Gromit lad, looks like it's time for another /co/ Secret Santa thread eh?
I have just the thing, with just a press of a button on my latest invention the Xmas-Thread-O-Matic we will have a thread up before you can say Wensleydale.
Deck the halls.
Grab some cocoa.
Get comfy.
Enjoy storytimes,
contests, and trivia.
Post your wishlist.
Gift another /co/mrade.
Enjoy the best time of the year.
List of ungifted wishlists and instructions: http://pastebin.com/2R25RyGY
So share your list, join in some holiday story times and above all else be Merry.
Please only post your list once per thread, no begging, and keep it friendly. Remember to say thanks and maybe post a pic if you get lucky.
Previous thread: >>77949697
Winding down on the Christmas contest. Finish up those stories soon, or just let me know if you need a little more time. Closing at 2:00 eastern/30 minutes from now.
How cold does it get in your neck of the woods, /co/? Around here, winter can dip down to -60C/-76F, but that'll hopefully be avoided this year.
On a side note, reposting my list: 3H7IYBFP34A8A
Wallace and Gromit!
>>77978404
Where I grew up it gets regularly down into the single digits in late December and January, but I just moved out closer to the coast and I think so far it's only gotten below freezing like twice overnight. A lot milder out here and it's disconcerting to be able to walk around outside and have it be in the mid-50s in December.
>>77978392
Other anon who posted in the last thread here, I just emailed you so I'm all set
Okay, I finally got an address to go with my wish list. Haven't been gifted yet, so if anyone just wants to get me whatever from my list, it's cool. 297MIGOM4JLT0
So, /co/, tell me, what's your favorite part about Christmas?
>>77978305
>Wallace and Grommet image
Aw yiss
>>77978495
It's a holiday during the comfiest season of the year, people are generally nicer, winter dishes are great.
If you're talking about christmas day in particular, it's gotta be the christmas dinner.
2CPU26IWTP7FE co.uk
>>77978404
>-60C
fuck me rigid with a motorised cactus strapped to the back of a burning train. Where the fuck do you live? How the fuck do you even cope? Over here -5 is considered extreme.
>>77978495
The music. Seeing my family again. (we're scattered all over the country right now)
>>77978956
>Where the fuck do you live?
Central Alberta, Canada. There's nothing between us and the North Pole, and we're far from any large bodies of water which could moderate our temperature.
>How the fuck do you even cope?
We wait for our +45C/+113F summers, and try not to go outside if it's below -30. Aside from wearing more layers and being careful while breathing (cold air in lungs hurts like you wouldn't believe; cold air freezing the moisture in your nose, moreso), life goes on.
in case the guy that updates the pastebin is here, this is my list 35T26B7C04STN
>>77978404
below 0 but fucking Pitt still doesn't cancel classes
>>77978495
working. I am in college and my family does most of our stuff christmas eve/christmas morning, so I trade days with people at work (the airport) to work christmas day. I get time and a half, and they get to spend the day with their kids/family
I'm going to assume all the entries are in. I've put them all online here: https://sites.google.com/site/cosecretsantastories/home
All the stories are linked on the left-hand side. Give them a read and share your thoughts to help me decided a winner!
>>77979127
>below 0 but fucking Pitt still doesn't cancel classes
I hear ya man, I lived in Morgantown for six years and only saw them cancel classes twice, and that was when we got literally two feet of snow dumped overnight. PRT system broke down , buses out of service, ice on the sidewalks and below freezing temperatures? Fuck you, you still have to show up to take your final!
>>77978495It's the presents.
>>77978392
>closing a contest at 2:00
Oh bummer.
>>77979306
I mean, if you're almost done, I'll put it up when you complete it.
>>77979345
Nah, I was gonna write it today since I had classes and a funeral last week. Not a big deal. I'll probably still write it and just post it whenever I'm done with it.
Thanks SDU! This was just delivered a few minutes ago.
Merry Christmas!
