![]() ![]() His interests, hobbies, dislikes, and habits are well documented, from his late-in-life love for TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer,to his devotion to George Balanchine’s work with the New York City Ballet, to his undying love for the cats with which he lived. Looking closer, one can see the intricacy of the cross-hatching, the careful etching-like strokes that, alongside Gorey’s fragile humor, underpin the darkness.Įdward Gorey, like his art, was at once mercurial and precise. The characters differ little in appearance, and the prose - when there is any - is often a few rhyming lines near the bottom of the page. All of this sinister mischief is told in black and white pen-and-ink drawings, with occasional color highlights thrown in (which somehow only serve to make the image more dreary and doom-laden). Danger lurks nearby, as dusk makes its way across the moors. Bridey Heing | Longreads | January 2019 | 8 minutes (2,151 words)Įdward Gorey’s small illustrated books, many of which are collected in his Amphigorey anthologies, are seemingly quite simple and often morbid. ![]()
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