Holidays

It's becoming a tradition like plum pudding and A Christmas Story: Kate Beaton's annual comics about her family from her trip home for Christmas. I'm not sure how they're tagged but if you click around her Tumblr you'll see them all. Kate's family is no more odd or endearing than anyone's and that what's make these so universal. IF these don't give you that fuzzy holiday feeling, nothing will.

Okay this one isn't exactly fun, but it is powerful. Baseline Blvd is a story about grief and

Black Santa's Revenge from David F Walker on Vimeo. If you're in the mood for something a little more cheeky for your holiday viewing,...

It's December 29th and most of you are on holiday or traveling around or sitting at your desk counting the minutes until you can leave. I'm in the middle group—traveling— and for those of you in the latter group, today were just posting some fine reading. The provenance of some of these is, um, hazy, but no judgements. Just entertainment!

Merry Christmas from everyone at the Beat to all of you. Wishing you a peaceful, happy holiday and all the presents you asked for. If...

It's been a while since we linked to Michael Carlyle'sThe Crapbox of Son Of Cthulhu, examining awful comics of the past, but here he...

Breaking news! Breaking Cat News is back with a new holiday special! Pucky’s Purrfect Christmas Tips. The link is to the first chapter and then hit next to read the whole searing saga of how robber mice steal Buzzy Mouse and Puck becomes a creature of vengeance. Of course there are also special tips on how cats can "help" with Christmas that any feline owner will recognize and fear.

As we're all settling in for the holidays, here's some holiday reading, courtesy of Rina Ayuyang. Snow, Snow, Snow, Snow, SNOW! refers to...

We're a cultured group here at Stately Beat Manor, and a lot of that classical culture comes via POP culture. Julius Caesar? Asterix. Classical music?...

MOAR Grumpy Cat. This little kitty isn't letting Deadpool get all the 12 Days of Christmas fun, but is appearing in her own series...

Diamond has just released the 12 Gold sponsor comics for next year's Free Comic Book Day—and it's who you would expect with one addition:...

Comixology's annual tradition of 12 Days of Free Comicsis underway again, kicking off with free downloads of Marvel’s Secret Wars #1 Every day until Sunday...