>>77979501
DAMMIT.
>>77979521
That's a really great looking cover. I know pretty much nothing about Ghost Rider except for the first movie.
>>77979521
>>77979602
I have that trade, it's fucking great and I wish Tradd Moore stayed on the book, or that the very least that Felipe Smith took over both art and writing duties right after he left. The guy they brought in after the first six issues just had a really weird style that cut a lot of people's interest in following it and sales took a huge hit.
Merry Christmas to all of /co/
here's my wishlist
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>>77978715
Yeah when making a thread I try to keep the threads image varied, last year was a bit of a Big two tug of war.
>>77979167
>Dad had now come over with a trio of hot chocolates, having got the tree up about five minutes prior. As per usual, the mix was deliciously thick and he'd even added a dash of orange to it, before topping it with marshmallows, whipped cream and cinnamon.
>Orange
>In hot chocolate
I'm intrigued. Is that a thing? Goddamn some hot chocolate sounds good right now.
>>77979697
It'd not just the covers. The interiors for the first arc are all rad.
>>77979797
Yeah that's what I meant, Moore did the interior art as well.
>>77979521
Exactly what I got last year from a kind anonwho I'd like to return the favor to but as of yet I'm still the only .de user, that Moore art is something else. Perfect portrayal of speed in comic form, very vivid lines and has a animatic feel.
>>77979786
Chocolate and orange is a pretty common holiday flavor combination.
Citrus fruits in winter used to be something reserved if you were SUPER rich, before it became easier to ship produce across the country and grow it in hothouses. Nowadays, fundraisers or gifts involving fruit baskets are still common out of tradition even if you can just get oranges at the supermarket at any time of the year.
>>77979893
Isn't that page not by Moore?
>>77979979
Yeah that's the artist who took over after Moore left. Tradd Moore has a very exaggerated sort of graffiti style, but he has a very good grasp on how to draw the eye across a page and allow that art to read well at a glance. Daimon Scott didn't really have that second part down.
>>77979786
Have you ever had a chocolate orange? We always get one as a stocking stuffer and it's probably my favorite thing in there.
>>77979167
>"Mr. Jameson this is not really the best ti-"
>"Of course it is, Parker, this is the only time! You're always begging me to put you on more assignments because you need the money. You want money? I want pictures, pictures of that Superman float they have down there! Now don't screw this up, the parade starts in half an hour."
Is there a joke I'm missing or is that supposed to say Spider-Man?
While I've had chocolate oranges, as well as other chocolate covered fruit, I've never heard of oranges with hot chocolate.
>>77980087
DC Comics characters exist in fiction in the Marvel universe. They make Batman jokes on occasion.
>>77980064
Yes. They're wonderful. I've just never heard of orange in hot chocolate before, but it sounds delightful. I might have to try it soon though.
>>77980128
I know, but I thought maybe whoever wrote it meant to write Spider-Man but wrote Superman instead.I've done it myself a couple of times.
>>77979979
I had my doubts about it when that turned up on google images after looking up Tradd Moore + Ghost Rider.
>>77980022
Guess he tried to emulate him for that page because what I read after Moore left was kinda so-so artwise.
>>77980325
Reading this issue with /co/ was the best.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doEwWzMz99A
>>77980390
All I want is Titmouse to do a Ghost Rider animated series.
We can cross 24AT7CA6USAVY off the ungifted list.
I'm going to storytime Klaus #1
>>77980945
Because I liked it.
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>>77980998
![1449342846181[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/pRmd2eQ.jpg "1449342846181[1].jpg")
Merry Xmas Boobies, it's that time again time for another Riddler Xmas Prize Puzzle Penis Pentration Extravaganza (ignore those capital letters kids, seriously those were a joke). Speaking of time what do you think of my new portrait it's got quite a festive name. Fitting don't you think?
