Here’s a link to some off-kilter panel cartoons from Charles Addams’ very first collection way back in 1942. A number of Addams more macabre characters would, of course, turn up over and over and began to be referred to as “Addams’ Family.” As such, they made the transition to television and pop culture history many years later.

http://hairygreeneyeball2.blogspot.com/2009/10/you-certainly-have-peculiar-sense-of.html

Jeez! I still think of Art Adams as “one of them new guys” but this smoothly drawn (with Terry Austin) adaptation of the classic horror film, THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON is from way back in 1996! Time, as they say, flies. Good stuff.

http://grantbridgestreet.blogspot.com/2009/10/art-adams-creature-from-black-lagoon.html

Intended as a throwaway gag for a day or three, the Great Pumpkin ended up becoming Charles Schulz’ big contribution to the American Halloween mythos.Some of the “non-appearances” of the character in PEANUTS are spotlighted today at THE BRONZE AGE OF BLOGS.

http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.com/2009/10/great-pumpkin.html

One last Halloween themed post to link to today is BRONZE AGE BABIES’ look at one of the great Rutland Vermont Halloween parade comic stories of the 1970′s. Fan Tom Fagen’s actual annual parade appeared as the background of several DC and Marvel stories of the period and usually included cameos by real-life comics creators. Discussed here is the 1974 AVENGERS appearance.

http://bronzeagebabies.blogspot.com/2009/10/aint-nothin-like-halloween-in-rutland.html