It’s that time of the year again, where everybody says things like, “it’s that time of the year again.” Let’s take a look at the best comics of the past 12 months and review the year!

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Happy Holidays everybody!

Hoe Hoe Hoe

PANIC-GIFTING ALERT: Give someone a Patreon membership that's actually a real thing that arrives in their actual mailbox! Digital benefits of course, but also: THE LOVE LETTER.

here’s an Elon Musk Christmas Tale. Merry Xmas everyone ❤️

Christmas Chainsaw Massacre

This year, skip the generic. Seek out the unique, the handmade, the weird and wonderful. Buy a comic book, a print, a piece of art that speaks to you. Give something with soul.

Black Friday isn’t a holiday, it’s a heist. A glittery, discount-code-waving distraction where billionaires convince you that buying a $12 toaster you don’t need is a victory. Spoiler: The only people winning are the ones who already have more money than God.

This mouse knows the secret to happiness in the digital age: Direct delivery of things that actually make you laugh. No doomscrolling. Just comics arriving like a small gift you didn't have to hunt for between seventeen ads for things you mentioned once out loud near your phone.

Book club

Ok, we know this is weird because we usually post in fine English only but this post is solely for German speakers – who as everyone knows need humor more than any other people. Leute, es ist soweit! Unser erster Kalender ist draußen und er ist, nun ja, ein VOLLTREFFER!

We call all patrons to help us finish our first CHRISTMAS COMIC! We need all your creative energy! www.patreon.com/posts/help-u...

Meta has banned us from their monetization program for a comic where our Grim Reaper reassures a kid they won't die until they're very old, and the kid – processing this information with the flawless logic of someone whose prefrontal cortex is yet to develop – shouts "I'm gonna try heroin!"

How is AI *really* impacting jobs? Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an: -8% drop in all jobs postings -~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs -22% drop in journalism jobs

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Ljubljana was great

A permanent basic income for artists? Could this be a scheme to counter the massive AI attack on art? www.businessinsider.com/ireland-basi...