Excalibur #120
“Current Events”
Writer: Ben Raab
Pencils: Mel Rubi
Inks: Scott Koblish
Colours: Kevin Tinsley
Letters: Richard Starkings & Kiff Scholl
Editors: Frank Pittarese & Jason White
Original publication date: May 1998
Because no one asked for it: it’s Gosh Golly Wow, Love Connection (?) Edition, where old-fashioned comic book romance meets modern-day podcast technology! In honor of the anticlimax of Kitty Pryde and Pete Wisdom’s torrid affair in Excalibur #120, “Current Events,” we answer some very real listener letters and solicit some very live calls all about ROMANCE. Is our romantic advice worth a parting glance…? You decide!
On maturity:
“The levels of misunderstanding between Piotr and Meggan are a little bit more mature and nuanced than what we’re seen previously.” -Andrew
On endings:
“This is the first issue where it’s clear that Ben Raab knows the series is ending.” -Mav
On "romance":
“It feels like Meggan waiting endlessly on the dock for her fiancé who never calls is being sold to us as a romantic ideal.” -Anna
On regression:
“It’s difficult knowing that some of the growing Kitty did in Excalibur is going to be walked back.” -Anna
On respect for Pete:
“I found it meaningful to see that ‘I love you’ might have meant more to Pete than to Kitty.” -Andrew
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