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The Addams Family: an Evilution Hardcover – Illustrated, March 1, 2010

by H. Kevin Miserocchi (Author), Charles Addams (Author)
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The Addams Family: An Evilution is the first book to trace The Addams Family history, presenting more than 200 cartoons created by Charles Addams (American, 1912-1988) throughout his prolific career; many have never been published before. Text by H. Kevin Miserocchi, director of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation, offers a revealing chronology of each character's evolution, while Addams's own incisive character descriptions, originally penned for the benefit of the television show producers, introduce each chapter. As the presence of the Family continues to permeate generation after generation, and in celebration of the Broadway musical debuting in 2010, this book reminds us where these oddly lovable characters came from and, in doing so, offers a lasting tribute to one of America's greatest humorists. Includes more than 200 cartoons (approximately 50 are published here for the first time), many in color.
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    0764953885
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“Gomez and Morticia's misbegotten brood may have been creepy and kooky, but they were also happy, as the cartoons in [this] delightful anthology [attest].” --—LA Times Book Review

“One of the signs of genius is that an artist sheds new light on the human condition. Or, in Addams’s case, casts new shadows.” --—Wall Street Journal, Books section

“The Addams Family: An Evilution is a lovely—and loving—family portrait of our most long-lasting and favorite dysfunctional family and their slightly off-kilter creator.” --—Comics Worth Reading blog

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pomegranate; First Edition (March 1, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764953885
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764953880
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1 x 10 inches
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    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 492 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
492 global ratings

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Customers find the artwork great, high-quality, and nice. They also describe the humor as hilarious, quirky, and fun. Readers appreciate the interesting cartoons and information. They say the book provides an in-depth and fascinating look into the family.

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16 customers mention "Artwork"12 positive4 negative

Customers find the artwork great, high-quality, and nice. They say it's an immense introduction to the family in 30 minutes or less.

"...This book provides a very in-depth and fascinating look into the development of The Addams Family straight from their creator...." Read more

"I love this book, it's beautiful and if you love the Addams Family franchise you will love reading about the author. Recommend!" Read more

"...are readily identifiable by the rough, unfinished and un-inked nature of the drawings. Which isn't to say they aren't funny anyway...." Read more

"...but it's great to see the actual drawings at a good size and on nice paper. I still have the books I got as a kid but they are dark and hard to see...." Read more

9 customers mention "Humor"9 positive0 negative

Customers find the humor in the book hilarious, amusing, and quirky. They say it's just plain fun.

"...of the work of Charles Adams.. Yet they do show his dark but hilarious sense of humor. I have a few books on his cartoons ...." Read more

"It's a very fun and informative book about this not ordinary family. I love it" Read more

"...Great for any fan of dark humor, Victorian Haunted Mansions, and the gothic genre...." Read more

"...This book appreciates Addams's work, and made me laugh and think. That is a home run." Read more

7 customers mention "Cartoon content"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the cartoons in the book interesting. They say it's a great collection of Addams Family cartoons, with over 200 mostly full-page cartoons, 53 previously unpublished, and about 33 with color. Readers also mention the book is large and crisp.

"this is a great book of the Addams Family drawings, that the tv show was based on...." Read more

"...Over 200 mostly full page cartoons, 53 previously unpublished, about 33 with color...." Read more

"...which reflects on the creation and build up of each character, full or images and with very amusing little texts. A jewel for any Addams Family fan!!!" Read more

"...This is a very nice, big hardcover collection and the cartoons are large and crisp. Addams is still edgy, all's right with the world." Read more

7 customers mention "Information content"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book informative, in-depth, and fascinating. They say it provides good insight on Addams and a wonderful glimpse at the early work of a great cartoonist. Readers also appreciate the great pictures of Addams' work.

"...This book provides a very in-depth and fascinating look into the development of The Addams Family straight from their creator...." Read more

"...Each character has a bio, written by Charles. It's all very informative and gives great insight on the characters...." Read more

"...As someone who grew up with the Raul Julia films, seeing this background was very interesting...." Read more

"Awesome, high quality book! So much information and history packed into every page! Great gift for Addams Family fans!!!" Read more

4 customers mention "Character history"4 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character history.

"...Love the comic, cartoon, show, movie, etc. I really appreciated the character history. Reading each comic was a delight...." Read more

"...It's all very informative and gives great insight on the characters...." Read more

"...Taking us over the years of a most odd family and wonderful characters...." Read more

"Beautiful book, great pictures of Addams work, and amazing history of the beloved characters." Read more

3 customers mention "Value for money"3 positive0 negative

Customers say the book is well worth the low price.