Puzzle Link - https://mega.nz/#!1hIigSLJ!Hoya0ZSq6Ixmb6jexOh7CdNh3WzTAhZKKKLiuosZk1M
Tool Link - Tools - https://d.maxfile.ro/jhijghmcsn.zip
As always you can reach me at[email protected]
Ans since I haven't posted it in awhile FKVFTCKNPLCE
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>>77980438
Wouldn't mind a Titmouse animated series of Luther Strode either.
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>>77981072
reposting after a few threads 3FLGMBZ27RDH4
>>77980106
chocolate and oranges? dunno how I feel about that. too things I very much enjoy but i'm not sure about together
>>77981087
C A N T E R B U R Y
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Anyone else been enjoying the English weather? Did a miserable 13k run in the rain and then ate some oaty biscuits from Tesco. Going to go check some lists from some UK Anons.
Also Koppaberg apple spice is shite; don't waste your money on it.
>>77981107
Sitting down and watching cartoons with some milk and cookies. This time of the year is exactly when this is most exceptable
>>77981121
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>>77981362
Never heard of this artist before but he really impressed me.
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>>77981411
Easily the best page of the issue, I wish more comics had coloring like this.Any recs?
>>77981451
Sure, he had the wood, but where did he get the paints and the mechanics to make windups?
>>77981469
Brendan McCarthy.
>>77981469
x-statix is more cartoony but it has a lot of similar neon moments
>>77981485
Anon, are you questioning Santa?
>>77981566
>>77981485
From the guy that pumps the batmobile's tires.
>>77981605
It is currently December, do you not want any presents?
>>77981673
So, Alfred?
If no one had next I got a fun little storytime with murder most foul, and Bananagrams
>>77981713
Yes, Alfred secretly does everything in every Grant Morrison story.
>>77981751
No, but I imagine he pumps the Batmobile's tires.
>>77981713
Alfred doesn't do such brutish work, what the fuck's wrong with you?
>>77981760
I'm pretty sure the Batmobile doesn't need to have it's tires pumped.
>>77981847
Yeah, Batman probably does that; Alfred's to busy being a pimp.
Still hoping that one day there will be a comic on all the Butlers and Servants that Capes have,
>>77979751
Italy anon, if you're on, I have a trade offer for you
>>77978404
I need to move further north, because here in southern New England, it doesn't really start getting cold until like, the end of December. And we're lucky to see snow before January.
That is, snow more than half an inch. Sure we might get a few flurries in mid-December, but it's a rare occurrence to get anything big before Christmas.
>tfw you haven't had a "white christmas" in over 10 years
As for temperatures, it rarely goes below 15 degrees. Even in January/February, it's in the high 30s / low 40s during the day, and into the low 20s at night. We have pretty mild summers, and pretty mild winters.
>>77981738
Who is this John Allison and why have I never read anything of his? Loving this so far.
>tfw live in South Texas
>coldest it ever gets is 40~F
We've had snow once in recorded history here back on '04. It was like 6 inches and melted by noon. But it was there Christmas morning and was some of the most fun I've ever had.
>>77982098
Oh man.
Oh fucking man.
Get to Scary Go Round. You have over ten years of webcomics to catch up on.
>>77982098
He does those webcomics Scary Go Round and Bad Machinery. He also has a comic that's published by Boom! called Giant Days that's been fantastic
>>77982138
Same. In the last 7-8 years, all the snow has started to come in February. There's no way it will get cold enough by christmas
>>77982138
This is the picture I share whenever people are all "What's Texas winter like?"
>>77981411
Yeah the art alone is enough to keep me interested in this book, and Morrison is my favorite, so that's saying something.
>>77982183
Varg?
Well usually I get a nice snowing where I'm at (when I was in college we had a once in a lifetime snowfall that basically blocked us all in), but out in the PNW it's strange how warm it is here.
>>77982138
I grew up in West Virginia and my brother moved down to southern Alabama for a job a couple years ago. Sure enough, the first year he was down there they got snow and an ice storm that threw the state into basically a state of emergency for two days because they didn't have snowplows or salt for the roads. Pretty funny for us who are used to regularly getting feet of snow, salting driveways, and keeping a snow shovel in the trunk of your car just in case.
