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Whew, things got a little heated around here this week! Time for other things. Let's just go out and buy some awesome graphic novels as gifts and then kick back with some nice mulled...

You will want to read the whole hilarious thing. A holiday tradition in the making.

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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxLBpa7g5fg&hl=en_US&fs=1&&w=320&h=265] ADDED: Here's another interview with editor Jeanine Schaefer that answers many questions, including the secret origin of the title. When I posted my little exclusive on GIRL COMICS the other day, I...

Irish artist Will Sliney of the art blog Eclectic Micks graces us with a Wayne Family Xmas. We still have some slots open, so keep the art coming, kids.

Hans Rickheit's THE SQUIRREL MACHINE was one of the year's most dazzling surprises -- an extremely creepy and imaginative tale that made an indelible impression and announced the maturation of a unique talent. Rickheit...

A few months ago Marvel announced that 2010 would see a big push for some events built around women -- as characters, as creators, and as readers. Here's one of the first projects out...

A page from Alex Robinson's adaptation of L. Frank Baum's A KIDNAPPED SANTA CLAUS, one of three delightful gift books published by HarperCollins this winter.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcrqHYPKUMo&hl=en_US&fs=1&&w=480&h=295] It's about time cartoonists got embroiled in the fun, easy-to-understand debate over health insurance currently going on. Julia Wertz , author of Fart Party, appears on Time.Com explaining that she has a disease...

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UPDATE: This is a serious, sad story that obviously has a lot of personal grief to it. However, we are hearing unconfirmed reports on the identity of the backhoe driving accomplice which, if true,...