Edward Gorey

A guilty pleasure

Edward Gorey's stories and drawings are completely unique. Creepy little black and white line drawings illustrate bizarre tales. However odd his characters and stories are, I find them adorable and compelling. The Gashley Crumb Tinies is a really weird alphabet book that is illustrated with images and stories about how little children have met untimely deaths. Totally morbid and hilarious, strangely cuddly! The illustrations are incredible black pen and ink drawings. I also love the tiny size of his books and how it fits in my hand and the cover w/death/a skeleton standing over the children is great. I love it because I feel like it's a guilty pleasure to laugh at the gory way the kids meet their maker.

A., United States - 15 July 2004