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302 black-and-white cartoons, with 24 full-color covers.

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Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Knopf; 1st Paperback Ed edition (September 28, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 067974813X
ISBN-13: 978-0679748137
Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.5 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #407,751 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Charles Addams and "Addams Family" fans., August 27, 1999

By	Megan Myers "forensicafrump" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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5.0 out of 5 stars What a treat!, May 3, 2000

By	Karlis Streips (Riga, Latvia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A beautifully dark, funny world, July 25, 1999

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars geat way to view addams work.
bought book used. condition is fairly good but is great for viewing addams work.large format makes for good detail in some
works that I had seen before in smaller print but... Read more

Published 28 days ago by Bobby L. Rouse

5.0 out of 5 stars A Comprehensive Collection of Charles Addams
I'm a big lover of the Addams Family... Still I'm not sure if Addams did any books just focused on the beloved, creepy family, or if all his books are a hodge-podge. Read more

Published 2 months ago by O. Marie

5.0 out of 5 stars The Evil that Men Draw Lives After Them
Whenever I waited in a doctor's office during the span of Charles Addams' career, I hoped one of his cartoons would be in the New Yorker magazine I would pick up. Read more

Published 8 months ago by David C. Heires

2.0 out of 5 stars seller condition statement not accurate
SELLER MADE NO MENTION OF WATER DAMAGE ON SOME PAGES OR THE PAPERCLIP ATTACHED TO A FEW PAGES THAT ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE.
THIS BOOK WAS A GIFT. Read more

Published 9 months ago by D

5.0 out of 5 stars I have never felt like someone knew me so well
you've got to get this book and check out page 97 - tell me what you think.

Published on October 28, 2002 by ejc

5.0 out of 5 stars The World of Charles Addams
If you're even a remotely Addams family or cartoon fan, you wouldn't have to read these reviews. Just buy it!

Published on February 8, 2002 by quemetiel

5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and Unique
If you are a fan of black humor, then these cartoons are for you. This book contains many of his "Addams Family" cartoons, but there is MUCH more in there as well. Read more

Published on July 20, 2001 by Clint Matsen

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing collection from the Master of macabre humor!
Charles Addams was the man behind hundreds of delightful and dastardly illustrations for the prestigous New Yorker. Here, in one volume, are 300 of his best pieces. Read more

Published on August 2, 2000 by Ryan Costantino

5.0 out of 5 stars It's creepy and its kooky
AAAHHHHHH. Now this is an art book. Experience the dark and clever world of Charles Addams in this once-in-a-lifetime treasury of high-quality images. Read more

Published on May 18, 2000 by Stephen Cox

5.0 out of 5 stars Dank tuk makto ook.
Ishtar raffa quanmak tok-way howa! Ik na cuidj gustdaj hunk

Published on June 27, 1999

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