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| Edward Gorey: Google doodle draws attention to a master illustrator | Edward Gorey: Google doodle draws attention to a master illustrator |
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| A Google doodle has been unveiled today to mark what would have been the 88th birthday of cult author and illustrator Edward Gorey. | A Google doodle has been unveiled today to mark what would have been the 88th birthday of cult author and illustrator Edward Gorey. |
| Gorey, who died in April 2000 at the age of 75, was known for often macabre drawings and picture-stories which gained him a worldwide cult following. The doodle features six cartoonish pictures spelling out the name of the search engine in his surreal cartoonish style. | Gorey, who died in April 2000 at the age of 75, was known for often macabre drawings and picture-stories which gained him a worldwide cult following. The doodle features six cartoonish pictures spelling out the name of the search engine in his surreal cartoonish style. |
| Gorey's work inspired the film director Tim Burton and the goth rock band Nine Inch Nails. His macabre books frequently showed children or other hapless victims succumbing to an undeserved death. | Gorey's work inspired the film director Tim Burton and the goth rock band Nine Inch Nails. His macabre books frequently showed children or other hapless victims succumbing to an undeserved death. |
| As well as his own picture story books, the Chicago-born artist illustrated works by authors including Samuel Beckett, TS Eliot, Edward Lear and Muriel Spark, as well as drawing new pictures for Aesop's fables and the Brer Rabbit stories. | As well as his own picture story books, the Chicago-born artist illustrated works by authors including Samuel Beckett, TS Eliot, Edward Lear and Muriel Spark, as well as drawing new pictures for Aesop's fables and the Brer Rabbit stories. |
| Gorey was an eccentric. In the 25 years between 1957 and 1982 he did not miss a performance by the New York City Ballet, attending in an outfit consisting of an enormous fur coat and white tennis shoes. | Gorey was an eccentric. In the 25 years between 1957 and 1982 he did not miss a performance by the New York City Ballet, attending in an outfit consisting of an enormous fur coat and white tennis shoes. |
| His melodramatically sinister sets and costumes for the 1977 Broadway production of Dracula netted him a Tony Award for costume design. | His melodramatically sinister sets and costumes for the 1977 Broadway production of Dracula netted him a Tony Award for costume design. |
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