EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 29 © 2019 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

14 Aside fromhis cartoons appearing in the NewYorker , Addams also created the one-panel gag syndicated strip Out of this World that ran in 1956. Other of his cartoons also appeared in Collier’s and later in TV Guide . Films like ‘The Old Dark House’ (1963) and ‘Murder by Death’ (1976) would feature title sequences designed by him. The Addams Family TV series began when Addams was approached by producer David Levy about creating a programme based on his cartoon family of kooky misfits. All Addams had to do was come up with names for the characters and some further characteristics that the actors portraying them could use. The series would feature real people as opposed to being an animated cartoon. It ran for two seasons between the years 1964 to 1966. Unfortunately, at the same time there ran another similar series known as The Munsters , a comedy programme also featuring a whacky family of monsters that proved even more popular than the Addams Family . However, upon the release of the Addams Family TV series, William Shawn, editor of the New Yorker , refused to publish further cartoons of Addams’ eerie family, since he believed the low-brow nature of the TV series conflicted with the Text continued from page 11 FACING PAGE: Funeral Home , ink and watercolour on paper, date unknown. Typical of Addams showing a ghoul taking care of a funeral home. Would you go there to ask about your lay away plan? ABOVE LEFT: The Dark Side of ‘Little Annie’ , ink, watercolour and gouache on paper. Cover for Show: The Magazine of the Arts , April 1962. ABOVE RIGHT: How to Murder a Rich Uncle , movie sheet, 1958. Artwork by Addams for the 1957 British comedy directed and starring Nigel Patrick.