Excalibur #27
“Reel People”
Writer: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz
Colors: Glynis Oliver
Letters: Tom Ozechowski
Editor: Terry Kavanagh
Original publication date: September 1990
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] [/et_pb_code][et_pb_button button_url=”https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/8607/excalibur_1988_27″ url_new_window=”on” button_text=”marvel unlimited link” _builder_version=”4.14.7″ custom_button=”on” button_text_size=”14px” button_text_color=”#FFFFFF” button_bg_color=”#ef00db” button_border_width=”8px” button_border_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” button_letter_spacing=”2px” button_font=”Nunito|700||on|||||” button_use_icon=”off” custom_margin=”30px|||” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_intensity_slide=”5%” animation_starting_opacity=”100%” hover_enabled=”0″ box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”0px” box_shadow_vertical=”25px” box_shadow_blur=”45px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(148,166,191,0.25)” global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″][/et_pb_button][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”My Books Section” _builder_version=”3.22″ custom_margin=”23px|||||” custom_padding=”100px||100px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_margin=”-78px|auto||auto||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.7″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||7px|||” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]In this episode, Anna, Mav, and Andrew are joined by Connor Goldsmith, literary agent and host of the Cerebro podcast, to talk films inside comic books inside famous film studios in Excalibur #27, “Reel People.” We talk through some common Excalibur themes, including sex and gender transformations, reality-warping, and self-reflexivity, and debate good and bad marriages—between Excalibur and Larry Hama’s Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja, and between Barry Windsor-Smith’s pencils and Bill Sienkiewicz’s inks. Also—who alters Kurt’s pants? Our panel of experts investigates.
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On style:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/27_opening-splash.jpg" _builder_version="4.14.7" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" title_text="#27_opening splash" sticky_enabled="0"]“I think the art is gorgeous, even if it doesn’t look like the Excalibur we’re accustomed to. Alan Davis’ art is so flowing and warm. This is a very cold art style. It’s a heavy line, and it’s only made heavier by Sienkiewicz’s inks. The opening splash is a stunning piece of horror art.” -Connor
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On the how this issue affects the ongoing story:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/27_emma.jpg" _builder_version="4.14.7" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" title_text="#27_emma" sticky_enabled="0"]“It serves the larger story in one important respect: it confirms Jamie Braddock as a threat we should be concerned about. This is Jamie’s ‘Jasper’s Warp’ moment. It’s like – do you understand how powerful this character is?” -Connor
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="-16px|auto||auto||" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On the further transformations of Nigel:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/27_nigel.jpg" _builder_version="4.14.7" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="0px|||||" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" title_text="#27_nigel" sticky_enabled="0"]“The gender transformations of Nigel Frobisher get at a theme of Claremont’s that is constant throughout his work, which is involuntary bodily transformation.” -Connor
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On the significance of Spiral’s appearance:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/27_kurt-and-rachel.jpg" _builder_version="4.14.7" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" title_text="#27_kurt and rachel" sticky_enabled="0"]“Spiral transforms Rachel’s body. She gives her the body she’s always wanted, transforming her from the gawky, scrawny teenager she’d been. Having Spiral turn up here, even in flashback, is meant to thematically key that in.” -Connor
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On Kurt/clothes:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/27_kurt-pants.jpg" _builder_version="4.14.7" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" title_text="#27_kurt pants" sticky_enabled="0"]“I’m always curious about the relationship between Kurt, clothes, and performance, as well as the practicalities. When he buys clothes, he must need all his clothes altered to accommodate his tail. Does he do that himself? Does it limit what he can wear?” -Anna
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On the cultural presence of Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/27_self-reflexive.jpg" _builder_version="4.14.7" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" title_text="#27_self reflexive" sticky_enabled="0"]“I was doing orders at the comic book store for Nth man when it was coming out. I don’t believe I ever sold one.” -Mav
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="20px|auto||auto||" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" sticky_enabled="0"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.14.5" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_team_member name="Want more Connor Goldsmith?" image_url="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/27_connor.jpg" _builder_version="4.14.7" _module_preset="default" link_option_url="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/hot-pants-and-spandex-suits/9781978806030" link_option_url_new_window="on" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" title_text="#27_connor" sticky_enabled="0"]You can find him on Twitter (@dreamoforgonon), and through the Cerebro podcast (which is also, of course, on Twitter! @CerebroCast).
You can find Anna’s essay “Blue Becomings: Revisiting Excalibur #4,” at The Middle Spaces.
For more on Nightcrawler’s relationship to the sexual revolution, check out Andrew’s thread on the subject for The Claremont Run.
Anna has also given a research talk on similar themes, called “Mutant Romance Tales: The Pleasure and Power of Supersex.”
You can find Anna and co-writer Jude Jones’ coverage of Way of X at ComicsXF.
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-107px|||||” custom_padding=”80px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.14.5″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-63px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]And as usual:
You can find Anna on Twitter (@peppard_anna) and on her podcast with Andrew and Michael Hancock, Three Panel Contrast (@3PanelContrast).
You can find Andrew on Twitter (@ClaremontRun).
You can find Mav on Twitter (@chrismaverick) and on his podcast, VoxPopcast (@VoxPopcast).
Enjoy!
-GGW Team
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