Archives - Chester Gould, the Father of Dick Tracy and the American Crime Comic

from History of Comic Books Podcast · host JT Wheatley

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.

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