Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, comics friends!
I love Christmas and Christmas themed comic books. One of my first Street Angel comics when I started at Image Comics was a mini-comic/Christmas card — The Street Angle X-Mas Special: https://www.patreon.com/posts/street-angel-23532970
Christmas Comics Memories
One of my favorite Christmas comics memories occurred a decade ago. I was working a lot at the time, seven days a week…but I was determined to take Christmas day off. I found myself with an hour or so of free-time before heading off for family functions.
My wife gifted me Sunday Press’ beautiful Krazy Kat book and I spent an hour falling in love with George Herriman’s classic. I never connected with Krazy Kat in the past. But this was the first time I saw the strips reproduced at full size. Something clicked because Krazy Kat came to life that day for me. Besides making Christmas cookies (this year’s cookies — Gingerbread Latte with Brown Butter Icing), reading a few Krazy Kat comics has become one of my favorite holiday traditions.
Cartoonist Christmas Kayfabe
We also have quite a few Christmas Comics episodes available for your holiday viewing pleasure!
Donald Duck's Letter to Santa by Carl Barks! A Christmas Eve Treat from Cartoonist Kayfabe
Carl Barks, the “good duck artist”, created quite a few Christmas comic classics. This one appeared in the Smithsonian Comic Book Collection. Donald forgets to mail his nephews’ letter to Santa — with some help from Uncle Scrooge, comic book chaos ensues!
Merry Christmas from Frank Miller, Batman, Jim, and Ed
Frank Miller’s 1st Batman comic wasn’t Dark Knight Returns, it was a Christmas story! WANTED: SANTA CLAUSE — DEAD or ALIVE!
Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special! Nobody Beats The BIZ!
Simon Bisley, Keith Giffen, and Alan Grant do what they do best — Lobo! The Easter Bunny hires Lobo to kill Santa! The Lobo Paramility Christmas Special was one of my childhood favorites. Bisley’s drawings!!! This would eventually lead to Lobo vs. the Authority and a fanfilm.
Palmer’s Picks Wizard 17 Christmas List
A fun time capsule — alternative and indie comics recommendations from the early 90s.
As always, you can follow us and find our comics, art, social media, and more at the links below. Reminder, we do offer audio podcasts of Cartoonist Kayfabe, so if you need to pop in an earbud to manage the in-laws this holiday season, find us Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Ed's Links (Order RED ROOM!, Patreon, etc): https://linktr.ee/edpiskor
THANK YOU
Finally, thank you for joining us and sharing the comics love! We couldn’t do this without your support.
We wish you all the best this holiday season. Eat well. Reach out to friends. Give your loved ones some love. And…
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Jim + Ed
Merry Christmas to all of the Kayfabe Crew!
I just watched your Carl Barks Christmas coverage and that is now one of my top favorite vids.
I want to shout-out another duck Christmas comic, it's Howard the Duck Holiday Special. It's not the same pedigree as the formerly mentioned, but its a fun read. It has a great 90's aesthetic. The artist behind it draws Howard with a mix of Opus. It's funny. I had some Boof comics and it reads like them.
I'm on a Howard the Duck kick, and I haven't gotten around to reading the magazines yet, but the art is amazing. The magazines have another Howard Christmas story and that issue has a cover drawn by Jack Davis.
Merry Christmas!!!