Charles Addams was best known for his macabre cartoons that appeared in "The New Yorker", for whom he also did the occasional cover. His Addams Family cartoons were the basis for a hit TV series and... Read full biography
Charles Addams was best known for his macabre cartoons that appeared in "The New Yorker", for whom he also did the occasional cover. His Addams Family cartoons were the basis for a hit TV series and two successful feature films. Addams was a mild mannered man with a wicked but gentle mind. The... Read full biography
Charles Addams was best known for his macabre cartoons that appeared in "The New Yorker", for whom he also did the occasional cover. His Addams Family cartoons were the basis for a hit TV series and two successful feature films. Addams was a mild mannered man with a wicked but gentle mind. The following is from the 1954 dust jacket notes on "Homebodies":. "Charles Addams was born in Westfield, New Jersey, forty-one years ago and attended Colgate University, The University of Pennsylvania, and... Read full biography
Charles Addams was best known for his macabre cartoons that appeared in "The New Yorker", for whom he also did the occasional cover. His Addams Family cartoons were the basis for a hit TV series and two successful feature films. Addams was a mild mannered man with a wicked but gentle mind. The following is from the 1954 dust jacket notes on "Homebodies":. "Charles Addams was born in Westfield, New Jersey, forty-one years ago and attended Colgate University, The University of Pennsylvania, and Grand Central School of Art in New York City. His work, almost in its entirety, has been published in "The New Yorker" for the last twenty-two years and has resulted in three previous books: "Drawn and Quartered", "Addams and Evil", and "Monster... Read full biography
Charles Addams was best known for his macabre cartoons that appeared in "The New Yorker", for whom he also did the occasional cover. His Addams Family cartoons were the basis for a hit TV series and two successful feature films. Addams was a mild mannered man with a wicked but gentle mind. The following is from the 1954 dust jacket notes on "Homebodies":. "Charles Addams was born in Westfield, New Jersey, forty-one years ago and attended Colgate University, The University of Pennsylvania, and Grand Central School of Art in New York City. His work, almost in its entirety, has been published in "The New Yorker" for the last twenty-two years and has resulted in three previous books: "Drawn and Quartered", "Addams and Evil", and "Monster Rally". He works mostly in New York City in what looks like an unsuccessful private eye's office. Practically nothing is accomplished i... Read full biography
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About Charles Addams: Books
Books & Publications (14)
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All the Art That's Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn't): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page
2012
Kraus, Jerelle
280 pages (color)
Chas Addams: A Cartoonists Life
2006
Davis, Linda H.
382 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The World of Charles Addams
1991
Addams, Charles/intro W Sheed
305 pages (color)
Figure and Abstraction
1990
Paulson, Ronald
283 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon (Exhibition catalog)