Fine artist? Cartoonist? Humorist? Macabre? Gorey is a one-of-a-kind genius, though these are not all his best works - most of those are in the first of the "Amphigorey" series. Nevertheless, we are treated to some visually stunning works - "The Sopping Thursday," "L'heure Bleu," and all of them, really - and some first rate Gorey humor in "The Blue Aspic," "The Broken Spoke," and the adverbial wordplay in "The Glorious Nosebleed." Perhaps the greatest inclusion is "The Awdrey-Gore Legacy," an anigramic, enigmatic piece that creates genuine interest upon further study of its vagueries; plus it is funny. For Gorey fans, an essential part of your collection.