Eh, I guess I was expecting him to be more of a weird eccentric. To me he came off a bit pretentious. I like his work, but not as enamored by the man and his life as I thought I would be. It was an okay read, but I'll stick to his work rather than his life. ( )

Collecting various interviews with Gorey over the years, this just ends up feeling like the same conversation repeated over and over again. Did you know he went to all of the performances of the New York City Ballet one year? Did you know he had a lot of cats? Probably not worth it unless you're some kind of ultra-obsessive. (The parts where they get him talking about silent movies are pretty good, though.) ( )

Falling in love with Edward all over again. Too bad he's dead. ( )

on cats, kanzuke, jungly qualities, ballet

Eh, I guess I was expecting him to be more of a weird eccentric. To me he came off a bit pretentious. I like his work, but not as enamored by the man and his life as I thought I would be. It was an okay read, but I'll stick to his work rather than his life. ( )