Edward Gorey is today's Google Doodle!

Speak of the devil on your blog, and he appears - as a Google Doodle! Cult favorite illustrator and writer Edward Gorey is the most recent Google Doodle as today would have been his 88th birthday - he was born on February 22nd, 1925. Fun fact: Gorey only attended art school for one semester, leaving the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1943. The Washington Post has a fun tribute to Gorey and his "playful macabre" up on their Comic Riffs blog, along with links to their ten favorite Google Doodles.

Free vintage illustration of mother with unhappy baby

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This illustration of a young mother comforting her rather unhappy infant originally carried the subtitle "How to Treat Croup." Dear Old Mum looks heroically composed, all things considered.