TODAY’S FEATURED LINK:

Click on John the Baptist’s severed head above to see the Secret Fun Blog‘s bizarre collection of old testement Christmas ornaments. Note that this is not even close to the best one.

• Edgar Rice Burroughs The Pellucidar
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Muntadar “Shoe-Tossing Iraqi Guy” al-Zaidi: Jailed, Beaten, Status Unknown
  from Boing Boing
• Krazy Kaleidoscope
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• Oscar the Grouch Hates Christmas
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• Krampus
  from Cryptomundo
• Hofkleiderbuch
  from BibliOdyssey
• Jesse Clinton Parker and prize squash
  from Shorpy Photo Archive – ShorpyBlog
• Warner Bros. Animated Industrials
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Interview: Kevin Huizenga Pt. 1 [of 2]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Vintage Movie Poster: Zombies on Broadway, 1945
  from Found in Mom’s Basement
• 1971 ad for Fisher-Price toys
  from Found in Mom’s Basement
• Eddie Fitzgerald visits Wally Wood’s last apartment
  from Potrzebie
• AN OLD TESTAMENT CHRISTMAS
  from SECRET FUN BLOG
• Celebrities recommend smoking in these vintage ads
  from Found in Mom’s Basement
• Vintage motel signs
  from Found in Mom’s Basement
• A Blog for Animation Legend Fred Moore
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• konichiwa kong!
  from Gorilla Men
• Apealing or Unappealing?
  from John K Stuff
• Art Deco L.A.
  from BibliOdyssey
• The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #4
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Rankin/Bass’s Tale of Holiday Woe
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• 7 Images Too Badass To Be Real (That Totally Are)
  from Cracked: All Posts
• Cabaret Performers
  from Little Hokum Rag
• Cleave’s Coffins
  from Yesterday’s Papers
• Christmas: Gifts From the Air
  from Uncle John’s Crazy Town
• Graphic Novel Review: Burma Chronicles
  from Steve Duin – The Oregonian – OregonLive.com
• The Christmas Rush is On!
  from SLG: Better Comics Through Superior Firepower
• Edgar Rice Burroughs The Venus Series Art by J. Allen St. John
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Video: Alison Bechdel “Stuck in Vermont”
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Spain Rodriguez video
  from THE BEAT
• Recounter Intelligence
  from news from me
• First look: The Squirrel Machine by Hans Rickheit
  from FLOG! Entries
• Iraq Shoe Tosser Guy: The Animated Gifs
  from Boing Boing
• Send your old shoes to Dubya’s Liberry
  from Boing Boing
• Classical music performed by the Muppets: Ode to Beeker and the Blue Gonzo Chicken Waltz
  from Boing Boing
• N is for….
  from Neil Gaiman’s Journal
• Nuclear slide-rules from a time after nukes and before pocket-calculators
  from Boing Boing
• Creepy CCTV posters in the Brighton, UK train station
  from Boing Boing
• Charles Platt on life in prison
  from Boing Boing
• New York Public Library joins Flickr Commons
  from Boing Boing
• Flowchart: How to read flowcharts on XKCD
  from Boing Boing
• Retro-future Santa art
  from Boing Boing
• Array of strange animals found in Southeast Asia
  from Boing Boing
• Henry Jenkins’s Neil Gaiman interview video
  from Boing Boing
• “The Art-Comix Crowd”
  from A Trout In The Milk
• Miami U. Libraries – Victorian Trade Cards
  from Hugo Strikes Back!
• Dec. 17, 2008: Message received
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program from Dec 16, 2008
  from WFMU’s Antique Phonograph Music Program
• Webcomics ad networks — one goes, one arrives
  from THE BEAT
• Music Selections at the World-Famous Guantanamo Bay Beach Resort
  from Boing Boing
• Cop seen on video knocking over bicyclist has been indicted
  from Boing Boing
• Is Google Squandering Its Biggest Asset?
  from Techdirt
• Go Watch: James Kochalka Interview
  from CR Briefings
• St. Paul Cartoonist Conspiracy Jam! This Thursday, December 18th, 2008!
  from CONSPIRE!
• Dec. 16, 2008: Not a number
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• Alternative Tentacles – Jello Biafra – Open Letter to Barack Obama
  from Alternative Tentacles
• Lying In The Gutters – 12-15-2008
  from Lying In The Gutters
• Sat. Open Studio, Dec. 20, noon to 4 p.m.
  from CONSPIRE!