Post by: AngelOfThyNight on October 27, 2022, 02:48:49 PM
Charles Addams' goal was never to create fear, but to defuse it — infusing the horror with a playfulness that appealed even to those who prefer daylight to the witching hour.
Charles Addams' goal was never to create fear, but to defuse it — infusing the horror with a playfulness that appealed even to those who prefer daylight to the witching hour.
(Image credit: Tee & Charles Addams Foundation)
Source: How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor (https://www.npr.org/2022/10/27/1129540641/charles-addams-cartoonist-new-yorker)