"...his work that were published when he was living in new, reasonably-priced reprint editions." Read more

"...Neat book and background on Chaz Addams, so well worth low price." Read more

"Well worth every penny..." Read more

Mysterious and Spooky and all together Marvelous!
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Mysterious and Spooky and all together Marvelous!
The Addams Family Evilution is the definitive Addams family collection featuring cartoons published and even some unpublished from the New Yorker magazine. Everyone’s favorite creepy family takes center stage in over 200 cartoons showcasing their dark and eccentric history. At 223 pages the book is divided by character showcasing cartoons pertaining to each family member and their sinister escapades. Backstory and sources of inspiration for each are also provided by the author himself. Charles Addams added the extra layers for each character to assist with the production of the original black & white TV series. Great for any fan of dark humor, Victorian Haunted Mansions, and the gothic genre. With the success of the 2019 animated feature, a sequel coming in October 2021, and rumors of a new live-action series produced and directed by Tim Burton the franchise continues to entertain new and existing fans.
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scesq
5.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Looking Book With A Lot Of Information
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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I am a fan of the cartoons of Charles Adams. I also enjoyed the television series and have appreciated the movies on the Adam's family.
This book brings all together very well.

The book talks about how each character developed over the years and when they first appeared in print. It also talks about how each character went from print to becoming the character that appeared on the television show and later the movies. For instance it's talks about how Pugsley and Wednesday got their names

The Adams family are only a small segment of the work of Charles Adams.. Yet they do show his dark but hilarious sense of humor. I have a few books on his cartoons . It's nice to have one devoted to the Adam's family.

The cartoons are the right size for me. They're easy to read. They are on very nice paper. The pages are thick and feel comfortable in my hand when i'm turning the pages.

The book came sealed in plastic wrap which made it even nicer. There's nothing nicer than turning a crisp untouched page in a book.

The book does talk about Charles Adams as well. Learning about the creator of the Adam's family helped me enjoy the book even more.
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M.L.
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2024
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I bought this Addams family book because I am a huge fan of the Addams family cartoons. So now I get to see all the origins and how they transformed over time. A must for all fans of The Addams Family.
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Dennis M. Roy
5.0 out of 5 stars The COMPLETE Chas Addams "Addams Family" collection
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012
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Your one-stop shopping source for ALL the cartoons Charles Addams ever drew featuring Morticia, Gomez, Fester, Grandmama, Lurch, Pugsley, Wednesday, and Cousin Itt. If that's what you're looking for, you've come to the right place. It should be pointed out that the cartoonist never really set out to create a macabre family of creepy and kooky eccentrics. The television producers of the 1960s Addams Family TV show noticed a set of reoccurring characters among Chas Addams' body of cartoons and were interested in making a TV series based upon his work. At that point, Addams gave the characters names, and defined them beyond the somewhat sketchy existing relationships in his cartoons by providing the TV producers with a series of short biographical outlines (also included in this book). And the TV producers, writers, and actors then developed the characters further, taking particular liberties with such characters as Thing and Cousin Itt. When you're finished reading this book, you may well ask (as I did), "How did they get a TV series out of THIS?"

That's not to say the cartoons aren't funny. They are. And more often than not, they have that "delayed reaction" effect of having to look twice (or three times) to "get the joke". I was left with a couple of impressions, since this is the first book of Chas Addams' work that I have purchased. Firstly, I get the impression that of the couple of thousand cartoons that Addams drew from the 1930s to the 1980s, the "Addams Family" cartoons are not necessarily representative (other than typifying the wickedly morbid sense of humor) of the entire oeuvre of Addams' work. I was surprised to find that of the couple of thousand cartoons he drew, a relatively paltry number of them feature The Family, and some of those only in retrospect, as developmental phases of characters who later became members of the family. The Thing familiar to television viewers and moviegoers is almost entirely an invention of the TV producers. There are a great number of unpublished cartoons in this collection -- this is a good thing, because they are needed to beef up the number of Family cartoons that were actually published (in THE NEW YORKER and elsewhere). The unpublished cartoons are readily identifiable by the rough, unfinished and un-inked nature of the drawings. Which isn't to say they aren't funny anyway.

