For all of my joking about the True Meaning of Christmasâ„¢, the fact of the matter is–as we all learned from Love Actually–that Christmas is a time for being with the people that you care about, and that’s exactly what I intend to do.
So to that end, I’m taking the next few days off. But, rather than leave the ISB unattended while I’m on vacation, I’m going to turn things over to a celebration of my favorite holiday icon: The Big Guy. The Head Honcho! The Connection!
I’ll be back in time for my usual Christmas Eve Christacular, but ’til then, join us each night for a look at Jolly Old St. Nick’s appearances in the world of comics. And hey, to get ready, why not check out Benito Cereno’s look at a True Tale of St. Nicholas? And on the off chance that you’d like to find out more about Love Actually, Bully the Little Stuffed Bull is recapping the whole flick in (sorta) real time!
Merry Christmas, Everybody!
Imperious Rex-Mas!
And I hope you have a wonderful holiday, Chris. Joyeux Noel!
Merry Christmas, Chris Sims!
So…who’s the Muppet? And why is he wearing the Thing’s Speedo? ;-)
Gledelig Jul!
Man, it looks like the Thing had to break Namor’s hands before he convinced him to dress up as Santa. He could have just told him Sue would go for it.
Chris(tmas)’s Invincible Santa Blog!
Merry Christmas, Chris.
Happy Winter Solstice, Chris! And a Frohe Weihnachten after that!
It’s sad that even with the beard and hat, he’s *still* more recognizably Namor than the version currently appearing in Dark Reign.
Merry Christmas and happy pile-up of other holidays, everyone!
I really hope you’re going to mention the classic issue of DC Comics Presents guest starring Santa, with a Garcia-Lopez cover and Swan interirors.
I wish you a Patrick Swayze Christmas, Mr. Sims. Never let your Christmas carols run out of action sequences.
Is Namor about to sing Christmas carols with pirate kids in their underground cave?
Ben Grimm looks very muppet-like there.
Which is GREAT.
Happy holidays Chris.
It’s been a joy to follow your weblog this year, and I got a good feeling 2009 will be just as good.
Happy holidays Mr. Sims!
Hope you have a great new year.
Being near Santa Namor would make me go 8D too.
Of course almost everyone’s on the avenging son’s naughty list.
Fantasticmas Chris.
Ah yes, Hooray For Santa Claus, the theme song from the 1964 epic masterpiece…Santa Claus Conquers The Martians.
Ha! What is that from?
@ Brian – You know as well as I that Bendis offered Maleev the gig under the condition that he use Bendis himself as the model for Namor. Either that, or a supporting character from the movie Snatch.
And, for the record, Love Actually kicks fucking ass. No, I’m totally serious. Laugh all you want, you’re just displaying your lack of depth.
You have no idea how hard it is for me to restrain myself from making dirty jokes about sitting on Namor Claus’ lap. :\
“Of course almost everyone’s on the avenging son’s naughty list.”
Except Sue, of course. He just *wishes* she’d be naughty.