Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons to Chill the Heart of Your Loved One

by Charles Addams

Hardcover, 2006

Status

Available

Call number

741.5973

Collection

Publication

Simon & Schuster (2006), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 176 pages

Description

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 Compiled from Addams's personal archive, many of these cartoons are previously unpublished gems, while others are Addams classics.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.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member aulsmith
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
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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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LibraryThing member SylviaC
A compilation of previously published and unpublished cartoons. Since it focuses only on dysfunctional relationship cartoons, this is grimmer than most Addams compilations. I would only recommend it to the hardcore Charles Addams fan.

Original publication date

2008-06-16

Physical description

176 p.; 9.17 inches

ISBN

074326777X / 9780743267779
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