Christmas 365 #3

Peter's slimeball supervisor stole some of his holiday ideas and attempted to make his own year-round Christmas theme park. But he lacks the Christmas spirit and creativity of Peter and his family. The small attendance at the rival Christmas festival really shows that. However, that hasn't stopped Peter from becoming obsessed in creating the greatest Christmas themed pop-up ever. His Halloween themed Christmas is scaring the neighborhood children. He's sent his son out to spy on his rival. And Peter is shutting out his family, especially phone addicted daughter, who was the creative force behind the Rockwell family's success at all this. 

Perhaps the most heartfelt issue of this 4-issue miniseries. I know what it is like to want to create the best, most memorable outdoor holiday display for your wife and her family and get bogged down into competing with the other neighbors. It's a combination sin of coveting and pride that I can get carried away with. Trying for a perfection that will never come is another issue I succumb to. 

I also understand how it is too feel unappreciated at your job. Perhaps you have a rival and they crap all over you and yet if you confront the billy, it's you who gets in trouble. For Peter, crushing his supervisor by putting on a much more popular holiday display is his way at getting back at his boss for all the conniving and taking of credit for his work. Nobody can fire him for waging an off-hours war to top his boss with bigger and better displays. The only problem is that when you let loose of your principles and convictions, you lose yourself in the process.

Plus Peter has unresolved dad issues. Don't we all.

I'm looking forward to the conclusion. But with a cover that shows Peter and his boss being attacked by a ramping gorilla atop a Rockefeller Center sized Christmas tree, I have no idea what Mickey Way has in store! It promises to be wild!

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.