no artist can ever make anything as relatable as edward gorey drawing a shrewd little man looking out upon a barren ass landscape & the only caption he chose to describe this intensely bizarre scene is “hoo.”
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Edward Gorey’s Fantod Pack was first published in 1995. It is a 20 card tarot deck featuring a guide to interpreting the cards by Madame Groeda Weyrd.
“Now that you have learned of all the dreadful things that have overtaken your friends and relations during the past year as scribbled on the inside of their Christmas cards, don’t you want to know what dreadful things lie in wait for you?”
E IS FOR EDWARD. A new print available from Inprnt. I suggest getting the 8x10 version, which is the size the original was drawn at. Or get a more expensive one, what do I know? Live your life!
This is Edward Gorey.
He is a fantastic author and illustrator who has created a great deal of strange and unsettling books.
I have heard rumours before that he was asexual, but they were just that—rumours. But recently, I was reading a collection of his interviews, and then:
A few questions later:
And in another interview:
Edward Gorey clearly knows what’s up. He’s been dead for a number of years, but the fact that such an amazing person was actually asexual makes me happy, and I wanted to share my findings. :-)
