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Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 25  Santa Claus Funnies #1 I hope you are having a wonderful and joyful Christmas Day. We kicked the celebrations off yesterday evening at my father's house where we had a wonder time laughing, eating, and visiting. This morning the kids started the festivities promptly at 6:01 am (We warned them last night that they had to stay in bed until 6 am), and they've been going strong ever since. Heather and I have already planned some mandatory "quiet time" around 1pm this afternoon. We don't want melt downs this evening. My Mom and brother are coming over for dinner, and between now and then I hope to jump over to the hospital to visit my sister and new nephew. Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas.  Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 10:35 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 24  Classics Illustrated: Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol Tomorrow is Christmas and what better way to mark the day then to feature a comic book cover illustrating the story that dramatically influenced modern perceptions of Christmas. It is Christmas Eve! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 23  Bugs Bunny's Christmas Funnies Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang are as popular (and maybe even more popular) in our house as anything new that pops up on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon. I couldn't have a Comic Advent Calendar without them. 2 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 22  The Brave and The Bold #184 It wouldn't be a Comic Advent Calendar without some Jim Aparo Batman artwork. 3 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 21  Action Comics #93 Learn how Superman gave the Cloud People their greatest Christmas ever when he delivered to them their very own planet to live on. 4 Days until Christmas! Plan your whole Christmas dinner using Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 20  Batman: Gotham After Midnight #8 This comic actually won't be in stores until Christmas Eve, but I like the preview art on dccomics.com so I decided to share it early here. Artist Kelley Jones may not pay a whole lot of attention to anatomy or spatial relationship of objects when drawing his covers, but they are certainly always a lot of fun to look at. 5 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 19  Within Our Reach Within Our Reach was a Christmas-themed anthology comic published in 1990 to benefit AIDS research. The comic was printed with a number of different covers, I'm featuring the cover art drawn by the great Norm Breyfogle - one of my favorite artists. 6 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 18  The Transformers #41 When I stumbled upon this cover I knew I had to use it. How cool is Optimus Prime dressed up as Santa Claus. 7 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 17  The Adventures of Superboy #12 There are two things I love about this cover: 1) What I assume to be Ma and Pa Kent just sort of floating in the background. Everyone else looks like their trying out their new found flying abilities, Ma and Pa are waiting to see what Clark is going to do about it. 2) The random leg that pops in the lower right-hand corner of the cover. That's great. 8 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 16  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer #1 DC comics published an annual Rudolph comic from 1950 to 1962. Today's featured cover is from the first Rudolph issue from December 1950. The cover reminds me that I haven't watched the Rankin & Bass Rudolph TV special yet - an oversight I hope to rectify soon. 9 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:25 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 15  The Honeymooners #3 I guess nearly everything finds it's way into comic books sooner or later. 10 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 14  Batman & Robin Adventures #3 I don't have as many Batman covers this year as in years past. The Batman comics based on the stellar Batman Animated show (like the cover above) were always top-notch books - sometimes they were the best Batman stories being published by DC. 11 Days until Christmas! Looking for fantastic ideas for Christmas Day dinner? Check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 13  Daisy and her Pups #12 I used to think that silly, forced spin-offs were a creation of the current entertainment industry, but apparently writers and producers have been trying to milk successful franchises for everything they could for quite some time. 12 Days until Christmas! If you're looking for great ideas for Christmas Day dinner, make sure to check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 12  Animaniacs Christmas Special Animaniacs or Freakizoid - which was the better 90's cartoon? Hard to tell, both were excellent shows. But they never published a Freakzoid Christmas comic book, so I can only go with an Animaniacs cover. 13 Days until Christmas! If you're already tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 11  The Last Christmas Nothing say "Merry Christmas" quite like a gun-toting Santa battling an army of zombies. 14 Days until Christmas! If you're already tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 10  Liberty Meadows 15 Days until Christmas! If you're already tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 9  Comic Cavalcade #5 Even among some of the world's finest superheroes, Santa is a giant among men. Seriously, the hands of the Santa on this cover are big enough that he could grab Green Lantern and Flash by their heads and swing them around like little superhero nunchucks. 16 Days until Christmas! If you're tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:17 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 8  Cartoon Network Christmas Spectacular #1 I have included this cover in my countdown especially for Zoe, the biggest Scooby-Doo fan I know. But really, who doesn't love Scooby-Doo? 18 Days until Christmas! If you're already tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 7  Super Friends #10 Super Friends #10 actually doesn't hit the stands until December 17, but I couldn't pass up runnig this cover as soon as possible. It's just too much fun. 18 Days until Christmas! If you're already tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 2:12 PM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 6  Jingle Jangle Comics #24 I like the yellow bird's thinking. 19 Days until Christmas! If you're already tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 5  Marvel Holiday Special December 1996 First of only two comic book covers in my countdown this year that comes from Marvel Comics. Both feature Spider-man. 20 Days until Christmas! If you're already tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 4  The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle The Bakers and Jingle Belle team up for Christmas high jinks. 21 Days until Christmas! If you're already tired of comic book covers, check out Heather's 12 Recipes of Christmas. Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 3  Alvin and His Pals Although I'm not really a fan of the musical stylings of Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, it really wouldn't be Christmas without one appearance of the singing rodent trio. Did you know that Alvin and the Chipmunks recordings have won 6 Grammy Awards? Not sure how that reflects on the Grammy's. 22 Days until Christmas! Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 2  The Flash #87 Even though the interior artwork was handled by the late Mark Wieringo, it's Alan David on the cover of this issue of the Flash featuring some wannabe Santa's who are not demonstrating the Christmas Spirit. 23 Days until Christmas! Check out the other comic book advent calendars: Polite Dissent Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link
Christmas Comic Cover 2008 - December 1 For the third year in a row I've decided to do a Comic Book Cover Advent Calendar. No special rules for picking the covers I did, just Christmas themed issues that I thought grabbed my interest. Enjoy the next 25 days.  The Kilroys #21 I don't know anything about this comic - not even where I found the cover. But I love the cheesy joke. 24 Days until Christmas! Merry ChristmasLabels: Christmas, Comic Advent Calendar 2008 posted by Brendan | 8:30 AM | permanent link |
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