culture Hallelujah, Holy Shit, Where’s The Tylenol: How Lockdown Has Turned Me Into Clark Griswold Chloe Maveal It's undeniable that holiday in lockdown have brought out the Clark Griswold in us...but that may not be a bad thing!
culture And To All A Good Knight: On The Connection Between Batman and Christmas Michael Ruffino Batman has been a staple of Christmas comics since his conception in the 1940s. But why does the character lend himself so well to the holiday season?
culture There Is No Better Present: On Capitalism in Christmas Stories Sean Dillon Sean Dillon discusses the reason for the season behind many Christmas stories: capitalist greed!
culture Here Comes Santa’s Claws: A Brief History of Christmas Horror Movies Caitlin Morton Christmas movies and horror movies have always gone hand-in-hand, and Caitlin Morton talks us through the history of the delightfully camp combo!
culture HO DROKKIN’ HO, CREEPS: Four Decades of 2000 AD Christmas Covers Chloe Maveal Wrapping up gifts is one of the joys of Christmas, and British weekly anthology 2000 AD has been providing the perfect Christmas covers for decades.
culture “Do I Get My Present Now?”: The Failure of A Christmas Carol In Sonic The Comic Charles E.P. Murphy The holidays wouldn't be complete without British comics anthologies, and what better title to tackle than a holiday Sonic the Comic?
culture Digging Up the Bones of Father Christmas: On Shade the Changing Man #19 Tom Shapira With nostalgia as a signifier of the holiday season, let's look at Milligan's Shade the Changing Man #19 and laying the bones of Christmas to rest.
culture It’s Silly, But I Believe: Miracle on 34th Street and the Potential Of Cynicism Chloe Maveal Kicking it back to 1947 this holiday season, Miracle on 34th Street remains a testament to the power of good behind holiday cynicism.
culture Three Ghosts and A Go-Go Dancer: Celebrating the Holidays with the 1960s Teen Titans Graeme McMillan Is there anything more magical than Christmas? Only perhaps if it's been celebrated by Bob Haney trying to be hip in the 1960s Teen Titans.
culture A Left Toyn At Albakoyky!: How Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer Still Holds The Christmas Goods Chloe Maveal Would it truly be a holiday themed month without talking about Robert Loren Fleming and Keith Giffen's Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer #1? We think not!
culture Welcome to Bedford Falls: David Lasky Talks About It’s a Wonderful Life Cole Hornaday Cole Hornaday discusses David Lasky's comic strip about Frank Capra's iconic Christmas film "It's A Wonderful Life"