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And now a rambling and too brief review of this classic Halloween special inspired by Charles Schultz's legendary comic strip.

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And now a rambling and too brief review of both the "The Crow" comic book and movie, which set new standards in indie publishing and comic book movie adaptations.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Blade 2", a movie that surpasses the original along with being great October viewing.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of the 1998 "Blade" film, Marvel's first successful movie and a hard-R horror film to boot.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Owen Charles Middleton, a talented black artist who died too young due to racism and his own choices.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jay Paul Jackson, a black comic book artist of the Golden Age who used his work to push social causes.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Robert Savon Pious, a black artist and historian who also contributed to the Golden Age of Comic Books.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Elmer Cecil Stoner, one of the first black artists to openly work in American comic books during the Golden Age.

And now for a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this biography of Chester Gould, as he takes his Dick Tracy creation into one of the most popular characters in comics while fending off numerous imitators.

And now a resposting of the first part of this too brief and rambling biography of Chester Gould, the creator of Dick Tracy that also brought about the American Crime Comic genre.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Rube Goldberg, the dean of cartoonists.

And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Barks, as he creates one my popular character, Scrooge McDuck.

And now a reposting fo the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Barks, one of Walt Disney's most celebrated cartoonists.

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Julie Schwartz, DC Comics's greatest editor.