To reiterate, it's nice to have, for the first time ever, ALL of Addams' Family cartoons in one complete collection. Still, it leaves me longing to read the rest of Chas Addams' body of work, published over the decades while he was still alive, by Simon & Shuster. Some of these are still available from z-shop sellers on Amazon, but they can be quite pricey indeed. It would be nice if Simon & Shuster reissued the ten collections of his work that were published when he was living in new, reasonably-priced reprint editions.
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Steve_M
5.0 out of 5 stars Fine book for fans of The Addams Family.
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2020
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Purchased this along with Addams' Apple in order to build on my collection of the works of Charles Addams ( my review of Addams' Apple should also be available on Amazon).

This book provides a very in-depth and fascinating look into the development of The Addams Family straight from their creator. There's a lot more text with this book than in other showcase volumes, but that's fine. The book is divided into chapters showcasing each family member and character. They start out with Addams' own personal notes on each character to help Filmways Productions develop the first TV series in the 60's. More text is provided as to the inspiration behind the characters followed by a series of cartoons featuring same character. As with Addams' Apple, there is an index and bibliography at the back describing when the cartoons were first published and which cartoons have not been released until now.

It should be noted that this book is dedicated only to the Addams Family and only how they appeared in The New Yorker and other publications. Although there is mention of the TV series and movies, the illustrations are purely Addams' artwork. Which is totally fine, of course.

If you're a fan of Charles Addams cartoons and specifically The Addams Family, this book is for you.
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Robert
5.0 out of 5 stars I love it
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024
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It's a very fun and informative book about this not ordinary family. I love it
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Cassandra Wilder
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for a Addams Family fan
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2024
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Love the Addams Family! Love the comic, cartoon, show, movie, etc. I really appreciated the character history. Reading each comic was a delight. I have reread this book numerous times now.
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bzzh8c
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting cartoons. Many without captions.
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022
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Many of these Addams cartoons hace no caption, they're just creepy amusing. Few laugh out louds. Neat book and background on Chaz Addams, so well worth low price.
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elizabeth keyani
5.0 out of 5 stars Addams combining for x-mas
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2023
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I received the book by the due date. It was in excellent condition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice collection!
Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2022
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Happy to finally have a collection of the original Addams family. Nice book, I wish there were more cartoons in it!
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Rui Silva
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice print!!
Reviewed in Spain on December 30, 2021
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The book have a hard cover and very good illustrations inside, as well as very curious old photos!
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Parkie
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent material, beautiful presentation, perfect tribute.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2019
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Excellent volume. An interesting history of the development of one of the most famous fictional families lavishly illustrated with glorious reproductions of Charles Addams's original black and white illustrations. There is a melancholy beauty in Addams's work that is haunting as well as grimly comic.
There are surprises for anyone who thinks they know the family from the TV shows and/ or films. We find that Uncle Fester and Pugsley are much darker and gleefully malevolent characters than we thought; Morticia displays a tough love attitude, Gomez tests a psychiatrist's resolve and we get to see the original Thing.
Each chapter focusses on a particular member of the family, and their development.
Some fascinating insights include a draught for one cartoon featuring Lurch that shows Addams could feel that sometimes he had gone too far, and that Morticia's figure depended on the state of Addams's various marriages at the time of drawing.
Even the house itself is shown to be a character in its own right.
This is an essential time for Addams Family fans, lovers of macabre humour, and aficionados of comic artistry at its best.
What we need now is a similar book that explores the non "Family" work of the great man: a housewife's quick thinking when giant asparagus erupts in her garden; the nanny taking a baby for a walk in a pram with bars on it; an afternoon party attendee by 500 years' worth of artists' muses; and shrigles. Never mind what shrigles are, just put them in a book like this one!
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Sigrid Olbricht
5.0 out of 5 stars Eines von vielen phantastischen Büchern des klassischen schwarzen Humors
Reviewed in Germany on April 5, 2018
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Wer Chas Addams mag, wird viel Freude an diesem Buchhaben.Auch die englischen Texte erklären sich durch die treffenden,phantastischen Zeichnungen fast von selbst.Man sollte allerdings für den Textteil das Englische beherrschen.
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Matt Ormerod
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice collection.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2022
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A nice collection of Charles Addams work with the added bonus of knocking peoples socks off when you tell them the first one was published in 1938.
Because they were published in the New Yorker and new York times some of them are quite topical and required a paper chase (or at least a lot of Google searching) to figure out what the point was.
Overall a very nice coffee table book.
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