Charles Addams

Chas Addams was the creator of the Addams Family cartoons, which first appeared in The New Yorker and were the inspiration for the popular The Addams Family television show and movies. He has been honored with the Yale Humor Award (1954) and a Special Edgar Award for Cartoonist of the Macabre from the Mystery Writers of America. Addams died in 1988 in New York City.

Chas Addams was the creator of the Addams Family cartoons, which first appeared in The New Yorker and were the inspiration for the popular The Addams Family television show and movies. He has been honored with the Yale Humor Award (1954) and a Special Edgar Award for Cartoonist of the Macabre from the Mystery Writers of America. Addams died in 1988 in New York City. See less