They are an eccentric wealthy family that take pleasure in everything grotesque and morbid, and they are never truly conscious that people find them odd or terrifying. This family is a satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect nuclear family in the United States of America. In point of fact, they frequently experience fear whenever they are around "regular" people. Charles Addams, a cartoonist from the United States, is the mind behind the popular Addams Family comic strip.