Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Edward Gorey is an author and an illustrator who has carved a unique niche creating macabre graphic novels that are part satire and part social commentary--comics for adults. Though often relating lurid tales of Victorian crime, Gorey eschews blood and gore in favor of atmosphere and humor. Here the editors have collected a representative sample of his work. Ross, an artist, and Wilkin, an art critic, also provide a useful introductory essay on Gorey's work and an informative interview with him. The book includes a complete bibliography and photographs of Gorey's library and studio.
The Atlantic Monthly, Phoebe-Lou Adams
In his interview with Mr. Ross, Edward Gorey speaks of his likes and dislikes and aspects of his career with what appears to be amiable candor. Ms. Wilkin discusses Gorey's work as illustrator, author, stage designer, and miscellaneous creator with the admiration it deserves and intelligent attention to the artist's use of literary references and multilingual word games as adjuncts to his drawings. . . . [T]he book presents almost enough Gorey drawings along with its sound text. There can never be quite enough Gorey drawings.
The World of Edward Gorey
The World of Edward Gorey,Karen Wilkin,Clifford Ross,Harry N Abrams,0810939886,1925-,Art,Art & Art Instruction,Artists, Architects, Photographers,Contemporary Art,Criticism and interpretation,Gorey, Edward,Gorey, Edward,,Individual Artist
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