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It's a brand new day here at Stately Beat Manor! We're rested and refreshed, and based on past refreshments, this state will last well into the early hours of the morning.

One of the best comics traditions of the holiday season is The Comics Reporter's Holiday Interview series, which is running now. As usual it's an information- and insight-filled series. Thus far we have:

§ A new genre of writing: the New 52 Exit interview, in which a creator expresses wistful enthusiasm for all the ideas they dreamed up for a given character before it was decided a new direction was needed, as he or she wishes the new team good luck with a wan smile. This time out, Sterling Gates explaining how he left HAWK & DOVE in the hands of Rob Liefeld:

Interview call outs galore, plus the Bay Area scene. More.

From now on we're using a phrase from this in every article!

Alan Moore, gift guides, Cassandra Cain vs Wonder Woman.

A whole week of catching up!

A few for the road.

We had to commemorate today's once in a lifetime date with some kibbles, now didn't we? Seth, Alison Bechdel, and the greatest day of Obama's life.

Oh yeah, comics. You never get tired of them.

§ The CBLDF raised $82,000 in October -- a bit short of their goal but still pretty good.

Will Tintin be a hit? Can Central Jersey host a comics show? What is the secret comic strip Chuck Jones tried to hide the existence of? All this in today's Kibbles!