To celebrate the release of Bizarre Romance, Audrey and Eddie collaborated with Ken Gerleve (animation) and Alex Kliner (music) to produce a series of short animations based on some of the characters from Bizarre Romance. We hope you enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed making them.
Read MoreStrange Tails began as an inkling of an idea in 2010 in Chicago, IL when visual artist and writer Kenneth Gerleve and writer and editor Todd Summar decided that they wanted to combine their talents into a project that would provide a creative outlet for both. The duo is inspired by the aesthetic of the Gothic and German expressionism (such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari), vintage cartoons, illustrated novels, as well as modern art, absurdist films and humor (David Lynch) and horror movies of the 60s, 70s and 80s.
Read MoreCurrently on view at Printworks Gallery in Chicago is a new body of work entitled 'As Above, So Below.' Drawing in part on alchemical prints, Spiritualism, and cult religious groups, these new works incorporate Scherenschnitte, or cut paper, and custom made display boxes, tunnel books and peepshows.
Read MoreGoreyesque was designed as an anthology celebrating the Chicago debut of Gorey’s work at the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) in Chicago, Illinois. Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey (organized by the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust and the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania) and G is for Gorey (a companion exhibition from the Thomas Michalak Collection) can be seen at LUMA from February 15 to June 15, 2014.
Read MoreOver the last few months I have developed several new book cover designs for Zola Books. The books are part of their Zola Open Classics series in which they offer electronic editions of various classic works in the public domain for free download.
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