Comments on: The Melancholy Deaths of Edward Gorey’s Children

By: Teela

Teela — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:49:51 +0000

I adore Gorey! I read most of his stuff in middle school (I’m now a college-type), and I have the poster version of “The Gashlybrumb Tinies” on my wall. One melancholy death that isn’t mentioned here is the one that still freaks me out– the story of “The Insect God.” The final lines being:
“They stunned her, and stripped off her garments, and lastly
They stuffed her inside a kind of a pod;
And then it was that Millicent Frastley
Was sacrificed to The Insect God.”

By: Twinkle

Twinkle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:15:20 +0000

Gorey won a Tony Award for designing the sets of a musical (Dracula- I believe). I’ve got all his books (the ones he wrote, and the ones he illustrated for other authors) but my absolute favorite is the Gilded Bat.
For the people who think he was weird: He also had many cats, and was famous for always wearing a white fur coat around his town. (the only garment on earth that wouldn’t show cat hairs, I assume)

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:11:00 +0000

Eh..I don’t know. I’m not a prude by any sense of the imagination, but his sketches seem a bit on the too-morbid side to me. Did lots of children go missing in his neighborhood…..?

By: starfish

starfish — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:45:00 +0000

Love Edward Gorey — discovered him through the Bellairs books as well. i love the dark, tongue-in-cheek-ness of it all.

The author known as Lemony Snicket better be leaving offerings at a makeshift Gorey altar every night — he owes a lot to him!! :)

By: G

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:27:00 +0000

Katherine – I do hope you’re joking.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:19:00 +0000

Never heard of the guy but found this fascinating. Is this the origin of the word “gory”, perhaps?

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:22:00 +0000

Truly disturbing! Especially the last one. YUK!

By: april

april — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:05:00 +0000

Let’s not forget that he also illustrated some of the wonderfully macabre children’s books by the late, great John Bellairs. I grew up appreciating Gorey’s artwork. It was more realistic than anything else being presented to children.

By: Lerren

Lerren — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:01:00 +0000

The music video for Trent Reznor’s The Perfect Drug borrows heavily from gorey. My parents gave me some of his books when I was quite young, and as soon as I’m not paying tuition anymore, I want to start buying good prints of his work.

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By: tona b.

tona b. — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:23:00 +0000

Hee! What fragile little minds you break here!

Too bad you can’t do Dr. Seuss’ ADULT art, that would really twist up their pantaloons! ;p

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