I actually enjoyed most of the humor in Excalibur

DungeonmasterJim · Post by **DungeonmasterJim** » Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:04 am

Maybe it was Alan's artistry or the use of several of my more favored comic characters, or maybe some of the humor was truly funny, but I enjoyed the humor in the book.

I think my favorite had to be when Capt. Britain was trying to find a place to read a book and all he found was distraction after distraction.

Although not really humorous, I liked the whole scene between the crew when Rachel threw out Brian's whiskey - issue three I think it was.

Jim

Diablo · Post by **Diablo** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 1:07 pm

There was a subtle dose of humor in Excalibur, mixed up with adventure and a dark tone.

I liked who characters like the Crazy Gang or the Technets were at the same time goofy and really frightenning.

AtekMan · Post by **AtekMan** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:00 pm

I loved a lot of the British in-Jokes in Excalibur, Emelia Witherspoon (The spitting image of the late great Margaret Rutherford) Warmington-On-Sea (Dad Army) and the more obvious Dr Who references.

JackalsIII · Post by **JackalsIII** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:58 am

Alan did write one of the best Kitty Prydes I've ever read! Love his art as well, draws an excellent Lockheed too!

Post by **Matt Platis** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:00 am

Excalibur was extremely balanced with action and humor. I use Excalibur as an example for the comics that I write.

I absolutley loved in #42 (?) when Excalibur placed the Technet when they were frozen in a statis field, to punch each other out when they came to. Great moment!

Entropy · Post by **Entropy** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:26 pm

The entire format of the first half of Excalibur was the perfect blend of humor and action. Classic. Very few books could pull it off half as well.
Alan's rendition of both humor and action is great.

Jason L.

j1jes · Post by **j1jes** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:17 am

JackalsIII wrote:Alan did write one of the best Kitty Prydes I've ever read! Love his art as well, draws an excellent Lockheed too!

I think that the original Excalibur had been meant for Alan to draw. His Kitty was the best thing since Paul Smith (even better then Byrne's) and has been my favorite to this day. Same with Kurt/Nightcrawler

Rachel, hands down excellent,

Capt B and Megan I can't imagine without Alan.

JackalsIII · Post by **JackalsIII** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:56 am

j1jes wrote:
JackalsIII wrote:Alan did write one of the best Kitty Prydes I've ever read! Love his art as well, draws an excellent Lockheed too!
I think that the original Excalibur had been meant for Alan to draw. His Kitty was the best thing since Paul Smith (even better then Byrne's) and has been my favorite to this day. Same with Kurt/Nightcrawler

Rachel, hands down excellent,

Capt B and Megan I can't imagine without Alan.

When I think of Kitty Pryde, like the visual, I always imagine an Alan Davis Kitty or a Paul Smith Kitty. No question about that!

Nightcrawler, another amazing character Alan Davis drew perfectly, I visual his or Dave Cockrum's versions. Both are such classics!

nautilebleu · Post by **nautilebleu** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:39 pm

Hi everyone !

First of all, sorry for my poor English !

I want to add my opinion to your remarks. I think Alan Davis is one of the best comic's drawer ever, but what's make him my preferred comics author is its talent as writer : the melting of british humour and action, with some reflections two.

In my opinio, a good comic must have two reading levels (or more !!) Unfortunately, it's very rare, especially in super-heros comics.

For this, thank you alan davis !

Ravalox · Post by **Ravalox** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:56 pm

I completely agree (and your English is largely impeccable Nautilebleu!)

Excalibur was largely unique (in Marvel circles, at least) because it showed that despite the characters' awesome powers, they were still people. All had their own quirks, fears, insecurities, weaknesses. And sense of humour! Being the Captain Britain fan I am, I saw this most in Braddock himself: a man of an 82-inch chest, capable of incredible physical feats and invunerability... but yet inside was a tortured soul who was constantly under siege by both his past, his present, and his future. Invunerable to the outside, vunerable on the inside. How poignant.

As the line went, "He is, after all, still just a man".

Brilliant, and paved the way for my own writings down the years.

Cheers
Carl

nautilebleu · Post by **nautilebleu** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:39 pm

I completely agree (and your English is largely impeccable Nautilebleu!)

Thanks Ravalox !

About Captain Brittain : in France, the Captain Britain title haven't been published in France. So, I only know Excalibur, and, I always found strange - but existing ! - that Captain Britain seems not to be the leader and the main character of Excalibur. Often, Nightcrawler, Kitty or Phoenix seems more important to the story. Maybe this should be a good question to the "Ask Alan" section.

Bill P · Post by **Bill P** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:45 pm

I really loved how the characters played off each other, they were indeed human and the sense of humor concreted the human aspect of the characters.

Excalibur characters are still favourites for me, and I doubt that will ever change.

Vyrt · Post by **Vyrt** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:45 pm

I thought the sequence when Kurt and Maggan where working out and Meggan changed her appearance to that of a female Nightcrawler was absolutely inspired. That whole thing had me smiling at the sheer beauty and subtle humour of the moment, how close Kurt and Meggan came and just as they were about to kiss Brian bursts in and it's all over. Fabulous pacing and you were left feeling very let down on Kurt's behalf.