Thus went my Christmas card for 2007.
You see, I had an idea for a Christmas card for 2006, but I didn't come up with it until about the week before Christmas that year. Which meant there was zero chance that the cards would get to anyone remotely near Christmas. I mean, there was the design, the drawing, the coloring, the printing, and the sending to think about.
So, I simply dropped it.
But not really.
Over the next year, the idea would continue to wander around my head, reminding me of its existence.
After that long of simmering in my brain, I could not escape it. I knew I would have to make the Christmas card.
The problem is, I knew it was going to basically be an inside kinda joke. A very geek-oriented inside joke that, at best, 20% of the recipients would "get."
Yet, at that point, I really had no choice.
I made the card, and I sent it out. And people really seemed to appreciate it.
And I figure I overestimated my 20% "get it" projection by 10-15%.
If you are one of the 90-95% of the people that didn't "get it," or you didn't recieve a card from me, here is what I sent:
On the inside, it said:
Many Happy Returns for a Wonderful Christmas Knight!
Well, the image on the Christmas card is based on a famous image from comics. Specifically, an image from The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller:
Get it?
Yeah.
This next year, I'll try for something a that doesn't require an explanation.
Type at you later.
(Another request - the Joker.)
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