And now a rambling and too brief biography of Arthur Adams, one of the most influential comic book artist of the last few decades.

And now a rambling and too brief biography of the great John Romita Sr., the quintessential Marvel artist.

And now a rambling and too brief review of the autobiographical "Blankets" by Craig Thompson, one of the most original comic books in recent decades.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Batman: The Black Mirror" a forgotten gem of a Batman story that ran from "Detective Comics" #871-881 in 2011 by Scott Snyder, Jock and Francesco Francavilla.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Batman: The Dark Knights", an obvious classic by Frank Miller that is the one Batman story everyone must read.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Batman: Year One" by Frank Miller & David Mazzuchelli, which remains the modern standard for Batman's origin.

And now a rambling and too brief review of the classic graphic novel, "Batman: Arkham Asylum", by Grant Morrison & Dave McKean, one of the most successful trades of all time.

And now a brief but rambling review of the classic "Batman: Gotham By Gaslight" by writer Brian Augustyn and artist Mike Mignola, which reimagined Batman in the 19th century as he took on none other than Jack the Ripper.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Authority", specifically the first 26 issues of the classic DC/Wildstorm that explores what happens with a 'Justice League' like team would really cut loose.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "American Splendor", the autobiographical comic book series that ran from 1976-2008 by the late, great Harvey Pekar, along with the 2003 movie.