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Christmas is a time for traditions. For some, it's all about stringing up lights on a Christmas tree and wrapping up presents to put beneath it. For others, it's spending singing carols door to door to spread holiday cheer. And for still others, it's a time to beat a log with a stick until it poops out candy. If you're not familiar with that last one, don't worry: ComicsAlliance favorites Benito Cereno and Anthony Clark have stepped up to explain it all in an original comic featuring an Untold Tale of St. Nicholas! Check out the five-page Tio de Nadal: A True Christmas Storyafter the cut!

*This post originally appeared on CA on Dec 20, 2011 Christmas is a time for traditions. For some, it's all about stringing up lights on a Christmas tree and wrapping up presents to put beneath it. For others, it's spending singing carols door to door to spread holiday cheer...

It is time once again for the War Rocket Ajax Halloween Special, and to that end, this week's podcast features our annual Halloween guest, Benito Cereno! The writer of The Tick and Hector Plasm, Benito joins us to share his thoughts on horror movies, ghost stories, and all manner of other spoooooky topics -- and you can listen to the whole show right here at ComicsAlliance...

The comics medium attempts to answer a lot of big questions: Is it right to take the law into your own hands? What would someone do with special powers, given the opportunity? "Are you ready for the world that's coming?" In that spirit, ComicsAlliance's Matt Wilson is asking comics creators, retailers and commentators some big questions of his own...

Movies: Empire Magazine's 2012 Summer Movie preview has new shots of Judge Dredd, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Hobbit in action. Creators: Sam Humphries, Ramon Perez and cover artist Julian Totino Tedesco are teaming for John Carter: The Gods of Mars, a five-issue series adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs' same-named novel, in March...

It's the War Rocket Ajax Halloween Special, and to help us celebrate the spookiest of holidays, we've invited Hector Plasm writer Benito Cereno to our podcast! He tells us all about his Essential Halloween Horror movies and gives us news on upcoming Tick and Tales From the Bully Pulpit projects -- and you can listen to the entire spooooky show right here at ComcisAlliance...

Normally, ComicsAlliance Senior Writer Chris Sims answers comics and comics culture questions from our readers every week, but as Halloween approaches, things are about to get terrifying! This month, Chris answers your spoooooooky questions...

In case you missed the ball getting dropped in Times Square last Friday, it's a New Year, and that means it's time for people all over to set their goals for the next twelve months. But we normal folks aren't the only ones making New Year's Resolutions, and while comic book characters tend to go less for things like "hit the gym more often" and "quit smoking" and more for stuff

Benito Cereno, James Harren and Ed Brisson's Santa Claus vs. The Martians is a book I've been looking forward to ever since it was first announced. In fact, I even interviewed Santa Claus himself (along with Cereno) about it back in September...

It's getting to be that time of year when you can hardly turn around without running into someone in the middle of a monologue about "the true meaning of Christmas." Thing is, comics are a medium that support the viewpoint that escapism is an okay thing to have once in a while...