The Wednesday Watch: Tonight’s The Night! Roz Chast, Liza Donnelly, And Liana Finck Society Of Illustrators Online Event; A Cultural History Of The Addams Family From The Smithsonian

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Here’s a fun piece: “The Cultural History of The Addams Family”…this may have been mentioned here when it first appeared on The Smithsonian’s site in the Fall of 2019, but seeing it posted this morning on the Facebook group Vintage Panel And Gag Cartoons inspired a repeat mention.

Here’s Charles Addams’ entry on the Spill’s A-Z:

Charles Addams (Born in Westfield, New Jersey, January  7, 1912. Died September 29, 1988, New York City. New Yorker work: 1932 – 1988 * the New Yorker has published his work posthumously. One of the giants of The New Yorker’s  stable of artists.  Key cartoon collections: While all of Addams’ collections are worthwhile, here are three that are particular favorites; Homebodies (Simon & Schuster, 1954), The Groaning Board (Simon & Schuster, 1964), Creature Comforts (Simon & Schuster, 1981). In 1991 Knopf published The World of Chas Addams, a retrospective collection. A biography, Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, by Linda Davis, was published in 2006 by Random House. Visit the Addams Foundation website for far more information : http://www.charlesaddams.com/