Okay, that does it for today's holiday updates, but we've still got Part 4 of our Christmas with Gumby review on deck, not to mention another illustrated holiday story in the vein of our Pan article from a ways back. Take it from me -- everything you think you know about Santa's origins is a lie. Stay tuned for the true story.

Also, one month from today will be Scary-Crayon's one year anniversary and first birthday! I'll mention it again before then, but feel free to start e-mailing us well-wishes for a potential fan testimonial piece. Photos of fans (i.e., you!) holding crayons and the like would be nice, too. And as always, donations are welcome.  ;)

MELLY KURISUMASU, minna-san! As you can see, I'm running late with these holiday pieces -- so, like Christmas decorations that people don't take down until the first third week of January, Scary-Crayon will keep the holiday theme running a mite longer. If you want to know just why I've been unable to get these up on time (excuses, excuses), stay tuned for the next Dusty Plastic HELL: Hot Flash. In the meantime, here's the conclusion to the mischief seen in HF #13, but stay tuned! I should have more updates posted before the holiday comes to an end.  :)

Wow, it's been 11 days since the last update! Apologies for the lull. But for today, we've got the first of several planned holiday articles -- our review of Gumby's "Christmas Carol"! It's the first of four shorts on the Christmas with Gumby DVD, and yes, we do plan to review them all before next week is up. I've also got a few original pieces planned, but I wouldn't bet that they'll be finished by Christmas... which just means that they'll be late. Hell, this is Scary-Crayon! We've been known to post Christmas articles in February.

And once again, HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM SCARY-CRAYON!!! Festive text ROCKS.

NEW ARTICLE!!! Yeah, it's been a while, but Scary-Crayon finally has a new written piece up. In fact, it's entirely written, as it has no images! It's actually a little insightful, too. Still, hopefully this is the start of a return to normalcy at SC... if it even makes sense to use the word "normal" around here. That doesn't mean the Hot Flashes will be leaving, though -- in fact, we've got another of those for you today as well!

Also, the Links block below has been updated with two new links -- Platypus Comix and (finally) tOkKa's terrible2z.com! Also, the link to Poprocks & Coke has been switched to Progressive Boink, since Mike Fireball recently joined the team there. Hope you're enjoying your new home, mate!

So that does it for this update -- see y'all next time. And HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM SCARY-CRAYON!!!  :D