Filmmaker Tim Burton is known for his unique ability to mix intelligent wit with highly original visual intrigue. In this volume, Burton gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children--misguided outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel worlds, where destruction and misery lurk in every corner. Illustrations.
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From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burton has become known for his unique visual brilliance -- witty and macabre at once. Now he gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children -- misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel, cruel worlds. His lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and the tragedy of these dark yet simple beings -- hopeful, hapless heroes who appeal to the ugly outsider in all of us, and let us laugh at a world we have long left behind (mostly anyway).
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– Customer review on 03/12/2006
The illustrations in this book are instantly recognisable by anyone who has ever seen 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', or the more recent 'Corpse Bride'. The characters are in many instances spindly, emaciated and not at all like other little boys and girls. Whether its 'Jimmy The Hideous Penguin Boy', or 'The Girl Who Turned Into A Bed', all of Burton's creations are both whimsical and slightly tragic. Much like the director himself, they stubbornly defy normality, and it is this refusal to conform in the face of a world that demands conformity which is usually responsible for their misery/failure/gruesome demise.
You can keep your Cat In The Hat and Thomas The Tank Engine. If, through some horrible twist of fate, I ever produce children, they'll be reading 'The Melancholy Death Of Oyster Boy'.
A typically Burton-esque book that's dark and thoroughly engaging. A great gift book for those who like the "cult" genre. You can't go wrong there. The stories are written in metric verse and are very very funny in a dark sort of way. As the title suggests its about two parents who are very disturbed by their half oyster child. It's really dark but also very very funny. You just have to read it.
One of my favourite books.... if you are a Goth, or Gothically inclined, or love dark, morbid humour, then you must own this book. Stop making excuses, just go out and buy it.
It is a hard to get book, most bookstores dont carry it. I have seen it in a comic shop for $57!
This book is a little treasure, I love it even more than Tim's films (and trust me, I love Tims films!).
The poem 'Stainboy' was actually made into a series of Flash movies a few years ago.
If you like this, then go look at the works of Jhonen Vasquez and Roman Dirge! Oh, and check out 'Creepy Susie' by Angus Oblong - Another hard to get book and someone stole my copy!
"The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories" is full of dark humour and strange characters. Accompanied by stylised ink drawings, most are in the format of a short poem.
Like Tim Burton's movies, this book is odd and seems to stand a little bit away from other books. A must for any fan.
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