I first encountered Edward Gorey as a preteen in the 1980s, through the delightfully droll animation drawn from his work in the opening credits of PBS’s “Mystery!” series. A woman swooned, a croquet ...

The cover of "From Ted to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes of Edward Gorey." (Courtesy New York Review Books) From his infamous “The Gashlycrumb Tinies” to the much-admired animated introduction to ...

Renowned illustrator and author Edward Gorey created wittily macabre pen-and-ink drawings of eccentric doings in Victorian and Edwardian settings. Gorey's vision of "Dracula" elevated the warhorse ...