Winters up in the mountains aren't usually terribly cold, but they are pretty damn wet.
>>77982234
I think I mentioned this to you once, but I have family down in Lubbock and it's pretty funny to hear them talk about the weather
>yeah so we had a foot of snow overnight
>and then it melted by noon and now it's 60 degrees outside
>oh now we have a hailstorm
sorry posting is taking so long something is up with my internet
>>77982359
Here in the middle we get less of the really cold and crazy shit because no altitude, but the ice reliably shuts everything down at least a few times a year, because no one wants to drive on elevated ramps with ice. Wait, no, some idiots always do, and then they get stranded and the news is all "DON'T DO THIS, MMMKAY?"
>>77979167
writer of that one here.
I don't know if they're a thing in the US, but Terry's Chocolate Oranges are the absolute bomb, moreover, making a hot chocolate with them is utterly heavenly.
I tried to convey the idea of chocolate+orange in case the chocolate orange wasn't a thing but I didn't realise that the combination itself might not be familiar with US readers.
>>77982553
They are a seasonal thing available in the US (and I usually get one in my stocking), but I don't think they're quite as prevalent as in the UK.
Now I want one, fuuuuck.
>>77981114
damn. 13K run in the weather we've been having. that sounds hellish.
and duly noted, anon.
>>77982611
Amazon has you covered: http://amzn.com/B001LN4IZS
Fixed the internet, highimpact sexual storytiming is now.
>>77982586
Well Anon, you've got me addicted to John Allison, and particularly Scary Go Round. Thank you.
>>77982671
Oh, I can get them in the store around here, I'll just have to go looking and now I want one RIGHT NOW but I'm not going out today.
>Expected to arrive after Christmas
;__;
>>77982644
Yeah, kinda wish Waitrose was open so I can get some Aspalls or go back to tesco to pick up some Vodka, but I want to wait till I get back home so I can buy a litre of Southern Comfort for £20 to share between my friends.
Just finished Prophet, I'm now chillin and playing some Bloodborne.
>>77982733
Anything for you anon. Also seriously check out Giant Days. I think their might be a christmas issue of that too that I'll storytime later
>>77982183
This comic is really cute, thanks for running it
Also, Celtic Frost is an odd metal band. Have their cover of "Mexican Radio", happy fun thread:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIrI50wSAYs
>>77982837
>metal cover of Mexican Radio
Now I have to give this a listen
>>77982543
>Mutton is tougher than lamb, dearie
Is mutton aged sheep?
Because if so then damn that is a zinger.
Good morning /co/
>>77982948
Morning!
Where the fuck do you live Anon?
Or is it like when I worked at McDonalds to work a nightshift?
>>77982890
Yeah, wicked burn.
>>77982586
man, I'm liking this so far. The art is simple but amazingly cute and the characters so far are pretty nice.
>>77982611
seek one out, or at least find some of the packs of individual segments, then get yourself some hot chocolate mix.
go home, finely grate approximately two to three whole segments (5-6 mini segments) and put a generous helping of the chocolate mix in. Don't bother with water at all, just put whole milk in the mix and either mix it in a milk frother or over a hob and enjoy. add a little mint if you want to get adventurous.
you're welcome.
>>77983110
It's so great one of my favorite comfy comics
>>77978495
>So, /co/, tell me, what's your favorite part about Christmas?
Movies. I just love a good holiday movie. Makes me feel good.
>>77978956
>temps range between -76 to 113 degrees
Fuck that.
>>77981266
>>77981411
This art is glorious.
Oh and there is a Giant Days chirstmas issue about a pre-christmas ball. Want me to storytime that next?
>>77983189
Yes Yes a thousand times yes.
Please & Thank you anon
>>77978305
I'm not the only that's looking for IT am I?You know damn well what that "IT" is
>>77982713
>murdered by riverdance
oh those Irish, with their dances or murder.
