A centennial look back at Edward Gorey's macabre art and guarded life

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.

https://archive.is/y4NNU

He also did the intro to Masterpiece Mystery! on PBS

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

If you’re ever “down the Cape” (Cape Cod, that is), visiting the Gorey house is worth your while! They have a very fun scavenger hunt based on the Gashleycrumb Tinies which was actually quite challenging.

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

Gorey was a unique artist. Have had his Amphigorey books on the shelf since I was a youthful edgy goth but I will crack them open again tonight. "The Curious Sofa: A Pornographic Work by Ogdred Weary" is a masterpiece of innuendo from 1961 and that article doesn't even mention it in a story that talks about him being gay though? Lazy journalism.

The introduction says:

"For Others"

The first line is:

"Alice was eating grapes in the park, when Herbert, an extremely well-endowed young man, introduced himself to her".

I was going to type in some more but it is well... pornographic in an interesting way. There is not a single bad word or naked picture, just allowing your own brain to fill in the details with the nuances of language.

I'm sure the book mentions it but some editor must have removed it because of the title.

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