Spooky Cartoonists
October 31st, 2006 at 1:21 pm (Unschooling Life)
In honor of Halloween, we’re reading through our collections of Charles Addams and Edward Gorey cartoons. NPR just published an excerpt from Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life by Linda Davis, a book that chronicles the life - and eccentric personality - of Addams:
Nancy Holmes once told Addams that everyone loved him. He asked how she described him to people. “As very nice,” she said. “Lord, you’re going to ruin my reputation,” he told her. “Why don’t you describe me as having the faint scent of formaldehyde?”

And Gorey? Well, check out an online version of The Ghashlycrumb Tinies: “E is for Ernest who choked on a peach; F is for Franny sucked dry by a leech.” Perfect for Halloween.