Christmas like most holidays is time for everyone to sit back and remember the things that are important to us. This is when family, friends, and community come together, caught up in a spirit of mutual peace, love and joy. If only it could stay that way.

Unfortunately, as much as we like to celebrate the things we all have in common, we also are driven to fear the things that make us different. Some differences are as obvious as the color of our skin and others much more subtle like the nuances of our personal opinion.

How we respond to these differences is what motivates all storytellers. It is the basis of conflict  in search of a resolution. We are all storytellers. Our history is the story of our lives told from our own unique perspective.

We all have different ways of expressing our stories. Gossip, music, words, film and paint are just a few methods of telling a story.

Some of us have chosen to tell our stories with comics, combining words and pictures to best communicate our ideas. Those that do are part of a community that shares an understanding of at least an attachment to this quirky medium.

Some of us prefer to experience stories told this way. Comics, unlike any other medium, rely on the interaction of the audience and their imagination to fill in the blank spaces that exists between panels. The story can only be made complete by the reader.

So, to all the comic creators and fans of the medium, we at CO2 Comics wish that you may all come together as a community and celebrate all that makes you alike and different this Christmas. Let us all tell wonderful comic stories as we move into 2015.

Merry Christmas to all!

Gerry Giovinco