09 October 2007

A couple of Gashlycrumb tinies

Gashlycrumb Tinies is a gloriously macabre book by the appropriately named Edward Gorey featuring 26 gruesome child deaths. It's more entertaining than it sounds!


11 comments:

Alison said...

I love these! There's somewhere on the web where you can have your own one done too.

Liz Hinds said...

That looks like more like my sort of thing!

The Lone Beader® said...

I'm gonna look for that book. I love Gorey stuff. LOL!

jams o donnell said...

Haha I love that idea Alison I must find that.

Liz, LB it's really enjoyable. have a look at the link online

Agnes said...

The site is down. I love Gorey, but that is natural in my case, isn;t it.

Google it, a lot available online.

jams o donnell said...

Luckily there are plenty of sites with the tinies. WOnderful isn't he, Red!

Steve Bates said...

My Tombeau de Gorey from April 2000.

Roland Dodds said...

I love Gorey. Just a year or two ago, I happened to be in San Diego when they had an exhibit of his work at SDSU. Was great to see his original sketches and pieces.

jams o donnell said...

Lol Good one Steve!

That must have been an enjoyable exhibition Roland

elasticwaistbandlady said...

A friend of mine put these up too. I wasn't happy until I had read every child of the alphabet and learned their gruesome fate. It reminds me of the really dark Grimm Fairytales.

jams o donnell said...

Wonderful isn't it EWBL. It's abouit the only occasion where you want more child deaths!