Why not more Charles Addams?

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Image is a cartoon with the caption “Hey Pop, that’s not a hangman’s knot.”
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Image is a cartoon with the caption “Well, don’t come whining to me. Go tell him you’ll poison him right back.”
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Image is a cartoon with the caption “Death ray, fiddlesticks! Why it doesn’t even slow them up!”
Original post here. Sourced via pencilofdoom. Original text:

bogleech:

Hey, how come we never talk about Charles Addams?

I barely ever see compilations of his work for sale.

I barely ever see his cartoons being blogged.

His tumblr tag is sparse as hell.

So many people have no idea that the Addams Family began as recurring characters in what was basically “The Far Side” of the 1940’s and 50’s.

He invented the Addams Family and he barely gets any credit.

And seventy years later his jokes feel as fresh and sharp as ever.

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