"Other places too. Alice in the Country of Clover. Alice in the Country of Hearts. Alice in the Country of Joker. We're about three quarters of the way through January.  Is everyone okay with the suggested themes of "Cupids and…"

"Second in a series..."

"A non-English checkers issue:"

"And I can't let the day finish without leaving some form of tribute to the lovely, late, great Terry Jones of Monty Python fame, who sadly passed away yesterday, aged just 77.  Terry directed my favourite film of all time "Monty…"

"Madame Xanadu has appeared with Tarot cards once already this month.  She does that a lot, so here are some more."

"Does destiny lie in the cards or in the stars?"

"The first of several issues of Cerebus in which the main characters were depicted as Tarot cards."

"Why is a king on the Ace of Diamonds? Four bullets, all four aces. That’s some fancy shooting."

"I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Caspar plays chess: And has a DC/Marvel crossover ever involved the Chessmen and the Royal Flush Gang?"

"Okay, I've decided to count that Pokémon/Pukémon cover from Cracked under cards, rather than starting a new category.  Which makes this the 100th card-themed cover of the month."

"And another Ace of Spades"

"Characters as chess-pieces seems to be a recurring motif:"