Gorey's unique talent should be represented as completely as possible in every collection of American art and literature. Booklist Irresistible black-and-white drawings irrepressible wordplay. New York Times [Gorey creates] dark masterpieces of surreal morality beautifully depicted. Vanity Fair One of the most original artistic and literary minds in late 20th Century America Los Angeles Times

The Glorious Nosebleed trips through the alphabet with illustrations that are both strikingly funny, and a bit weird, all the way from "She wandered among the trees Aimlessly" to "He wrote it all down Zealously." A classic of Gorey's imaginative and darkly humorous mind.