Addams Cartoons
They say this version is based off the original one-panel comics from the original New Yorker run. Is there an online location to see those strips? I know you can find some by Google but there are literally hundreds of these.
shareThey say this version is based off the original one-panel comics from the original New Yorker run. Is there an online location to see those strips? I know you can find some by Google but there are literally hundreds of these.
shareThere were never "hundreds" of the comics. I think it was only a tiny number, like 24: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/charles-addams
Addams only drew about two dozen “Addams family” cartoons, very few, if any, of which feature all the family members. The first one I can find with any of the recognizable characters is this one, from 1938: http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1938-08-06#folio=008share
I honestly thought there were a lot more. Thanks for the correction.
shareCharles Addams drew hundreds of cartoons, but only a few featured the characters (unnamed at the time) that became the Addams Family.
If you search "Charles Addams drawings" you can find some of them:
https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images;_ylt=A0geKLmTXbBdyuUAVr9XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE0MGRicTYzBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDQjg1NjRfMQRzZWMDcGl2cw--?p=charles+addams+drawings&fr2=piv-web&fr=uh3_groups_web_gs