Darkly humorous, Amphigorey displays a unique style. It is completely black and white, with the line quality alternating in between sketchy and clean. It is clearly rooted in surrealism, although perhaps straying from this theme to mere nonsense tales. This makes sense, however, because Amphigorey is taken from the word amphigory, meaning nonsense composition. “Gorey” is obviously a derivative pun of “Edward Gorey” and the actual word meaning bloody violence. Near every story has an underlying tone of violence, whether or not the main theme of that segment consists of sex, absurdities, couches, or penguins.
