Excalibur #76
“Dog Years”
Writing: Scott Lobdell & Richard Ashford
Pencils: Ken Lashley
Inks: Randy Elliott
Colours: Pat Garrahy & Chris Matthys
Letters: Pat Brousseau
Editors: Suzanne Gaffney & Bob Harris
Original publication date: April 1994
When you can teleport and so can your foster sister/girlfriend, going home again should be easy. But when you’re a persecuted mutant and a witch with a manipulative even-more-magical mother, it probably won’t be. So it is with Nightcrawler and Daytripper, who take a jaunt back to Germany and land right in the middle of a demon-spawned race riot. But this issue’s not all getting hit in the head with bricks from the Berlin Wall—there’s also a couples’ pole dance and a gravity defying hospital gown to talk about! And talk about it we do, with writer/artist/DJ/comedian Johnnie Walker! Also: cheesecake vs beefcake, incest taboos, and a heartwarming Ken Lashley story—this ep’s got it all!

On origins:

On the appeal of Nightcrawler:

On Winding Ways:

On trauma responses:

On franchising:

On the appeal of Ken Lashley:

On presence and absence:

On the potential of Amanda:

Want more Johnnie Walker?
Find him on Twitter (@HandsomeJohnnie)!
And! Find him on Instagram!
Plus! Find him at his website!
Find his activities as DJ Orange Pekoe here!
Also, if you’re lucky enough to be in the vicinity of Toronto (aka the greatest city in the world), check out his latest solo show “The Heterosexuals,” Nov 17-19 at Factory Theatre!
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