>>77983226A dragon dildo?
>>77983226
Anon what can I say I"m at aloss
I'd like to reserve a storytime slot for this evening. I've got a very special story to post.
Klaus was a good read. I wish they had started it earlier so they would be finishing it now and we could get a storytime of the whole thing.
>>77983225
Alright, I got to download it again
Bananagrams!
Hope you guys liked it.
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>>77983305
Funnily enough today is also St. Nicholas' feast day.
Go out and gift some anonsand punch a heretic in the facein his honor.
>>77983323
I don't know why but those last 3 panels really cracked me up
Anyone else wanna go or should I start Giant Days?
Are they ever gonna make another Prep and Landing special?
>>77983407
Go for it. I'll hold off on mine until afterwards.
>>77983359
NGL, I would read Energy Crow.
This reminds me I need to do some kind of shopping for the nieces, except they already have enough things that they'd probably just be happy to play more Scribblenauts Unmasked with the person who will 1) put up with them for hours 2) can spell and type
>>77983377
>3DDPVIBGCRYHJ
Consider yourself gifted. Thanks so much for introducing me to John Allison anon. Have a very Merry Christmas
>>77983450
Alright then!
>>77983474
Merry Christmas too you too!
>>77983461
How old are they? Lumberjanes is a pretty fun comic for girls, but it might be a bit above their level.
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>>77983265
That can be arranged, if you give me a sec I'll fire up photoshop.
>>77983521
7 and 4, and I'm holding off on a lot of physical editions because they're really hard on books right now. They have several DC Super Pets books and the Encyclopedia, even though I was tempted to keep that for myself.
Also, appropriately, one is totally into Batman and the other into 'Supa-man'. The bedrooms may variously become the Batcave or the Fortress of Solitude.
>>77983461
>>77983521
http://www.amazon.com/Supergirl-Cosmic-Adventures-8th-Grade/dp/1401225063
>>77983521
I smiled when I saw one of the girls at work was reading the first Lumberjanes trade.
>>77983586
Definitely recommend this for nieces. Especially the 7-year old.
>>77983586
Whew, they're reprinting it next year because right now
>11 Used from $36.70
D: D: D:
Wishlist: 3S2NG5HSGTMEL .co.uk
Has anyone storytimed Lobo yet?
>>77983621
I got one of the girls I work withs kids some IDW TMNT trades for his birthday. He's 8, he wrote me a thank you letter
>>77983680
Most of the kids at work read the fuck out of Tintin, Amulet, Drama, Smile and a few others. Bone is pretty popular as well. It's nice to see kids enjoy comics.
Some are slowly transitioning into Marvel and DC but less so due to how expensive they can be.
>>77983377
thanks so much for that. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I would read the shit out of a series of that cute kid solving grisly murders.
And that's it for the John Allison extravaganza!
>>77983749
>It's nice to see kids enjoy comics.
A lot of my sixth graders are into superheroes, but not many of them read actual western comics. I mostly catch kids with copies of manga series instead.
>>77983812
And also since everyone's talking about what to get kids, a kids rec list I made a while back
>>77979167
I hope this gets included in the OP of the next thread.
>>77983812
I'm going to my LCS in the morning to get as many issues of Giant Days as I possibly can. Thanks again anon
postin that list
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To make it easy, all I really want are Asterios Polyp or Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. Will be looking for others to gift in the meantime!
>>77983816
Doesn't surprise me. Manga is probably more accessible for kids. You know exactly where to start, and the price is probably a little better than the average DC/Marvel trade, though I guess that might depend on issue.
Could I gift someone with art? How to do this?
>>77983887
Asterios Polyp is awesome
>>77983823
This got me looking through my saved guides and I got this. It's probably been posted but I'll put it back on
>>77983823
nice
>>77983874
I wanna say there are eight or nine out now.There's one where Daisy does drugs!
