Notes on a Case of Melancholia, Or: A Little Death, Hardcover/Nicholas Gurewitch

Death arrives in this darkly humorous and brilliantly illustrated tale created by Nicholas Gurewitch, author of The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack Death becomes a patient of a recently-bereaved psychoanalyst. The topic of discussion? His frolicsome child, who has no apparent interest in grim-reaping Featuring an unfathomable number of lines which have been hand-chiseled into inked clay, this labor of love by Nicholas Gurewitch invokes the morbid humor of his comic strip ( The Perry Bible Fellowship ) and the spooky silent-film qualities of the late Edward Gorey. About the Author Ever since he was little, Nicholas Gurewitch has been told that he holds his drawing utensils in an uncommon way. His comic strip, The Perry Bible Fellowship , first published in Syracuse University's The Daily Orange in 2001. It quickly went to be published all over the globe, including places like the Guardian, Playboy, and also the Internet. Nicholas Gurewitch has worked on a number of never-televised TV shows, and has recently completed a picture book homage to Edward Gorey.