Cornered by Mike Baldwin for December 15, 2022

He’ll have no "psycho"phants trailing him.

Hey it worked on me

Whack them over the head with that candy cane enough times, and….

His shirtless chest by itself is frightening.

Brings to mind “I’m Telling You Now” by Freddie and the Dreamers…

Ew…no jacket…

But it made Santa feel a lot better…

The next panel shows a rabid Rudolph, foaming at the mouth, at the end of a chain held by Santa." Do you want some of this? Do you?"

In Chicago, they’d just mug him and toss him in the park.

He’s makin’ a list! Yo! Checkin’ it twice!

Gonna show up with the po-po! Not nice!

Ol’ man Claus is takin’ you down!

That’s the best tat he could come up with?

Santa is just showing them a little tough love.

Good one.

Baldwin actually used this same illustration years ago. Back then, the caption was, “Santa’s Boot Camp. You’d better watch out, you’d better not pout.”