Turkey Quack

Bizarro is brought to you today by Holiday Fashions for Less.

This ran a couple days after Thanksgiving or something. I often do some really blatant animal-rights message around Thanksgiving, but this year I soft-sold it a bit.

I'm still in Califromia and had a great event at Booksmith on Haight Street last night. Good crowd, fun presentation. Sold out of books. Can't ask for more than that.

Today I'm at an indy bookstore in Clayton, Ca, a couple hours east of here, I think. Someone from the store is driving me there. If I disappear and am never heard from again, show this blog to the authorities.

Christmas Covers - December 6

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version. (If you're on a feed reader you may need to click through to the blog to get it to work.)

Garfield has a big stocking on Jim Davis's cover to Gustaf #7 (1994).

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


Just 19 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2007: The Adventures of Superboy #12)
(2006: The Maze Agency #11)
(2005: Spider-Man's Tangled Web #21)
(2004: Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer)

(Polite Dissent's 2008 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)

Friday Night Fights: Guardians of the Galaxy vs. The Stark

From Guardians of the Galaxy #4 (1990). Story & art by Jim Valentino. Inks by Steve Montano. Letters by Jack Morelli. Colors by Evelyn Stein. (click pics for larger)

Ka-Pow? Chuu Foom Thoom Fwoosh Whakk Pow!

Friday Christmas Five of a Kind: Archie Andrews Gets Busy

I've collected cover scans for over 1000 comics with a Christmas theme, which at 25 per year would take me over 40 years to post them all! So every Friday during December this year I'm posting five theme-related Christmas covers (with apologies to Tom & Bully).

For most people the holiday season is a time for good cheer, shopping for presents, spending time with family, and spiritual reflection.

But for Archie Andrews it's also the perfect time to make time with the ladies!









World of Archie #3 by (Stan Goldberg)
Archie's Christmas Stocking #4 (by Dan DeCarlo)
Archie Giant Series Magazine #159
Archie Giant Series Magazine #10
Archie #580 (by Stan Goldberg)

Christmas Covers - December 5

For each day of December until Christmas I'm featuring a Comic Cover Advent Calendar. Just move your mouse over the image to reveal today's special Holiday comic cover. Click on the image to get a larger version. (If you're on a feed reader you may need to click through to the blog to get it to work.)

Trim the tree with Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four on Stuart Immonen's cover to the 2005 Marvel Holiday Special.

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


Just 20 more 'get-ups' until Santa!

(2007: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #1)
(2006: Animaniacs: A Christmas Special #1)
(2005: Shanda the Panda #14)
(2004: Famous Funnies #125)

(Polite Dissent's 2008 Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar)
 

Bush Commemorative Stamp

Here's a sketch I did of a Bush commemorative postage stamp. The face isn't all that great, but it's a quick sketch proposed to a magazine. If they bought it (which they didn't), I'd have redrawn it. I know it looks more-or-less finished, but that's because I drew it on my computer, tracing over a photo of shrub and various images of old stamps.

There are commercials on TV now for an Obama commemorative plate and mug. It comes with a certificate of authenticity. They don't tell you what makes that plate and mug with a picture of Obama printed on it more "authentic" than some other plate and mug with a picture of Obama printed on it.

Desperado Dinner

Today's Bizarro is brought to you by The Perfect Christmas Gift.

Here's another cartoon by my kooky freind, Derek. I tweaked the caption a tiny bit, but it's essentially exactly as he conceived it. I really like this gag, the guard is so sublimely stupid. It causes a chuckling noise to issue forth from my face.

As I said in a previous post, I'm away from home and don't have as much time to post, so this is more brief than usual.