Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Friday, March 19, 2010

New York Musical Previews & Other News


As you may or may not know, there has been much Addams Family news of late. Between the musical previewing in New York, talk of a possible new film adaption by Tim Burton, and an Addams Family book recently released, there has been more than a little news that has gone without coverage in this blog.

This post is a brief list of some highlights that might be worth checking out.

In musical news, by all accounts, the show being preformed in New York is substantially different to that which was seen in Chicago. There is an interesting summary of some of the changes made in this post on broadwayworld.com (beware that some spoilers are contained).

Also, there have been many updates on the official musical's homepage, including cast interviews, cast album release dates, and video interviews with the some of the crew. If you haven't visited the site in a while, it may be about time to stop in.

The Addams Family Blog has been doing a great job of keeping up-to-date with some of the more recent news, including keeping updated on Charles Addams art showings that are going on in New York. Again, I highly recommend checking this site out, too, if you haven't already.

Finally, there has been quite a boom in Addams Family fanfiction writing, as evident on fanfiction.net. Between the fanfiction and Wednesday Addams's twitter account, there should hopefully be enough to keep fans busy between the blog updates posted here. Happy reading!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

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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Monday, April 27, 2009

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