Nothing but the effects of dust and vapor in the thin skin of air

In some years past I've commissioned a Christmas card image along suitable themes, but this year that didn't work out.

However, with the VERY kind permission of the original aritst, phierie on tumblr, whose love for the OG New Mutants and in partricular with a certain omniliguist close to my heart (when he's not being a genocidal repaint of Apocalypse filtered through both the 90's and WWE) I have been given permission to share this charming little scene

( In happier, simpler times )

In the comments to these weekly posts (and only these posts), it's your chance to go as off topic as you like.

Talk about non-comics stuff, thread derail, and just generally chat among yourselves.

The intent of these posts is to chat and have some fun and, sure, vent a little as required. Reasoned debate is fine, as always, but if you have to ask if something is going over the line, think carefully before posting please.

Normal board rules about conduct and behaviour still apply, of course.

It's been suggested that, if discussing spoilers for recent media events, it might be advisable to consider using the rot13 method to prevent other members seeing spoilers in passing.

The world situation is the world situation. If you're following the news, you know it as much as I do, if you're not, then there are better sources than scans_daily. But please, no doomscrolling, for your own sake.

Someone appears to have given the current POTUS one of those DYMO lablemaker things because he seems determined to slap his name over everything.

As predicted, those who heard the Epstein files were being released and who bought shares in Sharpies parent company probably made a killing.

"The War Between the Land and the Sea" came to an end. It somehow managed to have both sides do horrific things and yet never felt quite like a war or a resolution and even Kate stewart doing morally dubious things that seem at odds with her established character. And Barclay, after several episodes of establishing him as an interesting character with depth and complexity, seemed to become little more than a lovesick teenager. Not a bad ending, just an unstaisfying one (to me, at any rate).

Scans_Daily remains profoundly non-demoninational (My Santa-based Mod avatar being a slight personal quirk more than anything), so if you celebrate Christmas, Kwanza, Solstice, Krampusacht, the purposefully nebulous "Holiday" of the Pastafarians, or nothing at all, then we wish you equally well. (And I think a couple of those are already past)

To those headed home for the holidays, may it go as smoothly as possible, and for those who aren't... well, we're still here for you so you're not alone!

And a special shout-out to those poor folks whose birthday is December 25th who are tired of it being overshadowed by "that guy".