Much to everyone's surprise, I know, I did not finish any more FMK books last week.

I did, however, see Black Panther! I don't feel like I can say much about it except that it was everything I hoped it would be, it was very pretty and also pretty great, and if you have any patience at all for Marvel superhero movies it's worth going to see.

(Also, even more than a week after it opened, all the theaters in Baltimore were sold out for their weekend matinees, and even the big suburban one we finally went to filled every seat, and there was a line out the door of the multiplex for the next showing by the time we got out. Just think, Marvel, you could have made this movie before Ant-Man.)

The other reason I can't say much about it is that I have been reading a lot of the comics, and everything I do want to say after seeing the movie turns into me being the annoying person who says, "--But in the comics--" (ESPECIALLY that post-credits scene, somebody who has read the Priest run in the comics COME TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT POST-CREDITS SCENE.)

So instead, here is ( A white girl's very incomplete guide to non-movie Black Panther canon. )

My recommended starting points if you want more Black Panther, short version:
If you like badass lesbian warrior women in love, start with the "World of Wakanda" trade.
If you want to see current Comics!Shuri (and also Ororo/T'Challa), start with the first "Avengers of the New World" Coates trade.
If you like thinking about how comics canon works with the movie, start with the Christopher Priest run - in print issues, the "Complete Collection" trades are probably the easiest way at the moment.
If you want to learn about classic Black Panther stories from the silver/bronze age, watch the Black Panther episodes in Earth's Mightiest Heroes ("The Man In the Ant Hill", "Panther's Quest", and then as a recurring team member after that.)

Also I really hope they at least pipe N'Jadaka's tags on AO3 before they get too big to change.