John Zeaman, Record Art Critic The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-31-1991 CHARLES ADDAMS' GRAVE WORK By John Zeaman, Record Art Critic Date: 10-31-1991, Thursday Section: LIFESTYLE Edition: All Editions -- 6 Star, 5 Star, 4 Star, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star Biographical:...

This week's New Yorker has what will, sadly, be Charles Addams' last Halloween cover, and, speaking of horror shows, Elizabeth Drew on the presidential campaign . . . less wordy than usual, more to the point than usual, and worth reading if you've been...

Maila Nurmi, whose "Vampira" TV persona pioneered the spooky-yet-sexy Goth aesthetic, has died, coroner's officials said. She was 85.Nurmi died Thursday afternoon at her Hollywood home, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Fred Corral said. The cause of death has not been determined, Corral said.Nurmi created...

Take it from one who knows: Cartoonists lead unexciting lives. Dreaming up gags is a solitary business, with none of the camaraderie enjoyed in collaborative work. No curtain calls. No ovations. And certainly not enough money to go jetting around with beautiful women. In short,...

There must be a special reason why Americans find Addams's stuff refreshing. Perhaps it is because the cartoons, which deal largely with family life, provide a healthy antidote to the saccharine treatment of the same subject in our advertisements and other forms of mass culture. After the depressingly cheerful families of the beer ads, the pious celebrations of marital bliss on the radio, the sentimental gushing over the kiddies everywhere except in the home, it is wonderfully relaxing to see these t...

[The following essay first appeared in The Saturday Review, November 11, 1950.] [Mr. Addams's] hilarious derangements can now be relished in a collection of his cartoons inspirationally entitled Chas Addams's MONSTER RALLY.

[The following essay first appeared in 1967.] [Charles Addams is] still tops when it comes to projecting the nervous side of life. Thirty years on The New Yorker has not diminished his sting—nor, for that matter, his style, which is as unmistakable as a gabled and turreted Victorian house, an architectural vintage he seems, in effect, to have invented.