Jingle Belle

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Jingle Belle: Naughty & Nice cover by Lynne Naylor

Jingle Belle is a cartoon character created by Paul Dini. She's Santa Claus' spoiled teen-age daughter. The stories depict Jingle's usually contentious relationship with her famous father.

Jing appears in a number of comic books, all written by Dini and illustrated by a wide roster of comic artists, including Stephen DeStefano, Bill Morrison, J. Bone and Sergio Aragonés. The books were first published by Oni Press, starting in 1999. The summer 2001 one-shot special, "Jingle Belle: The Mighty Elves" was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Humor Book. There has also been a spin-off series, Mutant, Texas: Tales of Sheriff Ida Red. Since 2004 the series is published by Dark Horse Comics.

In 2000 Jingle Belle appeared in a series of animated shorts, available on JingleBelle.com. There is also a lot of Jingle Belle merchandise, including a Jingle Belle statue, a Christmas ornament, a lunch box and a t-shirt, featuring artwork by Bill Morrison.

As of 2006, a live-action movie (previously set for fall 2005 or 2006) is still in pre-production.

The name Jingle Belle is a reference to both the Christmas song "Jingle Bells" and the Memphis Belle, a B-17 bomber whose pin-up-style nose art inspired the character. "Belle's Beaus", a 2004 story set partially during World War II somewhat acknowledges this link.

1 Comic books
- 1.1 Collected editions
- 1.2 Crossovers
2 External links

[edit] Comic books

Dini Double Feature #13 (Summer 1999)
Jingle Belle (two-issue miniseries, Winter 1999)
Oni Press Summer Vacation Supercolor Fun Special (Summer 2000)
Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo (one-shot, Winter 2000)
Jingle Belle: The Mighty Elves (one-shot, Summer 2001)
Jingle Belle: Jubilee (one-shot, Winter 2001)
Jingle Belle: Winter Wingding (one-shot, Winter 2002)
Jingle Belle: Dash Away All (ISBN 1-929998-61-9; one-shot, Winter 2003)
Jingle Belle (Dark Horse series, four issues beginning winter 2004)
Jingle Belle: The Fight Before Christmas (one-shot, Winter 2005)

[edit] Collected editions

Jingle Belle: Naughty and Nice (ISBN 1-929998-08-2; collects the original miniseries, the short story from Dini Double Feature #13 and a new color story)
Jingle Belle's Cool Yule (ISBN 1-929998-36-8; collects Jingle Belle's All-Star Holiday Hullabaloo, Jingle Belle: The Mighty Elves and Jingle Belle: Jubilee)
Jingle Belle (ISBN 1-59307-382-8; collects the four-issue Dark Horse series)

[edit] Crossovers

Blue Belles A four page crossover between Jingle Belle and Blue Monday (comic) by Chynna Clugston who also did the Winter Wingding cover. It was collected in Volume 3 of Blue Monday: Inbetween days.

A new crossover book The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle is due out December 2006 from Dark Horse Comics. It is to be drawn by noted cartoonist Kyle Baker and features a meeting between Jingle Belle and the family of characters based on Baker's homelife.