Let's give it up for this legend who inspired an entire genre of image-makers--from fellow painters to musicians and even film-makers. What a talent!⚔️🛡️🎨

I was equally enthralled by his fearless use of ink in his black & white illustrations. His striking imagery, whether a well-composed action scene, or simple doodle, always holds an energy, a life, that can only be achieved by a true master of line.

Like many, I was introduced to his work as a teen and was immediately fascinated with his confidence, his bravado, in depicting epic, tension-filled scenes of my favorite heroes such as John Carter of Mars and Conan the Barbarian.

Hey, these are fun! What do you want my advice on?

Angela and Tony DiTerlizzi, the bestselling husband-and-wife team behind A Very Cranky Book, have crafted a tale that is both a friendship story and social-emotional fable. It’s the perfect reminder that sometimes good friends can come in unexpected packages.👻

Up in the attic where no one ever goes, there lives a very scary book. He might look scary, but all he wants is a friend. When, one day, he feels brave enough to venture downstairs, he ends up frightening the other books. Will Scary ever be able to find a friend who sees him for who he truly is?

Here's the official announcement:

From NYT bestsellers Angela and Tony DiTerlizzi comes a humorous, social-emotional story about not judging a book by its cover—even if that cover is super scary!

That first book is so good!🤖

I really enjoyed it. Great concept!

why thanks!🎨

My old friend, Mike Roy, even wrote a song inspired by this piece. I used to hang out with his band, Brother Grimm, and create the graphics and posters for them. 🎵🎶

open.spotify.com/album/3rDfh8...

This was painted back in 1991. I was 21-22 years old (My hair was long in the front, hence the bike cap to keep it out of my eyes.) Here's a snapshot of me working on it at the kitchen table of my childhood home. I'd be drawing monsters for D&D here in just a couple of years...

Let's do a double finger-snap for this legend of dreary ink wash and ghoulish linework!🕸️

Addams' wicked sense of humor and loose, smudgy black & white art style greatly influenced my take on The Spider & The Fly and he remains an inspiration to this day.

Like many, I've been a fan of The Addams Family all my life--from the cartoons, 1960s television series, the feature films and even Tim Burton's "Wednesday".

Addams was an editorial cartoonist, who contributed to many magazines throughout his career but is mostly known for his work for The New Yorker where he debuted the ultimate goths, The Addams Family, back in 1938.