Edward Gorey

Two pages from a Narrative Alphabet
 
from The Chinese Obelisks , published in 1975. Gorey is so well published we include only two images from an illustrator who has fascinated students on the course and who has inspired our thoughts over the years. John Vernon Lord has lectured on narrative techniques in The West Wing , and has quoted from Gorey, particularly in reference to cross hatching and narrative pacing in illustration.