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The History of the Addams Family

Have you already heard about the Addams Family? I'm sure you have but do you know how this spooky family came to life?

 

It was created by an American cartoonist called Charles Addams. 

His drawings appeared as comics and were  published in The New Yorker for 50 years  from 1938. 

The Addams Family has since been adapted on television, films, video games, comic books and even a musical. The latest one is the very succesfull Netflix series Wednesday.

 

At first, the family members didn't have names. They were given one for the 1964 television series. 

The parents, Gomez and Morticia Addams have 2 children called Wednesday and Pugsley. 

There are also close family members like Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, and Pugsley's pet octopus, Aristotle. 

The Thing, a disembodied hand, was introduced in 1954.

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