Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912 – September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. [1] Some of his recurring characters became known as the Addams Family , and were subsequently popularized through …

Jan 3, 2025 · Charles Addams (born January 7, 1912, Westfield, New Jersey, U.S.—died September 29, 1988, New York City, New York) was a cartoonist whose drawings, known mostly through The New Yorker magazine, became famous …

The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams. They originally appeared in a series of 150 standalone single-panel comics, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker between 1938 and their creator's death in 1988.

Oct 27, 2022 · 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...

Charles Addams was an American cartoonist, known for his sinister, macabre work. Between 1932 and 1988, he was a household name in the pages of The New Yorker. His most famous creation is 'The Addams Family' (1938), an eccentric family of ghouls, ogres, witches and other creepy monsters.

May 1, 2011 · Charles Samuel Addams, the cartoonist responsible for the creation of the Addams Family, was born in Westfield, NJ, on January 7, 1912, to Grace M. Spear and Charles Huey Addams. As a boy, his friends called him "Chill" and remembered him as a curious rascal who enjoyed drawing coffins, tombstones, and skeletons.

Oct 27, 2022 · 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...

With the advent of the First World War and the years following the war’s end, Addams was precociously adept at creating cartoons of Kaiser Wilhelm and soldiers and artillery and battles.

Charles Addams is most widely known for the creation of The Addams Family® of characters who formed the basis of the TV show that first appeared in 1964. Now famous, Morticia, Fester, Gomez, Wednesday, Pugsley, Grandma, Lurch and Thing existed in various forms and aspects within the Addams cartoons prior to the sitcom.

Oct 31, 2014 · As The New Yorker’s star cartoonist from the 1930s to the 1980s, Charles Addams practically invented dark humor in America. His cartoons found comedy at the intersection of the bizarre and the everyday, featuring ordinary people harboring exotically morose tendencies.