Fans Celebrate 'Black Panther' and Black Culture at Wakandacon in Chicago

Earlier this year, Ryan Coogler's Black Panther made its way to the silver screen as the 18th Marvel movie. It soon broke records, inspired a classroom curriculum, and spurred a fan convention that not only celebrates the film but black culture in general. Thanks to Black Panther's crafted storytelling and embracement of different subcultures within the black experience (including Afrofuturism), fans from around the country came to the three-day convention's first outing in Chicago. Organizers a...