Christmas Comic Cover - December 11
Christmas with Mother Goose Unlike the dubious claims behind the creator of yesterday's cover art, today's cover clearly is by who you would think it is. Not only does Walt Kelly sign it, but the...
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Classics Illustrated #53 Not sure if that's supposed to be Bob Cratchit or Ebeneezer Scrooge carrying Tiny Tim. The rendering makes it a little hard to tell. Either way, it wouldn't be Christmas...
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This is the most acrobat football catch I can remember seeing - ever. I could make some crack about how the Bears could use a guy like this right now, but that would assume that the Bears have a...
View ArticleProud To Be A "Scrooge"
A couple of weeks ago I was accused of being a Scrooge by my sister because of something that I was refusing to do around Christmas. I don't remember exactly what it was that caused me to be the...
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Veronica #191 This cover is for my daughter Emma. Over the past year she has become a big Archie Comics fan. In particular, she enjoys reading about Veronica. I think it's because of two main female...
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Zombies Christmas Carol No pop culture meme would be complete without a Christmas interpretation. In this case, it was the fine kids at Marvel who delivered with A Christmas Carol told using zombies....
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The Last Christmas #1 When I was sorting through all the covers I had gathered together for this year's Comic Advent Calendar I realized that I had grabbed two covers with a morbid take on Christmas....
View ArticleMy Goodness
Blackhawks announcer Pay Foley's understated "my goodness" perfectly captures the general sense of awe I experienced watching Patrick Kane totally juke the Wilds' goalie out of his shorts on this shot....
View ArticleChristmas Comic Cover - December 16
Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer #1 What better way to cleanse the palate of zombies and gun-totting Santas then with a little Ambush Bug. Plus, one of the cover themes is featured in today's selection:...
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Walt Disney's Merry Christmas I didn't realize until I was putting this post together that I had chosen two covers featuring Donal Duck and his nephews. I imagine Donald's over-sized stocking is in...
View ArticleChristmas Comic Cover - December 18
Walter Lantz New Funnies I've never been a Woody Woodpecker fan. I find the character incredibly annoying. But I couldn't pass up the opportunity to include another famous cartoon character in my...
View ArticleChristmas Comic Cover - December 19
Fun With Santa - March of Comics #325 Has anyone ever actually named their dog Fido? Where did that dog name cliche come from? That's what I think about when I look at this cover. 6 days until...
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I know these re-posting campaigns seem a little cheesy, but that doesn't stop me from believing in and supporting the message.
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Comic Cavalcade #13 Wouldn't have thought it, but apparently even the office parties for the Justice League can be so dull that the random appearance of a robin is a welcome diversion from the forced...
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Holiday Special '09 In 2009 DC Comics published two covers for their holiday special. Both used the idea of arranging the characters on the cover in a fashion to bring to mind a Christmas tree. Last...
View ArticleChristmas Comic Cover - December 22
Christmas With The Super-Heroes The heroes of DC Comics are my favorite, so I feature their covers as much as possible. That this cover also hits on one this year's themes - people flying in sleighs -...
View ArticleChristmas Comic Cover - December 23
Holiday Comics It's the home stretch. Just a few more days. So no more superheroes or goofy covers. Just some good old fashioned straight up Christmas covers. 2 days until Christmas! Merry Christmas
View ArticleChristmas Comic Cover - December 24
The First Christmas - in 3D! Can there be a better way to learn about the birth of the world's savior than by wearing cheap red and blue cellophane-lensed glasses while reading a comic book? I don't...
View ArticleDC Comics holiday card
DC Comics published the artwork from their holiday card this year. Looks like a lot of fun. Though I would have like to see Superman in there somewhere.
View ArticleChristmas Comic Cover - December 25
Santa Claus Funnies I have to imagine that the space craft Santa is flying in today's cover was part of the victory spoils the fat old man collected after he first introduced Christmas to the martians...
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