Okay, this isn’t extactly the kind of topic you’d expect at this time of year, but if the summer reruns where you live are anything like ours, chances are you’ll catch shows about all kinds of holidays on any given Summer night. Oh, the Christmas specials I’ve seen in Augusts past! Sometimes several a week, because all the shows were in the same kind of rotation. And this isn’t even Chrsitmas-related. Doiesn’t October feel really close in comparison?

Anyway, I really wanted to share this beautifulö re-coloring of the cartoon (orginally black&white). It’s not in the book, but there’s a poscard of the German version – hence the recoloriong. If you want an English postcard, you can buy that and countless other print versions at deviantArt.…

So, Xmas tomorrow, then? Just kiddin. Although, I do have a Christmas special that I’ve changed just about enough of…