It’s that time of year again as we cross the autumn rubicon to the vast stretch of the winter days and holidays. God help us as the old man used to say.
Thanksgiving
What y’all thankful for?
Aloha and Happy Thanksgiving.
Yes I am still here. Going to shift to a different format to accommodate the modern reader.
Captain Thanksween continues to guard the sacred border betwixt the Santa and the Pumpkin, bless him.
Black Friday steals
‘Tis the season….briefly.
Ever so briefly.
In the meantime bask in the pre-holiday holiday with Captain Thanksween and Thanksgiving.
Better luck next Thanksgiving
With bonus hidden homages if you can spy them in the tiny inkblotty crowd.
The Christmas Creep
‘Tis the season if you want it or not.
Thanksgiving gone Wilde
A quick sketchy comic for the holiday with wisdom from Oscar Wilde.
Special thanks to CrudeDoodle for providing motivation in the form of “If you don’t get up a comic this week we are done. DONE.”
What are YOU thankful for?
I’m thankful this 10 year old scanner still works. Also family.
Happy Thanksgiving.
A hero for our time
My favorite time of year is autumn. I’m a huge fan of Halloween and look forward to Thanksgiving. And who doesn’t fancy a nice Hop-tu-Naa?
I like Christmas. I think I used to look forward to it more than I do now. Part of that is the waaaaay early start of the commercials, decorations, and so on not to mention the Black Friday Frenzy. It starts so early it’s hard to keep up the joy in it two months later. I suppose there is also some resentment that Thanksgiving and more often these days Halloween are getting pushed aside sooner to make way for El Clause. I saw trees in the store the week of Halloween, the pumpkins and skeletons pushed to the end caps like embarrassing relatives. That’s why we need Captain Thanksween right now.
The Captain girds for the good fight sporting an array of autumn talismans:
- The obligatory pilgrim hat
- Jack-o-lantern head
- Pilgrim cape, pants, and cuffs
- Fall leaf sigil on chest
- Cornocopagun
- And of course, Snake Plisskin’s eyepatch, shirt, and boots.
Years ago it seemed that Escape from New York was on during the Thanksgiving week every year for a few years. We came to think of it as ‘The Thanksgiving Movie’. I would later learn it wasn’t just me – I’ve met others with the same memories. So to this day I usually watch it before Thanksgiving.
So this year be thankful. That you don’t live in an abandoned city-prison surrounded by thirty foot walls with armed guards. And your family or whatever.
