From Blackbeard to Netflix: Our Comic-Con panel on pirate history, Black Sails, One Piece & why pirates endure
I recently had the pleasure of moderating From Blackbeard to Netflix: Pirates in Modern Media at San Diego Comic-Con, and I've now uploaded the full panel for anyone interested in watching.
Joining me were pirate historians Dr. Rebecca Simon and Dr. Mark Hanna, Zach McGowan, who played Charles Vane on Black Sails, and director Lukas Ettlin, whose work includes both Black Sails and Netflix's One Piece.
We got into the history vs. mythology of pirates, how real pirates become fictional characters, the very different worlds of Black Sails, One Piece and Pirates of the Caribbean, and why pirate stories are still thriving more than 300 years after the Golden Age.
The response at Comic-Con was pretty amazing—the room filled to capacity and several hundred people waiting outside weren't able to get in. So I'm especially happy to finally be able to share the recording.
Full panel:
https://youtu.be/FIGCJXSrhrY
I'd be curious what the r/pirates crew thinks, particularly about the history-vs.-mythology discussion.