Baby Head Syndrome

Bizarro is brought to you today by Big Babies.

I like putting baby heads on adults. I did it in a cartoon a few years ago (which if I had any kind of modern filing system I'd be able to find and link to now) about a woman who had asked her plastic surgeon to make her look as young as possible. I like both of those cartoons.

But as funny as I think it is in cartoon form, what if that were an actual syndrome that people could have? Their bodies would grow normally but their heads would remain like an infant's. No matter how cute that baby head was, it would not be funny. Just creepy.

Or maybe our instinctive attraction to babies would pull us toward them and the large body attached would simultaneously push us away. Freaky.

If this syndrome does exist and I'm not aware of it, my apologies to anyone reading this who may have or know someone who has a baby head.

Christmas Covers - December 21

Green Hulk and Red Hulk celebrate Christmas on Ed McGuinness's variant covers to Hulk #9 (2009).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 4 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Teen Beam #2)
(2007: Bugs Bunny #46)
(2006: Wacky Squirrel #2)
(2005: Archie Giant Series Magazine #15)
(2004: DC Comics Presents #67)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Blue Santa

Bizarro is brought to you today by The Magic of Christmas.

Bummer of all bummers, my Internet is out again. It's a constant problem in our building and Time Warner won't be out to fix it until next Wednesday. Uggh. I'm posting this from my laptop and a weak, stolen signal from a neighbor. It makes it slower and more difficult, so there may not be as many posts in the coming days. And please, don't even think about emailing me.

Here is a little Xmas cartoon for the season. Being a department store Santa has got to be tough. I don't think I'd be very good at it and I know I wouldn't like it. I'm not the sort of person who is good with the public in this kind of situation. I've never worked retail, but I'm guessing I'd last a couple of hours at the most before punching someone and getting fired. Good thing I can draw funny.

Christmas Monkey Covers - December 20

Monkeys frolic in the snow while in the background a gorilla cradles a bunny rabbit, all on the cover of Bamses Julehefte 1998.

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.

Just 5 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: Larry Marder's Beanworld Holiday Special)
(2007: Archie Giant Series Magazine #218)
(2006: 52 week 33)
(2005: Strangers in Paradise #70)
(2004: The Amazing Spider-Man #314)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Christmas Covers - December 19

Nothing says Merry Christmas like getting punched in the face by a robot, as illustrated by Jim Calafiore on the cover of Magnus Robot Fighter #34 (1994).

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Holiday-related comic book cover. (Click on the image to get a larger version.)

Come back tomorrow, and every day this month, for a new Christmas cover.


Just 6 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2008: DCU Holiday Special 2008)
(2007: Walter Lantz New Funnies #167)
(2006: Omaha the Cat Dancer vol. 2 #1)
(2005: Marvel Comics Super Special #39)
(2004: The Spirit #12)

(Polite Dissent's 2009 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
(2009 Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar)
(Brendan McKillip's Comic Advent Calendar 2009)
(Jon K's Christmas Comics Countdown)

Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this afternoon. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
2 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
3 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
4 (-). Diary of a Wimpy Kid
5 (-). The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
6 (-). Dilbert: 2010 Day-to-Day Calendar
7 (+1). Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
8 (+1). The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
9 (-2). The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
10 (+1). Asterios Polyp
11 (+2). Watchmen
12 (-2). Marvel Encyclopedia
13 (+1). Celebrating Peanuts: 60 Years
14 (-2). Bloom County Complete Library Volume 1
15 (+3). Simon's Cat
16 (-1). The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 (Box Set) (Vol. 11-12)
17 (R). Wolverine: Old Man Logan
18 (-1). Stitches: A Memoir
19 (+5). Tales from the Crypt #8: Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid
20 (-1). Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume
21 (N). KISS Kompendium
22 (-1). The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
23 (+14). The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
24 (+1). V for Vendetta
25 (-9). Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink': A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
26 (-). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
27 (+17). The Arrival
28 (+5). Batman: The Killing Joke
29 (+1). Masterpiece Comics
30 (+5). The Complete Far Side 1980-1994
31 (-8). Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert
32 (R). The Complete Persepolis
33 (+13). The Best American Comics 2009
34 (-12). The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
35 (-6). Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5)
36 (-2). Batman: Arkham Asylum (15th Anniversary Edition)
37 (+5). Batman: Year One
38 (-18). Warriors: Ravenpaw's Path #1: Shattered Peace
39 (-7). My Bad: A Zits Treasury
40 (-4). The TOON Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
41 (-3). The DC Comics Encyclopedia, Updated and Expanded Edition
42 (+7). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
43 (R). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
44 (-17). Wrapped-Up FoxTrot: A Treasury with the Final Daily Strips
45 (R). Time of Your Life (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 4)
46 (+2). Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
47 (R). The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1)
48 (-17). 14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box: A Dilbert Book
49 (N). The Far Side Gallery
50 (N). Something Under the Bed Is Drooling



Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

* A good deal of stability this week, especially at the top of the chart where books move by no more than a couple of slots.

* The highest debut this week is for the KISS Kompendium, no doubt helped by the hefty discount granted by Amazon off of the books hefty $75 list price.

* It appears that the best-selling book featuring a Marvel property this holiday season will be a book not published by Marvel itself (DK's Marvel Encyclopedia).

Twofer Friday!

Bizarro is brought to you today by Twofers and Grelcoes.

Since my Internet was mysteriously missing yesterday and I could not post the weekly Thursday contest thing, I am offering you TWO cartoons today. That's just how I roll.

The first is about an actual clinically tested therapeutic technique called "make believe." It has been proven that many people with low self esteem can experience relief just by pretending to be somebody or something that they consider desirable. Some experts say this is why renaissance faires exist.




The next cartoon is about the wonders of Botox. Nicole Kidman has had wads of it shot into her forehead and now most of her face doesn't move when she smiles. It's creepy as hell, but in a youthful, attractive way.

That's all for today Bizarro Rangers. Enjoy this Friday and that weekend.