What’s another War these days anyway?
Posted on April 10th, 2009 by Etruscan
Originally I was enjoying an Io9 post earlier with classic scenes from H.G.Wells’s War of the Worlds portrayed in a contemporary context (i.e. TrIpods, heh.). But after going through the site they referenced, I think I still much prefer the Edward Gorey version.
No matter how creepy design and social media get over the next few years, you still can’t beat the old primeval effect of drastic pen lines.
Oh no! Are pen lines now considered primeval. I feel so old and antiquarian. The only thing that will make me feel young again is getting a new tattoo with a lot of drastic pen lines.
*realization happens here
Oh No!!!!
[...] Doubleday, where his distinctive illustrations danced over the covers of books like H. G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds and T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Gorey’s own books, however, were [...]