Excalibur 103 page 20 splash by Carlos Pacheco & Bob Wiacek
Artists: Carlos Pacheco (Penciller) , Bob Wiacek (Inker)
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DescriptionAnother great (half ?) splash from Excalibur 103 by Carlos Pacheco.Excalibur 103 was a weird but GREAT issue written by Warren Ellis, a sort of homage to the Prisoner tv show with Colossus, Shadowcat and Nightcrawler imprisoned in a sort of systemic closed circle village with various iterations of themselves. To enhance the sense of disorientation and weirdness, Pacheco played with angles and verticality a lot in this issue and this page is a great example of it. Here we have Hellbo…, hum, Belasco sitting on his limbo throne, having fun at being revealed as the bad guy behind the story. His fun also comes from torturing Margali (who’s supposed to be green but I guess nobody told the colorist or the editor of the book. Unless she is a skrull-Margali, trading green for pink in her transforming ^^) AND possessing the soul sword. Like I said, great sense of verticality. Not really sure why Carlos chose to use a first thin panel but the wider white gutter gives more impact to the third panel. In that second panel, I find that Belasco’s face could pass for an early version of Hellboy by a young Carlos Pacheco (wait! Could this be the very first appearance in history of Hellboy in a Marvel comic ?!?! GASP! I must be rich!). That last panel is fantastic because the angle and layout Carlos chose really gives a (literal) sense of depth to the scene, with Margali being tortured in the foreground. Fun use of slightly warped perspective here. Her clear discomfort is also quite creepy with her screaming, the blisters and the way her limbs are distorted in the obviously too small cage. First appearance lovers may also be disappointed to note that this is not the first appearance of genitalia in a Marvel comic as Carlos expectedly hid the naughty bits areas with crossing legs and clothes (because no, I don’t picture Mr Belasco as a boxers or thong guy under that toga). (the anatomy in Belasco’ legs seems off with some weird lines but I still like that early Pacheco art for its fault as his work was already super dynamic and solid). Koblish and Wiacek are credited with inking the issue. I choose to believe Wiacek inked this page as I’m not sure I recognize any of those inking styles on the page. It basically looks like it could have been inked by Merino in places :) Social/Sharing |
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Marcus Wai 
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 7/11/2023
I thought it was the first Charlie Brown in Marvel with his first line being, "Good Grief"! If you have to have a fantastic torture scene, let it be by one of the greats in Carlos Pacheco.
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 7/11/2023
For a spit second, the 2nd panel did make me think of Hellboy! The Margali scene i nthe final panel actually reminds me of Ralph Wiggum, when he was put into a similar cage and spouts the classic line, "My insulin!".
Okay, not the memories you were hoping the page would evoke for someone, but that fact that it DOES eveoke them is what makes the art FUN for me, so it's all good. Lovely perspective Pacheco shot the last scene from. I can't say for sure which one of the two inkers worked on this page because I don't actually see either of their styles here, but I'm leaning towards Wiacek, as he's an old school inker and the inking on the full figure Belasco image shares similarities to the work of Tom Palmer, another even older school inker. Lovely page overall!
Michael McIsaac
Member Since 2020
1 - Posted on 7/11/2023
Pacheco certainly proved here that he could draw horror with the best of them. An outstanding talent gone way too soon.
Toni S
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 7/12/2023
An excellent example why Carlos Pacheco deserves to be considered a modern master of this art! Excellent en very powerful composition!
James Dornoff
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 7/12/2023
Twisted and pretty awesome splashy Pacheco page, enjoy all your tidbits and analysis. I think you might win this as 1st Hellboy (as Belasco) in Marvel. Congrats on this beauty.
K Gearon
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 7/17/2023
Man, combo of layout of panels as well as what's going on in-panel blends for a super impressive page. Those long vertical panels, and the choice to go downward perspective in the splashy shot...so cool, and not easy to pull off! Congrats!
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