The December holidays have begun, happy holidays everyone! What geeky presents have you gotten? Sound off in the comments. While you wait for the weekday to end and the weekend to begin, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Comichron – Three Jokers #3 tops DC in October; publisher’s smallest non-shutdown new comics slate since May 1991 – For those that enjoy the race.

The Beat – A Year of Free Comics: Magic monster hunting with TALES OF THE HANGMAN – Free Comics!

CNN – New comic book celebrates nurses as health care superheroes – This is nice to see. We owe them all far more than this though.

Iran Book News Agency – Iranian graphic novel ‘Arshia’ published in English – Could be interesting to check out.

Reviews

Boing Boing – Dune: The Graphic Novel
Comic Attack – Justice League: Endless War #1
Blog Critics – Okay, Universe: Chronicles of a Woman in Politics