Edward Gorey &
Graphis

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This Collector Guide was written by Xandy Hand.

First published: 2025-01-05.
No edits.


Contents:



Who are Graphis Inc.?

Graphis Inc. was established in 1944 in Switzerland. It moved to New York following a takeover in 1986. It is a publisher of magazines and books and provides awards for the visual communication industry (including graphic design, advertising, photography, posters and packaging).



What was Graphis Magazine/Graphis Jounal?

Graphis Magazine was published starting in 1944 and continuing to issue #355 and then replaced by Graphics Journal (issue #356) in 2018.
In each year between 1952 and 1986, a volume of the Graphis Annual/Journal was produced (35 in total).
There were also specialist books.

Gorey work features in 11 of these publications, including two books specifically about Posters and one about Children’s Illustrations.



The Graphis Collection:



The Graphis Collection
  Date Title Publisher Page(s) Gorey Contribution
1970 Graphis Children’s Book Illustration [3] Graphis Press pp.24-25; 136
  • Illustrations from Penny Candy
1970 Graphis Annual 70/71 Hastings House pp.16; 182-183
  • Cover from The Gilded Bat
1972 Graphis Annual 72/73 Graphis Press pp.14; 170-171
  • New York Times Op-Ed
1972 Graphis 163 Graphis Press pp.424-431
  • Edward Gorey by Manuel Gasser
    • Which contains a photo of Gorey and illustration from:
  • Why We Have Day and Night
  • The Hapless Child
  • Donald and the ...
  • Penny Candy
  • The Very Fine Clock
  • The Gashlycrumb Tinies
  • [The Untitled Book]
  • The Chinese Obelisks
  • The Gilded Bat
    • And covers from:
  • The Gilded Bat
  • The Vinegar Works
  • The Insect God
  • The Gashlycrumb Tinies
  • [The Untitled Book]
  • The Chinese Obelisks
1972 Graphis Reprint
 Graphis Press pp.424-431 (Offprint pages from Graphis 163)
1973 Graphis Annual 73/74 Hastings House pp.14; 54; 152-153; 190-191; 222
  • NY Times Subscription Form (Twelve lords a-leaping)
  • Illustration from: The Awdrey-Gore Legacy (Featured in National Lampoon Crime! in February 1972)
  • Cover from The Gilded Bat
  • Cover from: The Vinegar Works
1975 Graphis Annual 75/76 Hastings House pp.14; 204-205
  • Cover from The Awdrey-Gore Legacy
1976 Graphis Annual 76/77 Hastings House pp.14; 122-123; 196
  • Cover from National Lampoon Rainy Day Issue
  • Cover from The Other Statue
1978 Graphis Posters 79 Graphis Press pp.14; 80
  • Poster of Schorschi schrumptf (The Shrinking of Treehorn)
1979 Graphis Annual 79/80 Hastings House pp.14; 200
  • Back cover from Die Weiche Speiche (The Broken Spoke)
1983 Jan-Feb Graphis 223 Graphics Press Corp. pp.7; 82-87
  • Edward Gorey by Stanley Mason
    • Which contains a photo of Gorey and illustration from:
  • The Disrespectful Summons
  • The Broken Spoke
  • The Blue Aspic
  • The Glorious Nosebleed
    • And covers from:
  • The Epiplectic Bicycle
  • The Remembered Visit
  • The Utter Zoo Alphabet
  • The Blue Aspic
1988 Posters made possible by a grant from Mobil Graphis Press pp.61; 63; 66; 70; 73; 74; 166; 173
    Contains several Gorey Mobil posters:
  • Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
  • Father Brown
  • The Woman in White
  • Sweeney Todd
  • Shades of Darkness
  • Mystery!