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“The Trouble with Tribbles”, if Edward Gorey Had Illustrated It

Webcomic artist Shaenon Garrity came across an old Boston Globe article about macabre comic artist Edward Gorey. The first paragraph read:

Edward Gorey watched television for the first time this summer, or so he claims, and in the process the 52-year-old artist became a “Star Trek” fan. He watched the science-fiction program reruns twice a day, five days a week and once on the sixth day, and despite this faithful viewing he has yet to see the TV show’s most famous episode, “The Trouble with Tribbles”, which is about these furry creatures in outer space, or so he says.

Inspired by that paragraph, she created this interpretation of The Trouble with Tribbles in Gorey’s style:


Click the comic to see it on its original page.

Joey deVilla

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