With this film comes the long-awaited introduction of one of Marvel’s first published mutants, Namor the Sub-Mariner, who will be played by Tenoch Huerta in the epic MCU sequel.
Fans got their first official look at Namor during the Black Panther 2 trailer that debuted during San Diego Comic-Con 2022, giving the MCU an exciting new anti-hero played by Tenoch Huerta whose impact will be felt for years to come. years.
Not only is the MCU slightly changing Namor’s look from the comics, it’s also allowing for a character who doesn’t necessarily have the classic muscular physique that many of the MCU’s other main male heroes use.
But now, one of Marvel’s comic book artists has come out with a serious tone talking about Namor’s appearance in the next Marvel Studios movie.
Mike Deodato, Jr. took to Instagram to express his unhappiness about the physical appearance of Tenoch Huerta’s Namor the Sub-Mariner in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
The importance of the physique according to Deodato
Deodato, Jr. shared a photo of Huerta from the film’s first trailer along with a full body photo of himself, along with the caption
“Lifting a pencil is better than swimming at any time!”
compare his own physique with Huerta’s.
He also included the following caption, expressing his feelings that Marvel Studios “screwed things up” with Namor:
“You can tell someone screwed things up when a character in a movie looks in worse shape than the 60-year-old artist who drew him.”
Although the post was deleted, it was taken up by various media.
The cartoonist who criticizes Tenoch Huerta as Namor
Deodato is a veteran Eisner Award-winning cartoonist who has worked on hundreds of issues of Marvel Comics, from The Amazing Spider-Man to The Avengers.
Deodato is well versed in how Namor has been portrayed in the media, having drawn the character for many years with Marvel on various Avengers stories.
One of these stories in 2013 coincided with Namor’s vendetta and the ongoing war against Wakanda, which will be explored on the big screen in the Black Panther sequel.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will open in theaters on November 11.