Charles Addams Bücher

»The Addams Family: Das Familienalbum« versammelt erstmals alle Originalcartoons der schrecklich berühmten Familie in einem Band. Ein Schatz für alle Fans von Morticia, Gomez, Lurch, dem eiskalten Händchen, Onkel Fester und den lieben Kinderlein Pugsley und Wednesday! »The Addams Family: Das Familienalbum« ist das erste Buch, das die Geschichte der Addams Family nachzeichnet und mehr als 200 Cartoons präsentiert, die Charles Addams im Laufe seiner produktiven Karriere geschaffen hat. Kevin Miserocchi bietet eine aufschlussreiche Chronologie der Entwicklung jeder Figur. Addams’ eigene prägnante Charakterbeschreibungen, die ursprünglich für die Produzenten der Fernsehshow verfasst wurden, leiten jedes Kapitel ein. Die Präsenz der Familie durchdringt weiterhin Generation für Generation, und dieses Buch erinnert uns daran, woher diese seltsam liebenswerten Charaktere stammen. Es bietet damit eine dauerhafte Hommage an einen der größten Humoristen Amerikas und seine berühmt-berüchtigte Schöpfung.

Cartoons offer a darkly humorous look at family life, pets, children, crooks, fairy tales, the holidays, school, scientists, and computers

At the time of his death, Charles Addams was working on this project, a cookbook with never-before-seen artwork and never before tasted and very macabre recipes—published here for the first time, along with some classic Addams cartoons about food and cooking. Food and eating were a couple of Charles Addams's favorite subjects. Hungry cannibals, witches gathering around a cauldron, or a king over his blackbird pie often populated his celebrated cartoons. And, of course, Morticia of the "Addams Family" was an avid cook, adding a touch of eye of newt or popping over to the neighbors for a cup of cyanide. So it should come as no wonder that in the 1960s Charles Addams was dabbling with a "cookbook" idea. Addams discovered and compiled some bizarre recipes from antiquated and out-of-the-way sources. These recipes have very Addams-like names, such as "Mushrooms Fester" or "Hearts Stuffed," and serve as a perfect complement to his drawings. Chas Addams™ Half-Baked Cookbook is a collection of his work on the world of food and eating, featuring many Addams drawings that have never been seen before, as well as some of his all-time classics.