The Addams Family Cartoon Strip
Many of us know this kooky family through TV reruns or movie adaptions, but their story far precedes those productions. The New Yorker was, and still is, a magazine that features memorable, original, and hilarious comic-style artwork. In February 1938, a freelance illustrator named Charles Addams cemented his professional relationship with The New Yorker when he sent in his first Addams Family cartoon.
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The recurring comic depicted a family clad in black and obsessed with all things macabre. They were drawn as if trapped in Victorian-era dress and leaned into their gothic tendencies. The odd family and their quirky hobbies made for a successful comic strip, even though there were only 24 total cartoons published that featured the family.