Excalibur #123
“Lost & Found”
Writer: Ben Raab
Pencils: Trevor Scott
Inks: Scott Hanna
Colours: Kevin Tinsley
Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft
Editors: Frank Pittaresee
Original publication date: August 1998
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[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On power:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/123_Brian-power.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" hover_enabled="0" global_colors_info="{}" title_text="#123_Brian power" sticky_enabled="0"]“I believe that Meggan could be happy with a ‘normal’ guy. I don’t believe she could be happy with Brian as that guy. All the good in Brian comes from the generosity of privilege.” -Armaan
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="-16px|auto||auto||" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On one of our faves:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/123_Nightcrawler.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" custom_padding="0px|||||" global_colors_info="{}"]“Nightcrawler’s got joy, and he’s got romance—not just for his relationships, but for his entire approach to life… I definitely have a better day when I read a good Nightcrawler comic.” -Armaan
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On the importance of being nice:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/123_Kurt-nice.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“Nightcrawler is one of the nicest characters. Which is such a simple thing… but it’s so rare in a genre that’s always trying to reinvent characters, make them more ‘mature,’ by making them jerks.” -Anna
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_blurb title="On apologies:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/123_brian-bad-boyfriend.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“I don’t think I’ve ever read a comic where Brian has satisfactorily made up for all the ways he’s been a bad boyfriend.” -Armaan
[/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title="On constraints:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/123_nothing-allowed-to-happen.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“Nothing happens in this book because nothing is allowed to happen.” -Mav
[/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title="On leadership:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/123_kurt-leader.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“Kurt is happier not being the leader. He’s happier being everyone’s friend, and not having to make the hard calls.” -Armaan
[/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_blurb title="On dresses:" image="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/123_dress.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]“I think that for a shapeshifter, there is something meaningful about having a wedding dress, a physical, permanent memento of that day.” -Armaan
[/et_pb_blurb][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" custom_margin="20px|auto||auto||" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"][et_pb_team_member name="Want more Armaan Babu?" image_url="https://voxpopcast.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/123_armaan.jpg" _builder_version="4.18.0" _module_preset="default" global_colors_info="{}"]Armaan Babu is a theater professional, pop culture critic, and game designer. He writes comics reviews at ComicsXF, and has also publishes essays with Shelfdust.
He is one half of Weave Games, which recently debuted Love is on the Cards – a two-player TTRPG about making your own holiday rom-com, just the way you want it.
He is obsessed with the different ways stories can be told, and considers it a bonus if that includes absurdity – so loving comics, particularly X-Men comics, was an inevitability.
You can find him on X/Twitter @ArmaanBabu
[/et_pb_team_member][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-107px|||||” custom_padding=”80px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-63px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]And as usual:
You can find Anna on Twitter (@peppard_anna) and at Sequential Scholars (@seqscholars).
You can find Andrew on Twitter (@ClaremontRun) and at Sequential Scholars.
You can find Mav on Twitter (@chrismaverick) and on his podcast, VoxPopcast (@VoxPopcast).
Enjoy!
-GGW Team
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