Gris Grimly, Author . Baby Tattoo $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-9729388-7-7
Grimly (Monster Museum
) styles himself as a goth cousin to Mother Goose and Santa Claus. His introduction, "Father Grim," pictures a sinister Jack the Ripper in a herringbone overcoat and pointy shoes, toting candy canes and a teddy bear...
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Gris Grimly. Orchard, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-338-11243-6
In contrast to the sinister characters for which he’s best known, Grimly offers a (mostly) sweet-tempered picture book. An artist’s note explains his choice of nursery rhyme: it’s his son’s favorite, and it recalls Grimly’s upbringing on a Nebraska...
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Mary Shelley, illus. by Gris Grimly. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $24.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-186297-7
Grimly’s fans have been awaiting this reworking of Shelley’s 1818 classic for four years, and they will rejoice in the end result. Spidery ink lines and a palette of jaundiced yellows and faded sepias plumb the darkness of the writer’s imaginings....
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Gris Grimly. Orchard, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-338-11244-3
Grimly returns with stylized macabre fun in this Halloween-centric counting book, following a blue-eyed, peach-skinned child in a Pierrot-style clown costume. Blocky orange numbers reside in the upper left-hand corner on each page, as a rhythmic...
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