Gashlycrumb Tinies

[judi@coyote.datalog.com (Judi McKernan)]

   Glad to see there are other folks out there who appreciate this 
wonderfully morbid example of Edward Gorey's droll humor. 

  The original publication also has wonderful illustrations of the
various children dying each horrible death. Truly not for the weak-
hearted or overly sensitive, altho they are cute and extremely humorous.
The Gashlycrumb Tinies (yes, it is one word), can be found in a Gorey
anthology called Amphigorey, which is still quite easy to find in really
good used book stores.

  Other examples of more popular things Gorey has done:

  He illustrated (in 1982) a small paperback version of T.S. Eliots's
"Old Possum's Guide to Practical Cats," which the musical "Cats" is 
based on.

  He also did the illustrated cartoons shown currently at the beginning
of the popular PBS series "Mystery".

   Such truly strange and wonderful stuff he does.....!


               judi