>>77983917
I also made that one too.
>>77983887
>that pic
I wanna try some Christmas Colonel.
>>77983910
You could take requests and post it.
>>77983899
There's also a lot more of it on the shelves at the library in the school.
>>77983816
Mangas are much easier for them to get. The library at my job only carries a small handful of Marvel books (paperback masterpieces that are shredded to shit), no DC, but plenty of Scholastic and manga like Detective Conan. One third grader did walk in with the original Secret Wars trade last week. Made me realize I still need that myself.
>>77984057
Poor kid. Secret Wars 2 is where it's at.
>>77984057
It is really hard. At my old job my boss let me buy a pretty substantial amount of comics for the library. Both manga and comics had their problems: Manga is easy to select top series, but you're basically on the hook for a ton of volumes for most series. Comics can be harder to pick out, but you can get really great standalones.
>>77983692
gad damn Daisy is attractive.
>>77984149It ends up she decides she doesn't like boys or girls
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>>77983265
It is done, spoilered for those that haven't seen The Wrong Trousers.
>>77984084
Indeed.
>>77984111
Plus you have to make sure it's okay for kids to read, all that bullshit. I grew up with Maximum Carnage but I know we could never have that story in the library at work. So when I talk comics with the kids I try to just talk characters, not too many stories because the ones I read some parents might not want their kids to read.
Happy Holidaysssss, ssssinnerssss.
>>77984230
Whoaaa...
You're late!
![perfecto-logo[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/CCQ7msD.png "perfecto-logo[1].png")
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>>77984256
Hey, freeing onessself from the cubesss/extra-dimensional prissson/ssspace/wherever the hell I am thisss Prog iss a lenghty processss.
>>77983046
Japan. I am in a race with Australian posters to get to Christmas first.
>>77984209
it's perfect. I love you right now.
>>77984209
Someone requested that of me the other day and I said I might.I guess I will
>>77984183
that's fine. it's just I really had to mention that she looks great, not waifufagging or anything, but I appreciate a good looking individual, no matter the medium.
>>77984393
I'm partial to Esther myself, but I make horrible life choices so.
So we're officially on the evening of Sunday, December 6. You know what that means, right?
Hanukkah has started. Let's celebrate with a Hanukkah storytime!And weep for the loss of GL:TAS. It still hurts.
Anyone finish reading those stories or was the only noteworthy thing the orange hot chocolate?
>>77984535
I read them, at least. I have an idea which one is my winner, but I was going to see if anyone else had comments or thoughts.
I really loved all of them. They were basically everything I wanted from the contest.
>>77984535
I gave them a look over and they're all surprisingly well-written.
>>77984555
I'm glad you were pleasantly surprised by all of it.
>>77984378
Requested you make a loss or watch The Wrong Trousers? If the latter then you definitely should, as well as A Close Shave, Curse of the Were Rabbit and A Matter of Loaf and Death.
Oh and A Grand Day out too since that's the earliest W&G short, Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave are both brilliant though.http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1szu1a_wallace-and-gromit-in-the-wrong-trousers_shortfilmshttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1szqb9_wallace-and-gromit-in-a-close-shave_shortfilmshttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1szkqg_wallace-and-gromit-in-a-matter-of-loaf-and-death_shortfilmshttp://www.dailymotion.com/video/x21nm62_wallace-and-gromit-in-a-grand-day-out_fun
Happy viewing!
>>77984577
>Mk'abee
>Mt'athias
They aren't even TRYING to be subtle.
>>77984661
>>77984599
>J'dah
OH COME ON
Oh dear, interrupted your storytime. Sorry about that Tajador!
>>77984677
>>77984661
The bluntness is what makes it so great.
>>77984678
No worries, friend, we're all comfy here.
>>77984641
It was the former. I've personally seen all the Wallace & Gromit stuff I believe, but good looks on the links!
>>77984702
Reminds me of the brilliant Legionaire: Jo-Nah
