Just a little bit more from the Larfleeze X-mas special

[sherkahn]

One more delightful page.





Larfleeze. Questing for Santa.
Set to Indiana Jones music.

What have I done this year to be rewarded so?

Comments

[robotguy27]

Indy Larfleeze has to be one of the best image i've seen this year

[red_menace]

It's... it's so beautiful.

[nezchan]

I love that jacket. He should keep it.

Sorry, forgot who I was talking about for a sec. XD

[chaobell]

Everything about this page is wonderful.

[likeaminx]

This whole special was BEAUTIFUL. Except the last few pages that made me go "Oh god Larfleeze" and also "Hal you dick."

First you bribe him to be good with Christmas and when he goes on a rampage for Santa because he got no gifts you made him give away all his stuff and you don't even give him a candy cane? HE'S THE ASPECT OF GREED WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM HIM? SERIOUSLY.

[nezchan]

He's there best there is at what he does. And what he does is take all your his stuff.

[thehefner]

To be fair, it was a pretty smart ploy on Hal's part to tell him to be good in the first place. My Henchgirl and I thought that's what Hal should have done when Larfleeze first mentioned his Santa obsession, so we were glad to see that's actually what he did off-panel.

The problem was not coming up with a backup plan once Larfleeze discovered there was no Santa. But that's Hal for you, ever the James T. Kirk: thinking on the fly and saving the day without considering the long-term. Or even the "next day" term.

[likeaminx]

See, I don't mind that he used Santa like that. It was a really good plan. But the fact he didn't follow up on it is what got to me. He did as good as the aspect of greed could do. He even made cookies! Hell, Hal could have kept doing that for YEARS if he just gave Larfleeze one thing he wanted at the end and he would have something to hold over his head to keep him in line.

"Larfleeze! If you kill that guy you won't get any Christmas presents this year!"

[thehefner]

Or, conversely, he could have asked J'onn to step in and play Santa...

[proteus_lives]

"I hate Green Lanterns doc! I hate'em!"

[crinos]

And note the Yeti who is chasing him is none other than the Bumble from The Rankin Bass Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer.

Who, if you recall, ended up working for Santa in the end.

So obviously Santa sent him to keep Larfleeze busy while he packed up his workshop and escaped the North Pole (And Larfleezes wrath).

I call Fridge Brilliance!

[thehefner]

I'll say it again, this whole issue was magnificent. The ending was sadder than I was expecting, and seemed rather abrupt, but it's clear that Johns was having an absolute blast.

And here I was worried that he was going to beat the wonderfulness of Larfleeze into the ground. Johns only made him more wonderful.

Now, if he could finally write Hal as a character rather than "Geoff Johns' favorite character of all time zomg"...

[superfangirl1]

Cute with the Yeti chasing them and jump for joy at the end. :)

[star_of_airdrie]

crested penguins (Rock-hoppers, etc) don't live in the South Pole)...

oops, sorry, I was fact checking again

[hero_of_lallor]

Is that the ghost thing from Ghostbusters?

Now I want to see Larfleeze vs the hoth monster!