Carolyn Jones and John Astin on 'The Addams Family'; Raul Julia in 'The Addams Family'; Jenna Ortega on 'Wednesday' As the "first family of goth," The Addams Family was created by cartoonist Charles ...

Charles Addams, the cartoonist whose "family" moved from the pages of The New Yorker to TV screens to Hollywood to Broadway, was not a man to overstate a point.

In 1964, fans were reintroduced to their favorite cartoon characters in live-action form Colson Thayer is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE covering home, travel, and real estate. He joined PEOPLE in 2024.

While Wednesday creators, Alfred Gough & Miles Millar, are not be ready to say goodbye to Nevermore Academy just yet, the two creatives have expressed their interest in expanding the Addams Family ...