Edward Gorey: The New Poster Book

I can recall the first Gorey poster book perfectly as I flip through The New Poster Book [Pomegranate, San Francisco 2009]. What a treat! Once again I find something pleasantly unexpected. While the original  Gorey Posters  (Abrams, 1979) sports a festive cover, once inside, it was strictly a black and white affair, and mostly reprints from Gorey's early books. The New Poster Book likewise greets in vivid technicolor-Gorey, but keeps the chroma coming - eighteen out of the thirty 'posters' in all. The antique sepia tone palette and demonstrative details in 'Frawgge Mfrg Co' beckons like an old family album, 'The Galoshes of Remorse' wonderfully moody. 'Les Insectes Cyclistes' from  The Broken Spoke  mischievous and otherworldly.Interestingly, not all of these eighteen were colored by Gorey's hand. Some are posthumously 'decorated', possibly spurring future debate over such practices. But I have to admit I enjoyed the 'new rendition' of  The Dong with the Luminous Nose  illustration, feeling that it captured Gorey's aesthetic amazingly well. Otherwise, it's fairly easy to detect Gorey's own watercolor brush work, and the updated works did not prove distracting in the end. They co-exist.Like its forerunner Gorey Posters, this book is designed to be disassembled, mounted, and framed. All you need is the nerve. If you take the plunge, use a 16 x 12 inch frame, or better yet a 20 x 16 with mat. Would I have the heart to take a knife to a new copy? Probably not ... unless someone asked me to deck their halls in Gorey. I recommend The New Poster Book highly, for it offers something new. As we approach the 10th anniversary of Gorey's passing, we can find new ways to enjoy Gorey's boundless and playful imagination. Engaging this large, 15-inch tall folio magnifies the joy of Gorey's compositions, and in doing so, memories of his work become more complete, enhanced with detail.-- G. Emil, [...]

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I got this for one illustration in particular, but am very pleased and plan to frame and hang more than one....but well worth the cost even if you only want one

Beautiful posters! A must for Goreymaniacs. Would be better as a hardcover, just because the book size in paperback makes it extra floppy & easier to damage, but I already made a matteboard slipcase for it, because it means that much! Paired it with my now-highly valued Gorey poster book from 1979, of course! Gorey Estate, keep 'em comin' - we can't get enough!

Great Book, though it is extremely difficult to get apart. I would recommend taking it to a printing company and have them cut the binding off. Once framed and hung, the posters look amazing!

I am a big Edward Gorey fan and I loved this book. I enjoy having some of his artwork available in larger form.

I wish the pages were designed so that they could more easily be cut out, though. I took the "poster" thing pretty literally when I bought it. I

For any Gorey fans, a must have. I was disappointed that the original art that is used for the cover art is not included.