holiday 2011

LEGO DC Super-Heroes Sets Available From: LEGO.com Price: $9.99 - $49.99 Of all the news that came out of this year's San Diego Comic-Con, it's pretty safe to say that I was most excited about the news that LEGO was not only reviving their line of awesome Batman sets, but that they'd be expanding things out to the whole darn DC Universe...

Are you prepared to see the single greatest holiday-related animated GIF of all time? Do not be fooled by innocuous-looking reindeer above. What awaits you is a Kirby-esque explosion of awesomeness, and the animated apotheosis of the sort of holiday spirit we should all aspire to achieve in our hearts...

In our recurring feature, ComicsAlliance brings you the best comic book adventures that do not, could not, and sometimes should not exist: Great Comics That Never Happened! This week, Chris Sims and the amazing artist Kerry Callen bring you a tale of Yuletide disappointment as only Mighty Marvel could deliver...

Huge T-Rex Bean Bag Available From: Topatoco Price: $139.00 Of all the awesome stuff in this year's ComicsAlliance Holiday Gift Guide, this is the only one I've hesitated on including. Not because it's not awesome -- it's a ginormous dinosaur bean bag that you can use as a pillow...

We're big fans of Ryan North's Dinosaur Comics, a webcomic devoted to the clip art adventures of T-Rex, Utahraptor and Dromiceiomimus, so ComicsAlliance has put together a very special treat for all of our readers this holiday season: original Dinosaur Santa Comics by Ryan North...

The Non-Adventures of Wonderella, v.1 and 2 Available From: NonAdventures.com Price: $17 each. If you're like me, then you've often thought that Wonder Woman would be a much more entertaining character if she was a cynical, amoral alcoholic who solved all of her problems by a) ignoring them, b) blowing them up, or c) ignoring them until they blew up...

Batman Apron, Ice Cube Tray and Pint Glass Found At: ThinkGeek Price: $9.99 - $24.99 We've all been there: You're hosting a charity casino night in your stately manor, and everything's going wrong! The ginger ale you're drinking (pretending it's champagne and fooling everyone...

Mighty Fine T-Shirts Publisher: Mighty Fine Price: $25 Comic book fans and t-shirts go together like... well, like clothing and people who probably shouldn't walk around naked in places with public decency laws. As a result, a cool shirt can make a pretty great gift, if you can find one with a cool enough design that someone would actually want to wear it -- and thanks to the folks at Mighty Fine

When the holiday season rolls around, I try to buy as many gifts as possible from my favorite webcartoonists. After all, what better way to pay those artists back for another year of free comics than with cold, digitally transmitted cash...

Coffee Mugs Designed by Webcomic Artists Publisher: TopatoCo Price: $13 - $15 If you're one of those hated and feared mutants known as "morning people" -- or as I like to call you, "Daywalkers" -- then you have no trouble waking up, getting out of bed, and getting productive...