I mentioned the Amphigorey series of books here. Having borrowed Amphigorey and Amphigorey Again from Gette, I finally bought my own copy, the 2nd book, at Borders. After reading the 1st and 4th, I find the Gorey nonsense so charming and amusing. Here are parts of the 2 of the stories for the new book, Amphigorey Too:-
The Inanimate Tragedy 
During my recent KL trip, I bought this book at Kinokuniya. The cover immediately caught my attention. I like Jessica Abel's drawing style. The story seems quite interesting as well. 
La Perdida is the story of Carla, an American estranged from her Mexican father, who heads to Mexico City to “find herself.” Her intense desire to make a connection with Mexico and her unwillingness to see the impact of her own history on her understanding combine to turn an innocent journey down a dark path. A story about the youthful desire to live an authentic life and the consequences of trusting easy answers, La Perdida—at once grounded in the particulars of life in Mexico and resonantly universal—is a story about finding yourself by getting lost.
The Author: Jessica Abel
Yulia Brodskaya is simply brilliant with her papergraphics. Born in Russia, she started out as a fine artist producing contemporary office decoration artwork for Moscow based companies. In 2004 she moved to London and had parallel careers as an illustrator and a freelance graphic designer. She won 1st prize in the Russian Conceptual Packaging Design Competition and elected a Member of the International Society of Typographic Designers in 2006. She is constantly experimenting and evolving, and her greatest passion is to explore the ways of combining illustration and typography.
