Sunday, March 30, 2008

Charles Addams Rates in 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years



Charles Addams will be honored this April in Weird Tales Magazine as one of the 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years.

The full list of storytellers is as follows:

* DOUGLAS ADAMS
* CHARLES ADDAMS
* LAURIE ANDERSON
* J.G. BALLARD
* NICK BANTOCK
* CLIVE BARKER
* ART BELL
* BJÖRK
* DAVID BOWIE
* RAY BRADBURY
* MARGARET BRUNDAGE
* WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
* TIM BURTON
* KATE BUSH
* OCTAVIA BUTLER
* ANGELA CARTER
* NICK CAVE
* LON CHANEY SR.
* CIRQUE DU SOLEIL
* JOEL & ETHAN COEN
* ALICE COOPER
* DAVID CRONENBERG
* R. CRUMB
* ROALD DAHL
* SALVADOR DALI
* SAMUEL R. DELANY
* PHILIP K. DICK
* STEVE DITKO
* HARLAN ELLISON
* M.C. ESCHER
* VIRGIL FINLAY
* CHARLES FORT
* NEIL GAIMAN
* TERRY GILLIAM
* EDWARD GOREY
* GUNTHER VON HAGENS
* JIM HENSON
* ROBERT E. HOWARD
* SHIRLEY JACKSON
* FRANZ KAFKA
* FRIDA KAHLO
* ANDY KAUFMAN
* STEPHEN KING
* STANLEY KUBRICK
* MADELEINE L’ENGLE
* GARY LARSON
* TANITH LEE
* THOMAS LIGOTTI
* H.P. LOVECRAFT
* DAVID LYNCH
* GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
* DAVE MCKEAN
* RAND & ROBYN MILLER
* MICHAEL MOORCOCK
* ALAN MOORE
* CATHERINE L. MOORE & HENRY KUTTNER
* GRANT MORRISON
* JOYCE CAROL OATES
* MERVYN PEAKE
* PENN & TELLER
* BILL PLYMPTON
* THOMAS PYNCHON
* ANNE RICE
* ROD SERLING
* DR. SEUSS
* ALICE SHELDON, a.k.a. JAMES TIPTREE JR.
* CHUCK SHEPHERD
* CLARK ASHTON SMITH
* STEPHEN SONDHEIM
* REV. IVAN STANG
* OSAMU TEZUKA
* HUNTER S. THOMPSON
* KOOL KEITH THORNTON, a.k.a. DR. OCTAGON
* KURT VONNEGUT
* TOM WAITS
* ALICE WALKER
* KARA WALKER
* ANDY WARHOL
* SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER
* JOHN WATERS
* ROGER WATERS
* WIM WENDERS
* THORNTON WILDER
* ROBERT ANTON WILSON
* WARREN ZEVON

April's edition of Weird Tales will be on sale online.

What do you know - another Addams Family vs. Munsters Poll

Apparently, the question of which television spook family is better--the Addams Family or the Munsters--is one that people are asking the whole internet over. I suppose this question is especially fitting for a blog called "Pop Culture Battles: When Pop Culture Icons meet head to head."

For anyone interested in voting, this poll even has a nice visual aid. It appears that the Addamses are in the lead at the moment.

VOTE in the The Addams Family vs The Munsters Poll

Friday, March 28, 2008

Fanart



Becca of No Smoking in the Skull Cave recently made this cool drawing of the Addams family. I urge everyone to check out her blog, where you can see many other great works of art, including a drawing of the Munsters.

By the way, if anyone else has Addams Family fanart they think would be fitting to post here, please let me know.

Visit the No Smoking in the Skull Cave BLOG

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Addams Family Fans Take Action

Addams Family Fans rocked the vote in a recent blogspot poll!

The results of the Definitive Monster Family Poll:
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The poll's creator attributed the Addams win to this blog, stating "An outside group has referenced our poll and has stacked the vote with their Addams Family fans! ... I will not contest the results--clearly, the Addams' had more of an aggressive ground game than the Munsters camp. They communicated more effectively and got their people organized."

And it looks like the poll did indeed get an influx of visitors from our site:
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So, congratulations to those of you who voted for the Addams Family. And many thanks to all the participants in the poll! Also, a very special thanks to the poll's creator and the Munster Family! Hopefully, there aren't any hard feelings.

Read all about the poll at the We Don't Buy It BLOG

Monday, March 17, 2008

The Addams Family VS. The Munsters Poll

The Adams Family or The Munsters? Which do you think is the Definitive Monster Family?

Here's your chance to vote!

Follow the link to the 'Which is the definitive monster family' Poll. Voting is done on the left-hand side of the following site:

Vote here!

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Addams Family Fanfiction

Another piece of fanfiction by corset_fiend of livejournal.

Title: Semblable à Mère , Semblable à File
Rating: Solid M even NC-17. Not Graphic, I just like to be careful! It's Gomez and Morticia, people!

Summary: Wednesday comes of age, but both parents deal with it very differently. Much chaos, romance and general Addam's kinkiness/madness ensues.

Semblable à Mère , Semblable à File

Watch The Addams Family on Hulu.com!

Four episodes of the original series of The Addams Family are now available for viewing for free on hulu.com! Each episode is individually sponsored for legal viewing.

The episodes currently viewable are:
The Addams Family Goes To School
Morticia and The Psychiatrist
Fester's Punctured Romance
Gomez, the Politician

Visit Hulu.com

Friday, March 7, 2008

Interview with Christopher Hart, hand actor Addams Family's Thing



“The man with the movie star hand,” and “The most famous right hand in Hollywood” are just two of the quotes reviewers have used to describe the talents of master magician Christopher Hart.
This came following his featured role as “Thing” the expressive disembodied hand in the film “The Addams Family,” and its sequel “Addams Family Values." ...

Read More at omhanyreport.blogspot.com
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