I have always considered Gahan Wilson’s macabre cartoons to be an aquired taste but one that I eventually, at least, DID acquire. Here’s a brief selection of prime weirdness from the 1973 collection, PLAYBOY’S GAHAN WILSON.

http://hairygreeneyeball2.blogspot.com/2009/12/gahan-wilson-1973.html

The recently deceased cartoonist Irving Tripp is celebrated at THE BIG BLOG OF KIDS’ COMICS with his Dell story, SURPRISE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.

http://www.bigblogcomics.com/2009/12/tamme-boone-in-suprise-christmas.html

For a more kitschy Christmas comic, here’s the comic book adaptation of the now-classic cult bad film, SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS.

http://tencentdreams.blogspot.com/2009/12/saturday-matinee-santa-claus-conquers.html