the naming was coincidence.