Some recipients of the 2014 Little, Brown Young Readers catalog have asked me just who Douglas Addams is. Is he related to Charles Addams, the famous New Yorker cartoonist? Or possibly to Douglas Adams, the author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy? The surprising answer is, he has connections to both! Here is a picture of the multi-talented Addams: |
In addition to having two heads, Addams has also admitted to having two butts. As he quipped during a panel discussion at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, "If two heads are better than one, then two butts are better than none, especially if you're constipated!"