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The Gorey Zoo Alphabet Cover

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This was a project I wanted to do for Halloween but I never did get to finish it. This was the cover to my children's book illustrative tribute of Edward Gorey's book. Probably won't ever finished it because I totally suck at english, lol but mainly because the train for this project ran out of steam...

When I was a little, I was inspired by Edward Gorey's creepy yet stylish macabre illustrations of children books. I wanted to do a tribute to Gorey by creating something similar to his book "The Gashlycrumb Tinies". Pretty much it's an alphabet book describing the deaths of each kid from A-Z. Quite disturbing, huh? Yeah, doesn't sound like anybody's cup of tea except Gorey who came up with it. I'm also intrigued with another book of his called the "The Utter Zoo Alphabet" but I can't find it around here...

I might get the whole thing finished someday. Just stick around and you'll see the whole book. Hopefully I'll get it posted Halloween of '08. Hahaha.

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R.I.P. Edward Gorey.
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TarasGreen's avatar
The Utter Zoo Alphabet (as long as we're thinking about the same story) can be found in the compendium Amphigorey Also (I got a copy when I was ten and fell in love with Mr. Gorey