Facing Nerd Problems: Debating Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter’s Donation to Donald Trump’s Foundation

One thing that we nerds love to do is debate; it’s an undeniable part of our culture. For example, we’re often debating hot topics such as the best characters in an entire universe, who would win in a fight, and what relationships should’ve ended before they started. But that doesn’t mean we can’t also touch on bigger issues that affect our everyday lives. News broke a few days ago that Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter donated $1 million to Donald Trump’s foundation, resulting in a lot of discussion within the nerd community. How could the CEO of a publishing company currently working to add consistent diversity to its product support someone whose ideals are being compared to Adolf Hitler? Are all of the recent character risks just done to boost sales? Was our money now in the hands of the same man that wants to screen all Muslims? Readers and writers of Marvel’s comics alike had a lot to say. For example, G. Willow Winslow, the co-creator of Kamala Khan and current writer for Ms. Marvel, wrote an essay about the balancing act of “Art and Money” in comics and addressed a lot of the issues that were floating around. With that opportunity, we at Black Nerd Problems would like to introduce a new feature to the site – Facing Nerd Problems. The main objective of which is to explore differing opinions of divisive topics in the nerd community – which will sometimes require our writers to play devil’s advocate for the sake of fairness. Check out BNP writers Frantz Jerome and Keith Reid-C…