Christmas Video: A Very Fazbear Christmas

Chuck E. Cheese Adventure!

Chuck E. Cheese Adventure! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

My reviewer colleagues (the ones who like horror games) are crazy about a franchise called Five Nights At Freddy’s, where your a security guard at a Chuck E Cheese knockoff (do they still have animatronic robots?) where the robots somehow come to life at night and kill anyone who isn’t one of them. In other words, robo-racists. I’m not a horror person but this one goes out to you Freddy fans. This is a Christmas song about having Christmas at Freddy’s as performed by Fazbear and crew. I don’t follow the game so I’m only guessing my information is accurate.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> GI Joe (Extreme) V2 #1

GI Joe (Extreme) V2 #1

The next great buddy cop movie is here!

GI Joe Vol. 2 #1

Dark Horse (June, 1996)

“Red Scream” part 1: “Hunted”
WRITER: Mike W. Barr
PENCILER: Tatsuya Ishida
INKER: Scott Reed
COLORIST: Art Knight
COVER ARTIST: Paul Rivoche
COVER COLORISTS: Paul Rivoche & Jim Johns
LETTERER: Tracy Hampton-Munsey
DESIGNER: Cary Grazzini
EDITOR: Philip Amara

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Morning Article Link: The True Nativity

English: Nativity Scene Whalley Methodist Chur...

English: Nativity Scene Whalley Methodist Church’s nativity scene graces the church courtyard and adds a little homage and colour to a gloomy December morning. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

While I question the first one on the list, I can confirm that Cracked contributor Michael Voll, got these other facts right. Or at least, I’ve heard the same things about some missed facts in the Nativity. For example, the “Immaculate Conception”, when the Magi met Jesus, and a bunch of others. It’s very much worth a read.

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Firestorm The Nuclear Man #66

Firestorm #66

Somebody doesn’t know it’s Christmas.

Firestorm The Nuclear Man #66

DC Comics (December, 1987)

“Out Of Control”
WRITER: John Ostrander
PENCILER: Joe Brozowski
INKER: Sam De La Rosa
COLORIST: Shelley Eiber
LETTERER: John Costanza
EDITOR: Denny O’Neil
“FIRESTORM” CREATORS: Gerry Conway & Al Milgrom

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Jake & Leon #230: God Positioning System

I wonder if the title gives away the punchline?

I wonder if the title gives away the punchline?

And that’s the last of the Jake & Leon Christmas strips. And the beginning of crunch time…with a snag. Thanks to some personal events I can’t promise this year’s Christmas Video Review or Captain Yuletide will be ready for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day respectively, but I will work to get them done before the end of the year, with the push on the Review. I hope it’s worth the wait.

As for the coming week, there will be no comic reviews on Christmas Day. Not only does this save me another dive into the Furman Transformers stories, but I only have four issues of the next GI Joe Extreme comic series, but the main reason is that it’s Christmas and even if I have Captain Yuletide done on time, you guys have more important things to do than read old comic reviews at Christmas, right? Otherwise, we’ll have more Christmas videos to give me room to finish in place of extended articles at night, and retro comic reviews (because I still can’t afford new comics) and article links at the normal times the rest of the week.

Saturday Night Showcase: A Garfield Christmas

Garfield, as portrayed on the back cover of Ga...

Garfield, as portrayed on the back cover of Garfield At Large. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I know I posted this a long time ago, but Vodpod no longer exists and this is an official posting so its better quality. A Garfield Christmas is one of those specials that might not be up there with the greats but it hangs on with its claws tight enough that everyone should see it at least once. Based on the Jim Davis comic strip, it went on to spinoff more specials and soon a Saturday Morning TV series alongside fellow Jim Davis creation US Acres (known internationally as Orson’s Farm). It’s a Christmas classic that deserves a bit more love than it gets.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> JLX

JLX

“Hey genius, the fight’s this way!”

JLX

Amalgam Comics (DC; April, 1996)

“A League Of Their Own!”
WRITERS: Gerard Jones & Mark Waid
PENCILER: Howard Porter
INKER: John Dell
COLORIST/SEPARATIONS: Gloria Vasquez & Heroic Age
LETTERER: Chris Eliopoulos
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Ali Morales
EDITORS: Brian Augustyn & Ruben Diaz

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