Consumption

Originating from the University of California, Consumption magazine focused on poetry and is an appropriately titled publication to look for a cover drawn by Edward Gorey. In the summer of 1968, Mr. Gorey provided a cover design for Volume 1 Number 4 that features an unrecognized poet who is reduced to eating his writing to survive. The coffin shaped framing device surrounding him like a doorway hints at his impending doom.