Tag Archives: charles addams

ain’t life strange?

by Art Chantry this is another one of my all time favorite record covers – definitley in my top ten. i’ve had this sitting around for 25 years. when i sold my record collection to a dealer, i kept this … Continue reading

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collect the gag panels on them

by Art Chantry: this is something else i collect – little corporate booklets of cartoons. basically, big business likes to commission gag comix from cartoonists and publish them in their magazines and advertising. they think that means they ‘support the … Continue reading

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morticia

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) morticia addams. carolyn jones. vampira. lurch. house of wax. vincent price. herman munster. 60’s TV. batman. frank gorshin, get smart. the man from uncle. james bond. ursula andrews. pussy galore. jill st. john. carolyn jones. … Continue reading

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manic pixie dream vampire

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) this is a sort of ‘update’ to the essay i wrote a while back about the history of the ‘vampire chick’ in popular culture. (if you go into my photo files and click on the … Continue reading

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crappy gorey

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com) EDWARD gorey is so famous at this point, that i hardly need to even mention him here. everybody already knows his work so well. he’s as universally admired as charles addams for his peculiar and … Continue reading

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the vampires… desires of the dark promise

the vampires… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Vampire chicks! we love ‘em to death! the vampire chick is one of those ubiquitous and constantly present iconographic images in our culture. there’s even an enormous amount of pornography exclusively dedicated to vampire … Continue reading

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