The Addams Family: An Evilution is the first book to trace The Addams Family history, presenting more than 200 cartoons created by Charles Addams.
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 listings 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.
The Addams Family: An Evilution is the first book to trace The Addams Family history, presenting more than 200 cartoons created by Charles Addams (American 1912-1988) throughout his prolific career: many have never been published before.
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Hardbound Pages: 224
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Book Dimensions: 8 x 1 x 10 inches
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Shipping Weight: 3 lbs.