Holiday2012

The E-Mug Available From: FanGamer Price: $34.00 If you're like me, then actually waking up and getting to work is one of the hardest parts of your day. Sometimes, you just don't have the energy to roll out of bed, slide underneath a crushing row of spikes, call on your robot dog to cross a chasm, and then get shot at by a weird little robot in a frustratingly impenetrable hardhat...

To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure Available From: Kickstarter Price: $30.00 For those of us here at ComicsAlliance, Dinosaur Comics and the Adventure Time comic have made Ryan North the kind of creator whose books we'll just buy, no questions asked...

Classy Lady Like You Will Love The Smell Of My Butt Available From: TopatoCo Price: $6.00 Holiday shopping can get pretty expensive if you've got a lot of loved ones to buy gifts for. Heck, it's gotten pretty expensive for me, and I literally only have enemies and assorted cretins on my list...

Power Rangers: From Mighty Morphin To Lost Galaxy Available From: TimeLife Price: $219.95 I realize that this is a very specific problem that many people who don't work for ComicsAlliance don't have, but if you need a gift that will impress CA editor Caleb Goellner into letting you slide on a few deadlines, this is exactly what you need to buy...

Inflatable Giant Robot Battle Fists / Minigun Arm Price: $14.99 for two hands or one gun. Available From: ThinkGeek I think the desire to be a giant monster-fighting robot is something that we all share, right? It's a universal aspect of the Human Condition, but sadly, the technology's just not there yet, unless you happen to know a giant floating head in a jar who wants to hand out super-powers

Charlie Brown's Christmas Stocking Available From: Fantagraphics / Amazon Price: $9.99 Giving someone a Christmas-themed gift for Christmas is always a pretty risky proposition, as you're basically handing something over with a time limit on how long the recipient has to enjoy it before it gets stuck on the shelf and/or attic until next December...

Adventure Time Wallets Available From: Gallery Nucleus Price: $14.95 If there's one thing I've learned in my time as a professional comic book and pop culture critic, it's that a love of cartoons for children and phat stacks of ca$h money go hand-in-hand...

Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe Available From: Amazon.com and finer bookstores everywhere. Price: $16.71 at Amazon One of the problems with buying gifts for comic book readers is that we really like comics, but we tend to buy them every week...

The DJ Pon3 Hug Me Backpack Available From: WeLoveFine Price: $49.00 If you're reading this, odds are pretty good that you have a Brony/Pegasister/tiny little girl on your shopping list. Fortunately, there are a ton of pretty neat gifts out there for My Little Pony fans, but even the most devoted die-hard might be a little leery of a backpack shaped like an obscure background character who has en

The M.O.D.O.K. Mug Available From: ThinkGeek Price: $14.99 Fun fact about Jack Kirby's greatest creation: When the super-scientists of Advanced Idea Mechanics turned George Tarleton into a giant head with itty bitty arms and legs in a rocket chair, he was originally known as MODOC...