Imagine being a lifelong, self-described huge fan of superheroes and comic books and then getting a chance to write a book about them. For Afro Latino writer and journalist David Betancourt, it was a dream come true — and it all started on a Zoom call.
Betancourt, a Washington Post reporter focused on comic book culture, was on a call three years ago speaking with several authors for a story he was writing, about a new “Star Wars” publishing initiative. Also on the call was Lucasfilm creative director Michael Siglain.
“I think he realized that I wasn’t just a writer covering “Star Wars,” but that I was somebody who was into it, who spoke the language. After the story came out, he reached out to me and said that he had spoken to some people who were looking for someone to write an “Avengers” novel, and that I might be a good candidate for them,” Betancourt told NBC News.
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