"Holy crap!" was the only thing I can really think of when I opened my gift from my Secret Santa. When I first saw my gift was sent through media mail I was expecting an album or a movie, but getting a piece of artwork and so many books was a complete surprise. My SS clearly had done his research on me well and not only found a bunch of cool graphic novels I had never read before (except for one - Arkahm Asylum) but saw that I was a big One Piece fan and gave me a Straw Hat Jolly Rodger painting to boot! Finally and perhaps my favorite part of the gift was a very special note I got from my Secret Santa, who as it turns out was an alumni at the college I am currently attending. The note really reminded me of just how personal the Secret Santa experience can get and really is what made this whole experience worth it to me - not to say the gifts where not AMAZING. I want to keep the note private, but it really was a touching letter from my Santa.

The full list of books I got with author's name included: * Batman Arkham Asylum - Grant Morrison * The Government Manual for New Superheroes - Matthew David Brozik and Jacob Sager Weinstein (this is the one I started reading first) * Other Lives - Peter Bagge * Batman: Ego and Other Tails - Darwyn Cooke * Revolver - Matt Kindt * Aaron and Ahmed - Jay Cantor * Superman: Escape from Bizarro World - Geoff Johns, Richard Donner and John Byrne * Silverfish - David Lapham