- Jingle Belle
Jingle Belle is a
cartoon character created byPaul Dini . She'sSanta Claus ' spoiled teen-age daughter. The stories depict Jingle's usually contentious relationship with her famous father.Jing appears in a number of
comic books , all written by Dini and illustrated by a wide roster of comic artists, includingStephen DeStefano , Bill Morrison,J. Bone andSergio Aragonés . The books were first published byOni Press , starting in 1999. The summer 2001 one-shot special, "Jingle Belle: The Mighty Elves" was nominated for anEisner Award for Best Humor Book. There has also been aspin-off series, "". Since 2004 the series is published byDark Horse Comics .In 2000 Jingle Belle appeared in a series of animated shorts, available on [http://www.jinglebelle.com JingleBelle.com] . There is also a lot of Jingle Belle merchandise, including a Jingle Belle statue, a
Christmas ornament , alunch box and a t-shirt, featuring artwork by Bill Morrison.The name "Jingle Belle" is a reference to both the Christmas song "
Jingle Bells " and the "Memphis Belle", a B-17 bomber whose pin-up-style nose art inspired the character. "Belle's Beaus", a 2004 story set partially duringWorld War II somewhat acknowledges this link.Comic books
* "Dini Double Feature" #13 (Summer 1999)
* "Jingle Belle" (two-issue miniseries, Winter 1999)
* "Oni Press Summer Vacation Supercolor Fun Special" (Summer 2000)
* "Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo" (one-shot, Winter 2000)
* "Jingle Belle: The Mighty Elves" (one-shot, Summer 2001)
* "Jingle Belle: Jubilee" (one-shot, Winter 2001)
* "Jingle Belle: Winter Wingding" (one-shot, Winter 2002)
* "Jingle Belle: Dash Away All" (ISBN 1-929998-61-9; one-shot, Winter 2003)
* "Jingle Belle" (Dark Horse series, four issues beginning winter 2004)
* "Jingle Belle: The Fight Before Christmas" (one-shot, Winter 2005)Collected editions
* "Jingle Belle: Naughty and Nice" (ISBN 1-929998-08-2; collects the original miniseries, the short story from "Dini Double Feature" #13 and a new color story)
* "Jingle Belle's Cool Yule" (ISBN 1-929998-36-8; collects "Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo", "Jingle Belle: The Mighty Elves" and "Jingle Belle: Jubilee")
* "Jingle Belle" (ISBN 1-59307-382-8; collects the four-issue Dark Horse series)Crossovers
*"Blue Belles" A four page crossover between Jingle Belle and
Blue Monday (comic) byChynna Clugston who also did the Winter Wingding cover. It was collected in Volume 3 of Blue Monday: "Inbetween days".* A crossover book "The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle" was released in December 2006 from Dark Horse Comics. It was drawn by noted cartoonist
Kyle Baker and features a meeting between Jingle Belle and the family of characters based on Baker's homelife.External links
* [http://www.jinglebelle.com JingleBelle.com] , the official homepage for Jingle Belle and Paul Dini
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