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Creating Christmas Comics — Part 3 (or Dat’s de FAQ, Jack!)

george — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:58:05 +0000

By George Broderick, Jr. Welcome to the third in a series of articles talking about Cool Yule Christmas Comics. In the first installment, I talked about some of the hows and whys that led me to want to produce holiday comics year round. In part two, I blathered on about

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Creating Christmas Comics — Part 2 (or “How I Spent My Summer Vacation”)

george — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:29:19 +0000

By George Broderick, Jr. In our last installment of Creating Christmas Comics, I discussed a little about my background and what brought me to the momentous decision to spend my time crafting my happy little holiday tales. And what a decision it was! Comics, or more specifically, working professionally in

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Creating Christmas Comics — Part One (or The Birth Of A Notion)

george — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:27:59 +0000

By George Broderick, Jr. I love comics. Newspaper comics, comic books, animated cartoons, paperback collections, even Ziggy greeting cards. They’re a part of who I am, stretching back to that dim, misty long gone day in January 1966 when an eight year old budding artist first saw Adam West play

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Microsoft Killed Santa Claus

elf — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:54:29 +0000

Microsoft killed Santa Claus. Okay, they didn’t kill the real Santa, but an automated Santa chat-bot they had set up last week. The Santa-bot was an agent on their Live Space website and MSN Messenger program. Children could ask Santa some questions and tell him what they wanted for Christmas,

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The Month After Christmas

Merry Jester — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:24:13 +0000

Twas the month after Christmas and all through the house nothing would fit me, not even a blouse The cookies I’d nibbled, the eggnog I’d taste All the holiday parties had gone to my waist So away with the last of the sour cream dip Get rid of the fruit

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Twas the Day After Christmas

Merry Jester — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:22:40 +0000

‘Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house, Every creature was hurtin’, even the mouse. The toys were all broken, their batteries dead; Santa passed out, with some ice on his head. Wrapping and ribbons just covered the floor, while Upstairs the family continued to snore. And I

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12 Politically Correct Days of Christmas

Merry Jester — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:26:28 +0000

On the 12th day of the Eurocentrically imposed midwinter festival, my Significant Other in a consenting adult, monogamous relationship gave to me: TWELVE males reclaiming their inner warrior through ritual drumming, ELEVEN pipers piping (plus the 18-member pit orchestra made up of members in good standing of the Musicians Equity

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Why All Santa’s Reindeer Are Girls

Merry Jester — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:45:01 +0000

According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year, male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid-December. Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.

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Rudolph Got Run Over By My Grandma

Merry Jester — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:33:48 +0000

CHORUS Rudolph Got Run Over by my Grandma just as he arrived on Christmas Day She had gotten sick and tired of hearin’ that song where she gets trampled by a sleigh. She’d been listening to the radio and she nearly lost her breath yellin’ cuss words at the DJ

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How to Tell if You’re a Grinch

Merry Jester — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:38:51 +0000

Test to see if you are a Grinch: 1. You reuse last year’s Christmas cards and send them out under your own name (5 points). 2. You steal light bulbs from you neighbor’s outdoor display to replenish your own supply (5 points, 10 if neighbor’s whole light sets or lighted

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