Charles Addams sketching a cartoon Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston in the 1990s movie A witchy housewife, a Frankenstein butler, a mad uncle who sleeps on a bed of nails? When I first came across The ...
On November 3, the Society of Illustrators will induct the cartoonist Charles "Chas" Addams into its Hall of Fame. Although he drew thousands of cartoons throughout his career, Addams is best known ...
The cartoons and the various films and television shows that have risen in their wake perfectly blend the humorous and the macabre. The minute you see the words “The Addams Family,” no doubt you snap ...
In 1938, a dapper, cultured New York artist with a deeply irreverent sense of humor sketched a cartoon that featured three characters new to his repertoire. One was a rail-thin, raven-haired vamp in a ...
The new animated film version of “The Addams Family” returns the delightfully macabre family to its original roots: a cartoon. Long before the TV series with its can’t-get-it-out-of-your-head theme ...