I cannot remember a time when I did not love Edward Gorey's books. I love the morbid humor and monochromatic illustrations. When Mystery was still on the air, I'd watch it as often as I could. Watching that show has drawn me to silent black and white movies. Here are some excerpts from three E.G. books.The Doubtful Guest
It was subject to fits of bewildering wrath,
It was subject to fits of bewildering wrath,during which it would hide all the towels from the bath.
The Gashleycrumb Tinies
The Gashleycrumb Tinies
The Utter Zoo Alphabet
Other Edward Gorey books:
-The Evil Garden
-The Gilded Bat
-The Epiplectic Bicycle
3 comments:
I love Edward Gorey, too! I used to do comic books/zines, and a lot of people liked them, but a lot of people... The first thing they'd say was," Why don't you put some colour in them? " Because i don't ! If I do, I do! Anyway, great choice for the letter E!
They look like my kind of book.
I think you'd like The Freakshow of Pipingrad.
www.pipingrad.com
Not as sophisticated, but funny nontheless.
I haven't pulled out the Edward Gorey in ages. I love his stuff!
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