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Plop #10 page 1: Santa’s Little… Helpers? Sergio Aragones. A ‘Ploppy Christmas’ One and All!

Artist: Sergio Aragones (All)

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Plop #10 page 1: Santa’s Little… Helpers? Sergio Aragones. A ‘Ploppy Christmas’ One and All! Comic Art
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Title: Plop #10 page 1: Santa’s Little… Helpers? Sergio Aragones. A ‘Ploppy Christmas’ One and All!
Artist: Sergio Aragones (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Title Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 93
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Comments: 25
Added to Site: 12/18/2025
Comic Art Archive: Plop!
Issue: 10   Page: 1

Description

Merry Christmas! Cain, Eve and Abel have managed to sneak into Santa’s Workshop – allegedly to help and not hinder his Christmas preparations. Hiding in his sleigh, the troublesome trio aim to regale Santa with stories of mishaps, misery and disaster, in true Plop fashion, as he sets out on his journey to deliver presents to boys and girls around the world. What could possibly go wrong?

Sergio has put in so much background detail (as usual) for all of Santa’s toys, including a MAD hot air ballon toy (“What, me worry?”). One toy soldier looks to be about to march off the shelf. The title page was the start of the 3-pager entitled “A Ploppy Christmas”, and of course the story continued throughout the issue to provide introductions to the hosts’ tales.

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Rick W 
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 12/18/2025

Perfectly timed post with enough Aragones detail to fill all the children's stockings!

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 12/20/2025

Rick W wrote:

Perfectly timed post with enough Aragones detail to fill all the children's stockings!

Thanks Rick! You're right - plenty of toys for the kids on the 'good list'. None for these three.

R Berman 
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 12/18/2025

Aragones is still on my bucket list. Great example.

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

Posted on 12/20/2025

R Berman wrote:

Aragones is still on my bucket list. Great example.

I'll wish you the best of luck for getting a page in 2026!

Red Raven 
Member Since 2012

1 - Posted on 12/18/2025

Incredible piece full of detail that's a real feast for the eyes, a great find !!

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

Posted on 12/19/2025

Red Raven wrote:

Incredible piece full of detail that's a real feast for the eyes, a great find !!

Thanks, my friend!

Kavi H 
Member Since 2018

2 - Posted on 12/18/2025

Something tells me this crew may still be delivering presents on Boxing Day! I love me some good Christmas themed art, super fun Sergio Aragones title page!

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 12/19/2025

Kavi H wrote:

Something tells me this crew may still be delivering presents on Boxing Day! I love me some good Christmas themed art, super fun Sergio Aragones title page!

Ha ha! Yes, not the Christmas A-Team. As I recall, Santa dumped them out of the sleigh before Boxing Day...

Dewey Cassell 
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 12/18/2025

I loved Sergio Aragones' artwork in PLOP! And this is a terrific example. Congratulations!

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

Posted on 12/19/2025

Dewey Cassell wrote:

I loved Sergio Aragones' artwork in PLOP! And this is a terrific example. Congratulations!

Thanks, Dewey. There don't seem to be a lot of these around. The Easter title splash from #5 was sold on Heritage some years back, but I don't recall seeing another one.

Marcus Wai 
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/19/2025

Great vintage Aragones!  A madhouse of gifts featuring our macabre hosts!

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 12/20/2025

Marcus Wai wrote:

Great vintage Aragones!  A madhouse of gifts featuring our macabre hosts!

Thanks, Marcus. It makes it all the better for me, as Plop 10 was quite an early comic purchase for me. Those Aragones title pages are all imprinted on my brain.

Toni S 
Member Since 2019

1 - Posted on 12/20/2025

The perfect moment to do tha nice post. A very nice Sergio Aragones´art example. Huge congrats and Merry Christmas, by the way!

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

Posted on 12/20/2025

Toni S wrote:

The perfect moment to do tha nice post. A very nice Sergio Aragones´art example. Huge congrats and Merry Christmas, by the way!

Thanks Toni - Merry Christmas to you to!

J.  Lim 
Member Since 2008

Posted on 12/20/2025

Aragones' style always amazes me with his attention to detail and the expression of his subjects he draws. His cartooning style is whimsical but his level of work always command the eye to search each panel so not to miss anything

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 12/21/2025

J. Lim wrote:

Aragones' style always amazes me with his attention to detail and the expression of his subjects he draws. His cartooning style is whimsical but his level of work always command the eye to search each panel so not to miss anything

So true! It's the same in his MAD work and Groo.

* bronze-is-gold 
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 12/22/2025

What a cool title splash with Sergio "plopizing" the DC horror hosts in his humorous signature style.  Great stuff!!!

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 12/23/2025

* bronze-is-gold wrote:

What a cool title splash with Sergio "plopizing" the DC horror hosts in his humorous signature style.  Great stuff!!!

Haha! Love the new verb, 'plopizing'.

Jason Hussa 
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 12/23/2025

Always a treat to see an Aragones take on established maninstream characters...  but odds are probably good that the whole thing may turn into a bit of a trick, too...? (unintentionally, of course! ;) )  Leave it to Cain and Abel to put the Halloween into Christmas!  Sergio's beautiful details are particularly resplendent in Santa's holiday workshop (I love the fact that the piece of wood cut out of the board being held by the vice to the left of Cain is right below it on the workbench), but most especially the MAD blimp ("To: SANTA!  Love, Bill") with the 'What Me Worry?' sail, wheels, and anchor (showing much more versatility than Santa's sleigh)!  Beautiful holiday post, Paul!  Happy Christmas to you (and all on CAF)! :)

Paul Roach 
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 12/23/2025

Jason Hussa wrote:

Always a treat to see an Aragones take on established maninstream characters...  but odds are probably good that the whole thing may turn into a bit of a trick, too...? (unintentionally, of course! ;) )  Leave it to Cain and Abel to put the Halloween into Christmas!  Sergio's beautiful details are particularly resplendent in Santa's holiday workshop (I love the fact that the piece of wood cut out of the board being held by the vice to the left of Cain is right below it on the workbench), but most especially the MAD blimp ("To: SANTA!  Love, Bill") with the 'What Me Worry?' sail, wheels, and anchor (showing much more versatility than Santa's sleigh)!  Beautiful holiday post, Paul!  Happy Christmas to you (and all on CAF)! :)

Thanks for such a detailed analysis, Jason. It did always seem odd that there were two very distinct sets of hosts, and the insertion of horror into the ridiculous was exactly what made Plop work so well. A Merry Christmas to you and yours too.

James S 
Member Since 2017

1 - Posted on 12/23/2025

Sergio is a living treasure and his art just makes you happy! 

Joe Murray 
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 12/24/2025

Love Sergio, and that's one cool PLOP opener and perfectly timed splash, congrats!!

Tyler T 
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 1/6/2026

The detail here is wonderful! This is a fun title page from Aragones.

Andy Wurst 
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 1/6/2026

Fantastic page.

Tommy Kohlmaier 
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 1/6/2026

Really "plopping" classic mid-1970s page, as always crowded with so many sick details by the master of fast drawing fun ! I love his great DC horror one-pagers (look up mine, :) !

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