#146: Merry Marvin: The Wreath with a Face

Now that I've bookmarked making my "why Gravity Falls & Once Upon a Time are basically the same show" meme, here's my holly, jolly new character: Merry Marvin: the wreath with a face. You can probably assume that #100: Doug does Christmas a little ... different than the other folks. You would be correct. Enter Marvin, the enchanted, decently Dougified version of the ever-so-popular holiday decoration, the wreath. This leafy fellow can talk, and likes to do quite a lot of it come December when he's hung up. With a mouth that doubles as a portal to anywhere, he is the perfect Christmas addition to the mystical bear's seemingly infinite inventory. You should see how Doug does the Christmas tree. ♪ Oh, Christmas Groot, Oh Christmas Groot ♪

#145: The Abominables

Sorry for posting late today, guys. My time was devoured by the paper beast known as homework. Okay, now to continue with the 12 Characterz of Christmas. Ladies and gentle-elves, the Abominables! One unwritten rule of the ever-expanding universe is that if you are a kid and you aren't good, come December you're getting a big fat pile of coal in your stocking, courtesy of the big man himself. But one has to ponder: where does Santa get all this coal of his? Answer: from these furry fellas. The Abominables. They're the work staff of Old Saint Nick Coal Mining Co., a pivotal branch of Santa's Workshop. Always with pickaxes in their hands and yellow tinges on their teeth, Abominables have been responsible for making naughty tikes think twice for years. Such hard workers, these guys. They don't know the meaning of the word laziness! Or shower.

#144: The Nutcrackians

Time for post number dos in the 12 Characterz of Christmas: the Nutcrackians! Nutcrackers. They help you with your snack and they have hilariously over-sized mouths. But today we're not talking about the lifeless decorations of the holiday season. We're talking little living wooden guys from Mount Struginfloosh. Long ago, these creatures were unknowingly carved from Yonderpine, a mystical tree native to the snow-blanketed region. Once carved, the nutcrackers talked, walked, and even did some fancy-pantsy jigging. Terrified, the carvers darted away at the fastest of speed, leaving them alone in Struginfloosh. Then, after a long while of figuring things out, a leader was chosen, cabins were built, and BOOSH. The teensy Provence of Nutcrackia was born. Now, governed by Lord Almondsquash and his royal cabinet, the Nutcrackians live in peace, separated from the rest of society. And freed from the responsibilities of cracking nuts for humans, as stated in the Nut-nited States Crackstitution.

#143: Xanta Klozz: Giftgiver of the Galaxy

Happy holidays, everybody! I hope you're enjoying the blog's new jollytized look. Okay, here's the first post in the 12 Characterz of Christmas: Xanta Klozz! We, as humans, are so lucky to have such a rocking holiday season. But unfortunately, the rest of the universe doesn't have all the jingle bells and whistles that planet Earth gets every December. Or, at least they used to not have them. Before Xanta came to town. Once simply an alien from the East Glimmorrian System, he heard merry tales of a bearded man and his posse of tiny guys bringing something called "joy" to a whole planet. Fascinated, he knew he could do the same. Setting up shop on the freezing planet of North Berrr, he took the name Xanta Klozz and got to work, gathering all the things he needed from across the system: elves, reindeer, a record of all the naughty and nice folks, and toys. Lots of toys. Now, Old Saint Nebula whips through space in his U.F.S (Unidentified Flying Sleigh), bringing the thing called "joy" to aliens every December. Scaly Christmas to all, and to all a glorp night!

! JOLLY ANNOUNCEMENT !

Hey, guys. Dawn your most indubitably ugly Christmas sweaters and get ready, folks! Because Jacob's Characterz! is gonna be sketching the halls this holiday season with an awesome new tradition: the 12 Characterz of Christmas! From Dec. 13th until Christmas Eve, I'm going to be sending a new post your way every day, in the spirit of the season. There will be elves. There will be Yetis. There will be Dreidels. So, come one, come all, let's bring on the merry!

#142: Sea-Nova

SUPERSTAR!!!

Recently in science class, I learned about starfish and how exceedingly awesome the little guys are. So, I figured with all those shocking abilities of theirs, they would be perfect for one thing: fighting evil. So today, I give you Sea-Nova! Long ago in 2003, a mild-mannered starfish was plucked from his life under da sea and was placed in a top-hush-hush government program known as the Weapon A (for animal, of course) Project. After being injected, mutated, taken apart and put back together again for several years, the program was axed, leaving him a freak without a cause. Until he met them. The '05s. A superhero posse so odd that he was the norm. Equipped with the starfishy abilities of limb regeneration and animal regeneration, where he can generate clones of himself from lost limbs (NOT making this up!) along with the abilities to talk, breathe out of water and fight, Sea-Nova is one of the most powerful members of the '05s. Plus, he can stick to anything. Hey, villains! Try to complete your sinister scheme with a slimy hero tightly fastened to your face!

#141: NightOwl

Now that I'm done basking in the glory of my crush Gwen Stacy possibly returning to the current Spiderman flicks, here is my new character: NightOwl! One thing I've learned from my recent shopping at Walmart is that it is home to quite the cast of colorful characters. In homage to that, I give you Mitch Turley: more-or-less normal guy by day, grown man in a child's owl hoodie fighting crime by night. Walmart being his secret hideout, he brings a stop to local do-badders, equipped with his "Owl-Croozer" shopping cart; bad guys beware. If you hear the Herby Hancock song "Rockit" playing followed by a loud HOOT, you're done.

NEW JUPPIES

I felt that the ol' Juppies (#8, 2013) needed some sprucing up. So, I present to you Juppies: swanky 21st century edition. You gotta look snazzy while shooting through the infrastructure of space and time at rapidly increasing speeds.