The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust has partnered with writer ( Gorey Secrets, Great Comic Cats) and Gorey collector Malcolm Whyte to publish articles and chapters from his most recent work, Edward Gorey Tales Explored, on our Gorey Voices blog. Over the next few months, the Trust will showcase approximately 15 articles written by Mr. Whyte,…
By Malcolm Whyte
Published by Ivan Obelensky, New York, and in 1961 by Constable, London, as The Gorey Alphabet, 1961, The Fatal Lozenge is Gorey’s first abecedarium and his most ghastly. Yes, it’s even grimmer than his most popular ABC book, The Gashlycrumb Tinies which will follow it in three years. In a skinny, six-inch-by-five-inch…
By Malcolm Whyte
The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust has partnered with writer (Gorey Secrets, Great Comic Cats) and Gorey collector Malcolm Whyte to publish articles and chapters from his most recent work, Edward Gorey Tales Explored, on our Gorey Voices blog. Over the next few months, the Trust will showcase approximately 15 articles written by…
By Malcolm Whyte
The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust has partnered with writer (Gorey Secrets, Great Comic Cats) and Gorey collector Malcolm Whyte to publish articles and chapters from his most recent work, Edward Gorey Tales Explored, on our Gorey Voices blog. Over the next few months, the Trust will showcase approximately 15 articles written by…
Gorey Voices, the Oral History Project, is an initiative of The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust designed to preserve and advance the legacy of Edward Gorey. The Trust will be conducting a series of interviews with prominent members of the Gorey community in both video and audio formats. We are particularly interested in working with individuals…
By Malcolm Whyte
While browsing Mill Valley’s Capricorn Books in 1963, two scaly-winged creatures holding a portrait of a wan little girl lured me past its dolorous purple covers, into The Hapless Child by Edward Gorey. It was a thin paperback, but the drawings were densely drawn in pen and in the manner of the…