Pre-Holidays blog wrap-up, PLUS the Advent Calendar of Comic Awesomeness!

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We're fast approaching the Christmas holidays and for some (myself included) a bit of a break. Instead, it's a time for family, friends, feasting and general festivities... and hopefully as little time as possible in the rabid malls!

Obviously updates on this blog will continue as per usual right up Christmas - and could easily occur intermittently during my vacation, depending on my motivation levels. Before that though, here's a recap of everything of importance that appeared on Pfangirl Through the Looking Glass over the past month:

Movie & DVD reviews:
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
Attack the Block
Immortals (3D)
In Time
Batman: Year One

Trailer Tuesday profiles:
Mirror Mirror
Snow White and the Huntsman
Safe House
Apollo 18
Chronicle

Comics and miscellaneous fun:
Girlz 'N' Games Comic #94: Three Easy Steps
Last Dictator Standing: The Meal for 6 Festive Promotion
My Wonder Woman cosplay for Halloween

Speaking of Wonder Woman, here's a pic of the Amazing Amazon using her bracelets to fend off a superhero snowball fight... or, uh, bukkake?


In fact, while we're on the topic of superheroes and Christmas let us start a visual Advent Calendar of Comic Awesomeness! That's 25 straight days of comic art with a Christmas bent. Sure there's a bit of catch-up to play today, but I'm sure you don't mind.

To start with, here are some festive pics from 2 of my favourite pulpy supernatural comics with a sense of humour. First up is a trio of deliciously twisted pics from Eric Powell's The Goon (when will they ever get funding for the animated movie?!). And keeping with publishers Dark Horse Comics, these images are followed up with that loveable red devil (literally!), Mike Mignola's Hellboy.




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