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December 1, 2021 4:18 AM   Subscribe

15 years ago, Something Awful Forums poster Dave Bulmer (Twitter) began a multi-year attempt to fill the hearts of his fellow posters with childlike joy at Christmastime - epically silly serialized, illustrated and even musical stories filled with crossovers inspired by British childhoods past and present. And it worked. On the tenth anniversary of each, he has been preserving them on their own site. Today, the sixth and final year begins (currently only via the next/previous buttons), but to avoid spoilers, you'd better start at the beginning of Year 1. (Also, Year 5 is a special case.) It's time... to WIGGLE HE. Mannie infoes beloe the foldey! (Full disclosure: yes, that's me in the archived comments from a decade ago, but I wasn't involved in production.) Previously.

Year 5 was re-released as a single video last year, but Dave recently discovered that the first half of its audio got flattened to mono so he plans to reupload it, which may result in a DED LINKE.

A reader-participation segment from Year 4 is yet to be preserved on the site and is currently present in summary form; it is planned to be added early next year.

Dave Bulmer is currently making, among other things, a podcast about Disney and an issue-by-issue podcast about the other official Sonic the Hedgehog comics.

Given the date of Year One, it's likely that a major inspiration for the whole thing was the enormous crossover that was The Queen's Handbag (parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Why yes, the whole thing is a prequel to a particular Christmas movie.
posted by BiggerJ (2 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
Ah, this looks like the best of the web, maybe for later tonight.
posted by Going To Maine at 11:06 AM on December 1, 2021


This begins with whimsy and magic and poo jokes and evolves over time into a far-reaching and fantastic saga of Christmas joy, whimsy, magic and poo jokes.

Stick with it. And when your choices are "wiggle he" and something else, choose "wiggle he."
posted by delfin at 1:49 PM on December 1, 2021


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