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.<p>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.
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He also did the intro to Masterpiece Mystery! on PBS<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/gbh/videos/2004-masterpiece-mystery-open/1070388894766455/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/gbh/videos/2004-masterpiece-mystery...</a>
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.<p>The introduction says:<p>"For Others"<p>The first line is:<p>"Alice was eating grapes in the park, when Herbert, an extremely well-endowed young man, introduced himself to her".<p>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.<p>I'm sure the book mentions it but some editor must have removed it because of the title.<p>Downvoting for paywall though. I dunno. Ban WP links?