The art style and dark humor helped make old cartoons like The Tell-Tale Heart seem as scary as any horror film.

Not the funny kind of violent, but violent, violent. In my adult rearview mirror, many cartoons are still classic, iconic and nostalgic—but also perhaps a bit more problematic? Let's take a jaunt down ...

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