The Addams Family got its start with Charles Addams' comic strips in 1938, and the First Family of Fright has been immortalized with a television series, several cartoons, a few live-action films ...

Addams, a cartoonist born in Westfield in 1912, created the Addams Family in the 1930s. The first cartoon depicting the characters was published by The New Yorker in 1937.

Charles Addams created the Addams Family, which was originally printed as a cartoon in The New Yorker. A native of Westfield, New Jersey, Addams’ hometown inspired the gothic macabre for which ...

As the "first family of goth," The Addams Family was created by cartoonist Charles "Chas" Addams as an inversion to the "ideal" American Dream.The characters premiered in a 1938 cartoon strip in ...

Although he drew thousands of cartoons throughout his career, Addams is best known for ghoulish and charming characters who first graced the pages of The New Yorker in the late 1930s.

Within America’s “first family” of macabre comedy, those distinguishing peepers were in evidence as far back as 1938, when these altogether ooky-kooky cartoon characters debuted in the New ...

In between, there was a movie about the family and their weird relatives and pets and a Broadway musical whose third tour is ...

Charles Addams' drawings were similar in composition to the way Tim Burton works, says "Wednesday" production designer Mark Scruton. "They're minimal, they're fast, they tell a lot with a few lines." ...

The "Addams Family" started as a series of cartoons by Charles Addams in the 1930s, eventually evolving into beloved TV shows, movies, and a Broadway stint from 2011-2012.

But the comical musical, which the Battle Mountain High School Players will perform at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the high school’s auditorium, takes you on a journey that may not be ...