A Centennial Look Back at Edward Gorey's Macabre Art and Guarded Life

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austinjp

15 days ago

https://archive.is/y4NNU

ghc

14 days ago

As a child I lived near Gorey and accumulated a collection of little picture books signed by him. As a child I never knew what to make of them...they weren't anything like Calvin & Hobbes or The Far Side.

Until reading this I'd pretty much forgotten about them. I'll have to go pull them out to see if I understand them better as an adult.

teeray

15 days ago

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owyn

14 days ago

Gorey was a unique artist. Have had his Amphigorey books for a long time but I will crack them open again tonight. The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary is a masterpiece of innuendo.

Downvoting for paywall though. I dunno. Ban WP links?

butlike

14 days ago

He's probably where I get my comfy love for horror from

butlike

14 days ago

He also did the intro to Masterpiece Mystery! on PBS

https://www.facebook.com/gbh/videos/2004-masterpiece-mystery...

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