The World of Chas Addams - Charles Addams

A retrospective celebration of the ominous, lovable, macabre and infinitely hilarious work of one of America's greatest cartoonists. This is a lavish projection of the world he created of agreeably murderous spouses, devilishly precocious children, bright-eyed witches, spooky laboratories, crypts and tun nels...the world of that surreal, hair-raising clan beloved by all - the Addams Family. From 1932 until his death in 1988, Charles Addams contributed more than 1,300 car toons to the New Yorker and other magazines. This volume brings together 300 of the best, as well as many of his New Yorker cover paint ings in brilliant colour. The result is a feast of laughter and a rich showing of the originality, invention and clarity of the artist who inspired the hugely successful film The Addams Family, starring Angelica Huston and Christopher Lloyd, which came out in 1991. This is the master at his heartwarmingly morbid best. - With an introduction by Wilfrid Sheed.