I normally do this on Valentine’s Day itself–as I believe that matters of the heart, much like science projects, are best handled the night before you have to show them to someone–but this year, I’d not only knock out my traditional clip-and-send Valentines a few days early, but change things up a little by adding a theme!
So while you guys may have shown your significant others that you love them in years past, this time around… Show ’em you love ’em a little Moore!
And for the risqé out there…
Need a few others? Check out the past years of an ISB Tradition:
My (Allegedly) Funny Valentines 2006
My (Allegedly) Funny Valentines 2006: Horror Edition
My (Allegedly) Funny Valentines 2007
My (Allegedly) Funny Valentines 2008
Special thanks to Rachelle for inspiring this year’s theme, which was drawn from The Killing Joke
Riotous. I bet Alan Moore disavows any involvement with these, too.
For some odd reason, I’m now imagining Mark Hammil – singing in The Joker voice – “I Can’t Smile Without You”
Yup, i’ll be using at least two of these this year. Thanks!
I forgot which feed I was looking at on Google Reader, so imagine how surprised I was to see James Lileks making Alan Moore boner cracks. Surprised, but not shocked.
My girlfriend isn’t a big comics person, but she did read a fair amount of Spider-Man as a kid. Last year, I linked her your Gwen Stacy “I’m falling for you” valentine. She was completely horrified. We were not dating at the time.
Now we are! Clearly, the message just needed a little time to get through.
Oh, and this year’s batch is pretty excellent too, though I don’t think any of them will freak her out as much. I will try the Joker one, but I don’t think she’d get the references for the others (my personal favorite is the V for Vendetta one).
You gave your not-yet-girlfriend Chris’ Gwen Stacy valentine… and she then decided to date you?
Wow. She’s, like, the perfect woman.
What, no Roman puppet snake-god valentine? It was right there waiting!
the black dossier one is pretty much the funniest thing i’ve ever seen!
Thanks, Chris.
My wife is completely not going to get that, when I show it to her.
Truly the best use of the Earth’s Mightiest font to date IMHO.
The Jess Nivens one absolutely killed me.
Well dang, any reference to Jess Nevins can make something rock.
The Jess Nevins is great, but I still don’t think you’ll ever top the Gwen Stacy one.
Wow, Valentine is really just around the bend! Thanks for the reminder and have Happy Holiday! Awesome Post BTW!