"Morticia Addams receives a special gift from Santa this year, a certain "Mistress of the Dark" with whom she has long wanted to have a talk about Copyright Infringement"
Revisiting the last holiday with this image, and making an early Birthday present for a personal friend of mine who was born on Christmas Eve, featuring two of his favorite characters (and a favorite theme of his
).I said the 'copyright infringement' thing in jest, but on some closer searching I learned a few things.
First, its true that The Addams Family did come first, with Charles Addams himself having created the family in 1938 for the New Yorker magazine: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Addams_Family
Upon reading up on Elvira, however, I found that the show that she would come to host was for a very short time hosted by Maila Nurmi, who is probably best known for the character Vampira (which I remember from the schlock classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maila_Nurmihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_Peterson
I can't help but wonder if Elvira's look was inspired by Vampira, and if Vampira in turn was inspired by Morticia Addams?
Actually, now that I read the Vampira wiki entry, I see that Vampira was indeed inspired by Morticia first, and Maila Nurmi in turn sued Cassandra Peterson over Elvira's similarities to Vampira (although the case was dismissed).
Anyway, I may revisit Halloween one more time before christmas, as I had planned on doing a Wednesday Addams image, so I may re-create an image I did a long while back
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