I recently finished the DC graphic novel, "The Long Halloween," intelligently written by Jeph Loeb and gracefully drawn by Tim Sale. I got started on it while I was reading Loeb and Sale's current series, "Dark Victory," and realized it was a sequel to "The Long Halloween," so I stopped reading "Dark Victory" and picked up its predecessor. I later discovered that "The Long Halloween" has quite a following. I really should credit the colorist, Gregory Wright, who has done a wonderful job with a limited palette and moody renderings of light and shadow, as in this panel of Commissioner Gordon inside his office.