History Creator / CharlesAddams

One set of his recurring characters became the basis for the television series (and later movies) ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily'', while Addams also drew such classic one-off cartoons as [[ObstacleSkiCourse a skier somehow going around a tree on both sides at once]]; a [[DastardlyWhiplash moustachioed villain]] with a young damsel slung over his shoulder heading down into a subway, presumably to [[ChainedToARailway tie her to the tracks]]; and a {{banana peel}} lying on a busy city sidewalk, cordoned off by "caution" signs.

One set of his recurring characters became the basis for the television series (and later movies) ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily''. Addams also drew such classic one-off cartoons as [[ObstacleSkiCourse a skier somehow going around a tree on both sides at once]]; a [[DastardlyWhiplash moustachioed villain]] with a young damsel slung over his shoulder heading down into a subway, presumably to [[ChainedToARailway tie her to the tracks]]; and a {{banana peel}} lying on a busy city sidewalk, cordoned off by "caution" signs.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: At one time Addams and Creator/RayBradbury planned to collaborate on an anthology book involving Bradbury's own fictional monster family, the Elliots, but the project never came to fruition.

(''And before you ask: Yes, as a matter of fact, he WAS distantly related to UsefulNotes/JohnAdams and his family, despite the differences in surname spelling.'')

* AwfulWeddedLife: Pretty much any depiction of a husband and wife involves one or the other either fantasizing about, actively plotting to, or cleaning up after doing their spouse in.

A long-time contributor of cartoons to ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' magazine, Charles Samuel Addams[[note]]or "Chas Addams", as he usually signed his artwork[[/note]] (1912–1988) specialized in whimsically grotesque scenes, which was evidently [[CollectorOfTheStrange something of a case]] of [[WriteWhoYouKnow Drawing What He Knew]].

* CollectorOfTheStrange: Addams himself. He died (peacefully) seated behind the wheel of one of his classic automobiles.

* HappilyMarried: Interestingly, the couple that became Gomez and Morticia are an exception to the AwfulWeddedLife standard.
-->"Are you unhappy, darling?"\\
"Oh yes, ''yes!'' Completely."

* AwfulWeddedLife: Numerous examples of husbands and wives either fantasizing about or actively plotting to do each other in.

* DrosteImage: Subverted in one cartoon, where an ordinary-looking man is reflected in a pair of barbershop mirrors to this effect... but one of the reflections shows a demonic-looking horned monster in his place.

A long-time contributor of cartoons to ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' magazine, Charles Samuel Addams (1912–1988)[[note]]or "Chas Addams", as he usually signed his artwork[[/note]] specialized in whimsically grotesque scenes, which was evidently [[CollectorOfTheStrange something of a case]] of [[WriteWhoYouKnow Drawing What He Knew]].

-->-- '''Charles Addams'''

A long-time contributor of cartoons to ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' magazine, Charles Samuel Addams (1912–1988) specialized in whimsically grotesque scenes, which was evidently [[CollectorOfTheStrange something of a case]] of [[WriteWhoYouKnow Drawing What He Knew]].

Usually signed his artwork as "Chas Addams" for some reason.

* ArtisticTitles: Addams provided these for the films ''Film/{{The Old Dark House|1963}}'' (1963) and ''Film/MurderByDeath'' (1976).

* OueGargoylesRock: They show up on occasion.

* RefugeInAudacity: Oh, yes.