From 1932 until his death in 1988, CHarles Addams contributed more than 1,300 cartoons and covers to The New Yorker. This large, beautifully printed volume brings together 300 of the most wonderful of them, as well as 24 pages of covers in brilliant full color. A retrospective celebration of the ominous, lovable, dark, and infinitely hilarious "Addams family."
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Perfect for Charles Addams and "Addams Family" fans.,
This review is from: The World of Chas Addams (Paperback)
Having spent a lifetime collecting all of the older rare cartoon books by Charles Addams, this book makes a wonderful addition to my collection. It includes several hard to find (if not down right impossible to find) prints, including over a dozen in full color. The text is a well written bonus, with the history behind the man written in an easy to read and uncomplicated style, so often missing in books of this sort. The information given, matches quite closely with the interveiws given by Charles Addams during his life and is a good reference book for dedicated "Addams Family" fans both old and new. It is nice to know that the older cartoons are not lost but live again in this excellent book. Available in both hard-bound and paper-back format.
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This review is from: The World of Chas Addams (Paperback)
Close your eyes and try to imagine what the person who came up with the Addams Family looks like. Then look at the back cover of this book and see the kindly, twinkly-eyed person who's looking back at you and wonder which part of his brain went a little bit (but wonderfully) haywire to come up with such delights as the Addams Family standing on the roof to pour hot oil over Christmas carollers below (one of the most famous Charles Addams cartoons, and with good reason). Each and every one of the several hundred cartoons in this collection is a gem, even if you have to look hard for the punch line in some of them (and if some of them are there just for the beauty of the thing), and anyone who has kept up with cartoons in the New Yorker or anywhere else will find lots of panels that will bring back a memory or two. This collection is a priceless tribute to one of the true greats of the cartooning world.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A beautifully dark, funny world,
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This review is from: The World of Chas Addams (Paperback)
This collection of cartoons-which includes several of the original Addams family, in all its ghoulish glory-is perfect reading for the evening, or just before going to sleep. I'll never forget the one in which Gomez's predecessor (unnamed in the cartoons) gazes out the window at a violent storm and exclaims, "Just the kind of day that makes you feel good to be alive!"
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