Charles Addams gets a Google Doodle

Addams's 100th Birthday celebrated by Google. Read More on the LA Times

The Addams Family: an Evilution Available--Now For Preorder

Kevin Miserocchi's new book, The Addams Family: an Evilution is finally available on amazon.com for preorder. The release date is March 31, 2010.

Preorder on amazon.com

Product Description
The 'evilution' of Charles Addams's singularly eccentric family began long before the television and film interpretations made them icons of American popular culture. Addams first created Morticia, Lurch, and The Thing in a cartoon published in a 1938 issue of the New Yorker--though he hadn't named them at the time, or even conceived of a family unit. (When he did name the deadly matriarch, he was inspired by the Yellow Pages listing for 'Morticians.') Other characters were born and developed in a multitude of Addams's cartoons over the next twenty-six years, before the cheerfully creepy clan debuted on ABC television in 1964 and later on the big screen, twice, in 1991 and 1993.
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Interview with Addams Family Musical Authors

The Addams Family Musical Website has recently updated with a video interview with the musical's authors, Marshall Brickman and Rich Elice!

Watch the interview on the offical homepage

Dear Dead Days

Ben Catmull has uploaded some scans of Charles Addams's Dear Dead Days. The book is a compilation of photos and art by Addams of forgotten and bizarre imagery of the 1800's and early 1900's.

View more photos at bencatmull.blogspot.com

"Modern Mechanix" March 1949

blog.modernmechanix.com recently posted an interesting, vintage Charles Addams article.


View the full blog entry on blog.modernmechanix.com

Charles Addams Collections

For those of you who haven't had a chance to read Charles Addams's original comics of the Addams Family, here's your chance! The Crosseyed Cyclops Blog has two books available for download. I suggest everyone grab them while they're still around!

Straight to the link!

Charles Addams 1976 Magazine Article Profile

Article from the September 13th, 1976 issue of People Magazine.
Catch the full three page spread on the I'm Learning To Share BLOG!

Visit While They Last

Two recent links of interest that probably won't be available indefinitely:

"The Addams Family Super Mega Post!," found on Dartman's World of Wonder Blog-
A great introductory post for aspiring Addam’s Family trivia-ists, this link is a collection of info, music downloads (Classic show soundtrack, “The Lurch” sung by Ted Cassidy, and the 1977 “Halloween with the New Addams Family” OST), and videos of the Addams Family’s appearances in The New Scooby Doo Movies!

Also, “Happy Halloween from Chas Addams” originally posted on the Hairy Green Eyeball Blog-
This post has a number of original Charles Addams comics from Addams’s first comic compilation. It’s a great introduction for people who are fans of the shows or movies but haven’t had a chance to see what started out the franchise.

Enjoy these links while they last, as it's possible that their full content may not be available indefinitely.

'Charles Addams: Master of the Macabre' - - 1953 magazine article

"The In Crowd" has posted a great article on Charles Addams from 1953. The article is viewable in the I'm Learning to Share! Blog.