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    Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons to Chill the Heart of You
    Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons to Chill the Heart of You
    Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons to Chill the Heart of You
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    Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons to Chill the Heart of You

    By Charles Addams

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    Charles Addams was renowned for his depictions of love (or lack thereof) in his cartoons. The passion of Morticia and Gomez Addams, the lonely desires of Fester, the numerous grim and ghastly fights between husband and wife—all found their way into Addams's signature drawings.

    Addams's concept of love was quite a bit different from the traditional idea of romance. Forget roses and chocolate, Addams will show you how to woo a mermaid or celebrate an anniversary on a desert island. Or how to keep your husband on a leash—literally. Learn what to do when your prince stays a frog, even after you've kissed him.

    Compiled from Addams's personal archive, many of these cartoons are previously unpublished gems, while others are Addams classics. The cartoons in Chas Addams Happily Ever After run the gamut from ecstatic love to disappointed affection to murderous obsession and demonstrate that love really does hurt.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster
    Release dateJun 16, 2008
    ISBN9781439103562
    Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons to Chill the Heart of You
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    Charles Addams

    Chas Addams was the creator of the "Addams Family" cartoons, which first appeared in The New Yorker and were the inspiration for the popular The Addams Family television show and movies. He has been honored with the Yale Humor Award (1954) and a Special Edgar Award for "Cartoonist of the Macabre" from the Mystery Writers of America. Addams died in 1988 in New York City.

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    • 5/5
      This is a rare insight into the twisted mind of Chas Addams.
    • 2/5
      Dark humor and pretty drawings. I unfortunately didn´t understand all of the jokes though (could be because the jokes are old, or because english is not my first language) and I was expecting more of the Addams family, which I got nothing of...
    • 5/5
      Very macabre, but a fun little look into the weird and spooky humor of Mr. Addams.
    • 5/5
      Having grown up with the Addams family, I have always found Charles Addams cartoons irresistible. One thing that surprises me with every anthology I purchase is how much he did that had nothing to do with the family at all. This book is full of cartoons about couples. Since it's Addams its mostly about people finding ingenious ways to rid themselves of an unwanted spouse. Let your "loved one" read it at your own risk. -- Billie

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    Chas Addams Happily Ever After - Charles Addams

    Chas Addams

    Happily Ever After

    Simon & Schuster

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    Many of the cartoons in this book were previously published in other books and periodicals. See page 163 for acknowledgments.

    Photograph on page vii © 1980, Lane Stewart.

    Photograph on page viii © 1980, R. Thurber

    Chas Addams’ name and signature are trademarks of the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation. All rights reserved.

    Simon & Schuster

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    Copyright © 2006 by Tee and Charles Addams Foundation.

    All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

    Simon & Schuster and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

    For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-800-456-6798 or business @simonandschuster.com.

    Designed by Kim Llewellyn

    Manufactured in the United States of America

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    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Addams, Charles, 1912-1988

    Happily ever after/Chas Addams.

    p.  cm.

    1. American wit and humor, Pictorial. 2. Love—Caricatures and cartoons. 3. Marriage—Caricatures and cartoons. I. Title.

    NC1429.A25A4 2006

    741.5′973—dc22

    2005054663

    ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-6777-9

    ISBN-10: 0-7432-6777-X

    eISBN:

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