![]() ![]() During World War II, Addams served in the Army domestically, making cartoon training films for the soldiers. As it happens, Addams was born on January 7, 1912, and on what would have been his 100th birthday, Google is celebrating his memory with a Doodle done in his distinctive style (and courtesy of the Tee & Charles Addams Foundation).Īddams‘s cartooning career took off when, in 1932, he sold his first cartoon to The New Yorker - and from 1938 until his death fifty years later, the magazine printed his cartoons regularly. ![]() Over a nearly 60-year career, Addams drew more than 1,300 cartoons, most (if not all) with great creativity and a sense of humor twisted some degrees from what anyone would call normal. Before Gomez and Morticia snapped their fingers, before Thing fetched the mail, before anyone was “altogether ooky,” Charles “Chas” Addams created the Addams Family and other strange characters in his many cartoons. ![]()
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