![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My favourite Gorey image is still Innocence, on the Bicycle of Propriety, carrying the urn of Reputation safely over the Abyss of Indiscretion, which can be found here. I first found his work in the mid 70s on Michael Mantler’s album The Hapless Child which also featured Robert Wyatt, who turned up yesterday with Kevin Ayers. From the Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey’s morbidly funny little books are gothic surrealist masterpieces. Including The Gashlycrumb Tinies, The Insect God, and The West Wing by Edward Gorey. The Vinegar Works: Three Volumes of Moral Instruction. ![]() I think Edward Gorey’s macabre humour is an acquired taste. The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey (Signed, First Edition Thus, Hardcover) (142) 400.00. Y is for Yorick whose head was knocked in. Gorey’s first venture into publishing his own work was The. Animated sequences of his work have introduced the PBS series. He was also a very successful set and costume designer, earning a Tony Award for his Broadway production of Edward Gorey's Dracula. K is for Kate who was struck with an axe. From the Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey’s morbidly funny little books are gothic surrealist masterpieces. Edward Gorey (1925-2000) wrote and illustrated such popular books as The Doubtful Guest, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, and The Headless Bust. There was a Google doodle and he featured in The Guardian and the Los Angeles Times and at Brain Pickings to mention just three, then Margaret McLellan sent me this catalogue of gruesome infant deaths – Hi Chris, This came today. There was a lot of fuss last week about Edward Gorey’s 88th birthday, even though he died at the age of 75. ![]()
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