KM Bezner

The holiday season is upon us, and with that comes gifts! It’s always lovely to receive something special from someone you love, but there’s also a particular pleasure that comes in giving a really well chosen gift and knowing that it’s truly appreciated. Sometimes it really is better to give than to receive! In that spirit, ComicsAlliance is here to inspire you with some great ideas for gifts to buy for your friends and family. Each gift guide is tailored to a particular personality type or special interests, and today we’re looking at gifts for hardcore comics history buffs.

The holiday season is upon us, and with that comes gifts! It’s always lovely to receive something special from someone you love, but there’s also a particular pleasure that comes in giving a really well chosen gift and knowing that it’s truly appreciated. Sometimes it really is better to give than to receive! In that spirit, ComicsAlliance is here to inspire you with some great ideas for gifts to buy for your friends and family. Each gift guide is taiored to a particular personality type or special interests, and today we're looking at gifts for bookworms, besides books!

Back is a supernatural/western webcomic by Anthony Clark of Nedroid Picture Diary and KC Green of Gunshow. Together, these cartoonists have created an eerie world with a lot of secrets and unanswered questions.

What makes a great villain? Do they need a detailed backstory to explain their crooked ways, or are they inhuman, too monstrous for redemption? Some of the best villains of modern times come from the world of kids' cartoons, when their nefarious ways can really make an impression on young viewers. But don't be fooled into thinking that, because these villains were designed for kids, they lack the kind of complexity that makes the best villains compelling. We've put together a list of some of the very best children's cartoon villains, and we've attempted to explain what it is about these characters that continues to scare us long after we grew out of the target audience range.

As the Crow Flies is a fantastic webcomic by queer creator Melanie Gillman that pushes readers to consider the way we talk about gender, race, and sexuality by following the interactions of a group of queer preteens.

Lazarus is the current ongoing collaboration between Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, a dystopian sci-fi series about family, class, and poverty, which launched in 2013 from Image Comics. Three collected editions are currently available, and the 20th issue of the series comes out later this month.