I generally don't do holiday-themed strips.

It's not that I'm a scrooge. Rather, because my comics get reprinted in newspapers on a delay, it makes it really hard to match up the holiday with the appropriate week.

However, I just had too many good ideas this year to pass on.

So please enjoy a week of evil holiday cheer -- starting today. I know from years past that many of you won't be able to check in on the site next week, so I'm posting them now.

Happy Holidays!

Everybody has a story about Philadelphia, and some of them are about... Christmas presents. I was hoping for a nice, sentimental story for Christmas and boy did I ever get one!

Check out the latest Webcomics Weekly Podcast, featuring Scott Kurtz, Dave Kellett, Kris Straub, and myself. If you get off on cartoonists talking shop, this is a must-listen. You can follow the RSS here.

Show notes from Episide 17: Muppets are rad. We don’t want to critique your webcomic. We have a new hotline. Leave your question, message or tip at: 214-717-5487. When you started your strip, did you know who your characters were, or did that develop along the way? Good ideas are a dime-a-dozen. Reinventing your strip: starting over as you go. If you start your new strip by breaking the fourth-wall, Kris will murder you. PANEL FIGHT! New Readers page: important or unimportant? We reveal the entire podcast was just an intervention for Kris.