The comic book industry and hip-hop music have a long and very intriguing shared history. That's been the inspiration behind San Diego Comic-Con's annual "Hip-Hop and Comics: Cultures Combining" panel. And even with Comic-Con going digital-only this year, fans of the two art forms can look forward to another star-studded panel.
"Hip-Hop and Comics: Cultures Combining" will stream on Friday, July 24 at 6pm PT, and IGN can exclusively debut a preview of the panel. Check it out in the video player above or embedded below: [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/07/23/comic-conhome-preview-hip-hop-and-comics-cultures-combining"] This year's panel features a mixture of comic book creators like David F. Walker (Naomi), Vita Ayala (Morbius: the Living Vampire) and Ron Wimberly (Prince of Cats), hip-hop stars like Christopher "Play" Martin, Pharoahe Monch, Esoteric, and Mega Ran and graffiti artists like Gloria "Glow" Muriel and Erin Yoshi. The panelists will reflect on the intersection of comics and hip-hop and the way both are so often a platform for larger-than-life characters and unique forms of storytelling. Martin should be an especially interesting addition to the mix this year. As one half of the hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play, his work actually spawned a Marvel Comics series in 1992, along with an animated series and the popular House Party films.
“I owe comics a gigantic debt of gratitude… My vocabulary has shot off like a rocket since the first time I turned the pages of an Amazing Spider-Man issue,” said Esoteric in a statement. “Those early animated shows were a huge influence, and not just visually. The old Spider-Man and Iron Man and all those theme songs… The production and orchestration felt like Hip-Hop when we watched them in that era. And if you go back and listen to early Hip-Hop tapes, all those people got a lot of their fervor and gravitas from comic books,” said Monch. The full list of panelists can be found in the image below:
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