What a wonderful surprise to wake up to this morning! The Google Doodle today is honoring the 100th birthday of cartoonist Charles Addams, creator of my favorite TV family.
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| Google Doodle Jan. 7, 2012 |
While mostly remembered as the creator of the Addams Family, Chas also had a number of his illustrations printed in
The New Yorker.
He always had a dark sense of humor and delighted in the macabre. One of his early jobs was working for
True Detective magazine where he was hired to retouch corpses in crime scene photos to remove the blood from them. He thought they looked much more interesting the way they were! In addition to his delightful sense of humor, Addams was also a
collector of medieval arms and armor having a particular fascination
with the crossbow.
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| Charles Addams |
It's a rare occasion in life when you discover an artist that you really connect with, someone whose work you look at and think that they would be someone who "gets you." So I am more than honored to add this post to all those celebrating what would have been Charles Addams' 100th birthday.
Even though it's his birthday, here's a little something for you!
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From Famous Monsters of Filmland #145, 1978
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He is definitely missed.
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