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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 various adaptations. Early life. Addams was born in Westfield, New Jersey.
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.
Charles Addams was a cartoonist whose drawings, known mostly through The New Yorker magazine, became famous in the United States as examples of macabre humour. Addams attended various schools from 1929 to 1932; thereafter, aside from a brief period as a commercial artist, he was a free-lance.
Oct 27, 2022 · Members of the yet-to-be-named Addams family are on the roof of a creepy-looking mansion, poised to douse carolers on the street with the contents of a steaming cauldron. "Boiling Oil," The New...
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.
Charles Samuel Addams. 7 January 1912 - 29 September 1988. Biography. 1912. Born January 7 to Grace M. Spear and Charles Huey Addams in Westfield, NJ. 1929. Graduates from Westfield Senior High School. Attends Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. 1930. Attends University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1931.
Dedicated to advancing the artistic achievement of American cartoonist, Charles Samuel Addams (1912 - 1988) History. Biography. Exhibitions.
Charles Addams. Writer: The Addams Family. Charles Samuel Addams, or Chill as his friends called him, was born on January 7, 1912, in Westfield, New Jersey. Records show at the time of his birth the Addams' lived on Summit Avenue.
Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912 – September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. Some of his recurring characters became known as the Addams Family, and were subsequently popularized through various adaptations.
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.
