“’Twas the night before Christmas…”
Look There, Read: “Deck Us All with Boston Charlie” through the years…
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Look Here, Read: “The 1981 Night Before Christmas, or A Final Visit from St. Nicholas”
From Mad #228 (January 1982), here’s “The 1981 Night Before Christmas, or A Final Visit from St. Nicholas,” with doggerel by Frank Jacobs and drawings by Harry North; this post includes scans of all of the original art, which is currently available for purchase, as a complete set, on ebay, from a first-rate seller (not me):
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Don’t worry, kids! Nineteen eighty-one may have been a tough year for old Santa, but he powered through his difficulties and depression, and even now, thirty years into the future, he is still on the job.
Out of Context: “It’s been a HARD YEAR for Luke Cage…”
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Sweet Christmas!
Look Here, Read: “Albert and Pogo’s Christmas” by Walt Kelly
From Santa Claus Funnies #254 (1949), here’s “Albert and Pogo’s Christmas,” with script and art by the incomparable Walt Kelly:
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Interlude: CHRISTMAS MAGIC
From the 1958 album Christmas Magic:
Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra and Chorus – “Carol of the Bells”
Out of Context: “… think wha–?”
Look Here, Read: “Romance for Christmas”
From Glamorous Romances #57 (January 1952), here’s “Romance for Christmas,” with script by an uncredited writer and unsigned art by an uncredited cartoonist; ah, the good old days… :
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Look Here: Mad fun on the slopes with Jack Davis…
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