tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post8514594889587888325..comments2024-03-22T04:20:11.870-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: X-amining Excalibur #40Austin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-78336259546875621992016-03-10T19:17:15.640-06:002016-03-10T19:17:15.640-06:00"Lockheed refers to Excalibur as believing th..."Lockheed refers to Excalibur as believing the X-Men died, which seems an odd choice of words; it's appropriate for readers to use, as we know the X-Men didn't die, but Lockheed at this point should be as in the dark as the rest of Excalibur regarding the survival of the X-Men (since, as far as we've been shown on page, they haven't been told or learned the X-Men are alive until the end of this issue)"<br />This takes place after the X-Men were publicly revealed to be alive in the X-Tinction Agenda, as confirmed next issue, so unless Excalibur is deaf, dumb and blind, they should know the X-Men are alive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-10255970737039138782016-03-10T09:49:55.301-06:002016-03-10T09:49:55.301-06:00"and how much of this stuff actually sticks o..."and how much of this stuff actually sticks or gets referenced in future stories"<br /><br />I think none at all.<br /><br />Though Lockheed does speak during the Warren Ellis run in the mid-90s...though as you'd expect, it doesn't sound like this.<br /><br />"but Lockheed at this point should be as in the dark as the rest of Excalibur regarding the survival of the X-Men (since, as far as we've been shown on page, they haven't been told or learned the X-Men are alive until the end of this issue)"<br /><br />I guess all the international news coverage the X-tinction Agenda got never made it to TV in the UK...<br /><br />This is a weird one, and could have been much worse. As far as filler/wheel spinning goes before Davis returns (one more issue!), its ok. wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-76510996466584264452016-03-09T19:45:24.864-06:002016-03-09T19:45:24.864-06:00// I have no idea how seriously we're meant to...<br><i>// I have no idea how seriously we're meant to take any of these "revelations" and how much of this stuff actually sticks or gets referenced in future stories //</i><br /><br />Ditto. And Teemu has said what I was going to, which is that — unless this <i>is</i> referenced again — it’s easy enough to write it off as a strange reverie of Lockheed’s while he was unconscious. I think he works better without any explanation myself, just a random tiny space dragon who glommed on to Kitty and (to invoke a far, far better story than the one at hand) whose perspective as a character should be no more accessible than Pizza Dog's. That being said I agree with Teebore as well that the issue wasn’t as outright awful as it could have been; also that while the art here is certainly nothing special it’s not as outsize Imagey as Dave Hoover’s upcoming stints on the misbegotten <i>Invaders</i> miniseries and <i>Captain America</i>. Sorry to hear he died so young, though.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-15789996569743951302016-03-09T15:08:26.138-06:002016-03-09T15:08:26.138-06:00Probably not intentional, but I like them giving L...Probably not intentional, but I like them giving Lockheed a choice between science and art, which is not unlike the choice Brian Braddock was put when he became Captain Britain. Then again, the very instance is alluded here in Lockheed's recap so who knows. I like Lockheed not going for science unlike Bri, but I would lie if I said I wouldn't eat up it being settled in a legal procedurical.<br /><br />The two-page partial splash where Lockheed finds himself on a spaceship being faced by his accusers also kind of reminds of a certain issue of UNCANNY.<br /><br />Of course, it's a dream sequence and not canon. Lockheed does not need this or any backstory. We need not see the little bastard breaking dragon hearts left and right.Teemunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-72939584159649738922016-03-09T13:37:34.478-06:002016-03-09T13:37:34.478-06:00"Surrounded yet again by alternative Nazis&qu..."Surrounded yet again by alternative Nazis" is hilarious.<br /><br />I also know Dave Hoover from the end of Gruenwald's CAP, where his work veered into the extreme, over-exaggerated nineties style. It doesn't look too bad here, though it seems to scream "fill-in artist". Later in his career, he became a pretty prolific cheesecake pinup artist. (Seriously, Google image search "Dave Hoover art" and that's <b>all</b> you'll find, with nary a glimpse of his sequential work for several rows!)<br /><br />I think Hoover died a few years ago at a pretty young age.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.com