Knecht Ruprecht Is Coming To Town

In 2007, the good folks at AIGA New York asked if I'd like to design one of the wrapping papers for their Holiday Party/Fundraiser. Being quite the holiday enthusiast, I agreed, and put together a snazzy wrapping paper depicting four of the many cultural iterations of Santa Claus.

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For a better look at these paintings, and for the stories behind each individual Santa, check out the article Four Clauses.

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Birthday Street
Birthday Street
Comics For All!
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Mental Notes
Mental Notes
Get Mental
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Blue Collar Illustrations
Blue Collar Illustrations
Proletariat Pencils
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Phaeton
Phaeton
Baptismal Font
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Made Natural
Made Natural
Shirt Stake
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Rands Graphic
Rands Graphic
A Shirt for Reposing
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Business Brickyard Illustrations
Business Brickyard Illustrations
Backing the Basics
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The Superest
The Superest
Who Is The Superest?
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AIGA/NY Wrapping Paper
AIGA/NY Wrapping Paper
You Can Never Have Too Many Santas.
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SmartyPig Avatars
SmartyPig Avatars
Brilliant Oinkers
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A List Apart
A List Apart
The Staff Illustrator
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dConstruct 2007
dConstruct 2007
Your Toast Is Loading
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Stuff And Nonsense Illustrations
Stuff And Nonsense Illustrations
And All That Illustrated Malarkey
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BEASTS!
BEASTS!
A Modern-Day Bestiary
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Daring Fireball Shirt
Daring Fireball Shirt
This Shirt Was A Thrill
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MyMaidens Masthead
MyMaidens Masthead
There's Always A First Time.
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Signal Flares
Signal Flares
34 Tiny Illustrations
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Robots and Rockets
Robots and Rockets
The Internet Research Group
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Art of the Cookie
Art of the Cookie
What Kind of Cookie Are You?
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Black Warrior Review
Black Warrior Review
A Quarterly Compilation
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Canceled Flight
Canceled Flight
Illustrators unite to destroy flying rats.
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100 One-Offs
100 One-Offs
Comics and Cartoons
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Compositionals
Compositionals
Click and Compose!
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Sketchbook One
Sketchbook One
The Bearskinrug Sketchbook
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The Highland Pipe-Off
The Highland Pipe-Off
Now accepting applicants.
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Spectacular Attacks
Spectacular Attacks
Your number is up.
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Quadruped
Quadruped
One website; no compromise.
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Lewis & Mojo
Lewis & Mojo
An Island Picture Show.
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Sideshow Redux
Sideshow Redux
A carnival, frozen in time.
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Bearskinrug, Version 4
Bearskinrug, Version 4
The ex-Bearskinrug.
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Bearskinrug, Version 3
Bearskinrug, Version 3
The ex-ex-Bearskinrug
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How To Build A Snowman
How To Build A Snowman
Build yourself a meltable slave!
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