He also did a series of artwork depicting each letter of the alphabet, proving he was the very first A-to-Zer, only with pen-and-ink instead of a blog.
He published these macabre little sketches in a book called The Gashlycrumb Tinies, the antithesis of a typical children's ABC book because each page pictured a different way for ...well, go here to read the whole creepy thing.
But take a look at poor Xerxes before you do.
What is his unhappy fate? Guess in the comments before you hop away to see if you're right.
6 comments:
Tickled forever by ants?
Oh ... bit more sinister than I guessed!
strange, but interesting :0
Cat aerobics. That's hilarious. My cat's idea of working out is staring at me from his kitty bed.
Wow. Disturbing but wonderful. Yikes.
Guess this isn't Xerxes the great Persian warrior, huh?
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