![]() ![]() The cartoons are really more sinister and don’t rely on pratfalls.” “They’re not nearly as dark as the original cartoons. “It seems to me that the knowledge of Addams’ cartoons isn’t deep enough,” Davis says. The biographer also believes the films and series slightly missed their marks. Davis tells Den of Geek the artist would have been happily surprised by the characters’ endurance, “and very disappointed that he missed out on all the really big money.” She says the creator of The Addams Family would have mixed feelings about the continued success of his New Yorker magazine creations. Davis is the author of Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life, the only biography written about Addams. The Addams Family 2, an animated sequel recently released in theaters and on demand, turns Cousin It into a plush toy. ![]() Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1991 creature feature comedy classic The Addams Family, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this month, is marvelous, but Raul Julia is far too handsome to capture the repugnance of Chas Addams original drawings. The 1960s TV sitcom The Addams Family was brilliant, but could only go so far because of the sensitivities of the times. ![]()
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