As we get later and later into the month of November, it’s beginning to look more and more like the holiday season!
No snow yet, here in southern Ontario, but the wind is beginning to whip with a sharp intent. The white stuff (and the snowman-making with the kids and the inherent driveway shoveling) is not far behind! It’s a good time to reach into the back of the closet for winter like gloves, boots scarves and hats and limber up the glutes and lower back.
Of course, it’s also a good time to make a cup of hot chocolate and hunker down by the proverbial fire and crack a new book to read. Why not make it a holiday tome?
The seasonally perfect compilation, The Complete Klaus Deluxe HC is out today!
First published as a monthly miniseries nearly a decade ago, followed by numerous specials that dug even deeper into the untold mythos of Santa Claus, The Complete Klaus Deluxe HC is written by the esteemed fan favourite, Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Batman, The Green Lantern, Arkham Asylum, We3, Happy!) and wonderfully illustrated by the always brilliant Dan Mora (World’s Finest, Once & Future, Power Rangers) collects all of the Klaus publications in a handsome 496-page hardcover book. This includes the original seven=part Klaus, Klaus & The Witch of Winter, Klaus & The Crisis in Xmasville, Klaus & The Crying Snowman, Klaus & The Life and Times of Joe Christmas and Klaus: Pen & Ink Edition.
Whew! Now that’s a stocking stuffer!
The Complete Klaus Deluxe HC lays the foundation of the Santa Claus mythology – in a way you’ve never once considered before (with, admittedly, some nods to the 1970s stop motion Rankin/Bass Production of Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town). Here, a muscular Klaus wonders the ice hinterlands of northern Europe – and swings a sword, aiming to dispatch new and ancient evils along the way! He’s am earnest barbarian making his keep trading pelts and meat within walled towns and, with a little woodland magic, roguish adventurism and swathes of earned violence, Klaus is busy making life better for a repressed people – especially forlorn children!
The Complete Klaus Deluxe HC is a highly entertaining page-turner of holiday-themed world building. You’ll never see Santa at your local mall in the same light again!
Make the run to your local comic book shop or bookstore today and pick up the great (and hefty) The complete Klaus Deluxe HC today.
For a closer look at the book and the art, you can check out the trailer from last year’s original Kickstarter of The Complete Klaus Deluxe HC directly below.
