The poems are sick, twisted and yet superb and the illustrations match perfectly. If you have enjoyed anything by Burton, you will love this book. Unfortunately it is a very short book so if you are looking for a good long read, you may be disappointed, but it does make an excellent coffee-table ... Read review
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Burton's work is similarly difficult to place. This is a beautifully produced book filled with fine line drawings--many in colour--illustrating 23 small verse ...
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Tim Burton - creative genius behind "Batman" "Edward Scissorhands" "Mars Attacks!" and ... more
"The Nightmare Before Christmas" - gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children: misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel cruel worlds.
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Scissorhands" and "Sleepy Hollow" comes a dark and melancholy gift book that has already proven itself to be a classic. Featuring wonderfully gothic illustrations by Burton himself and stories of the folorn and twisted children that populate his mind ("The Boy With Nails In His Eyes" "Stick Boy And Match Girl In Love" and "Jimmy The Hideous Penguin Boy" to name but three) The Melancholy Death Of Oyster boy is simultaneously fascinating entertaining heartbreaking and disturbing.
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Burton's work is similarly difficult to place. This is a beautifully produced book filled with fine line drawings--many in colour--illustrating 23 small verse stories which all centre on a surreal deformity--the eponymous Oyster Boy, Stain Boy, The Boy with Nails in his Eyes, Junk Girl, The Pin Cushion Queen...The tales are all quietly disturbing. As with Burton's cinematic work (Edward Scissorhands,Nightmare Before ChristmasandMars Attacks) the book seems aimed at children but the subtexts feel too disquieting. This however is where Burton's genius lies. Children are outcasts in the adult world and their own notion of what is important, grave, frightening and odd is different to ours. We each remember the child inside of us and so are each compelled to recognise the otherness within ourselves: the outcasts that Burton paints are somehow strangely well known to us. As dark and disturbing as the best fairy tales Burton shares a space with the Brothers Grimm--a place that all children know exists when the lights go out and the adults leave the room. --Mark Thwaite
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Occupying a similarly sinister and macabre world to the American artist Edward Gorey Tim ... more
Burton's work is similarly difficult to place. This is a beautifully produced book filled with fine line drawings--many in colour--illustrating 23 small verse stories which all centre on a surreal deformity--the eponymous Oyster Boy, Stain Boy, The Boy with Nails in his Eyes, Junk Girl, The Pin Cushion Queen...The tales are all quietly disturbing. As with Burton's cinematic work (Edward Scissorhands, Nightmare Before Christmas and Mars Attacks) the book seems aimed at children but the subtexts feel too disquieting. This however is where Burton's genius lies. Children are outcasts in the adult world and their own notion of what is important, grave, frightening and odd is different to ours. We each remember the child inside of us and so are each compelled to recognise the otherness within ourselves: the outcasts that Burton paints are somehow strangely well known to us. As dark and disturbing as the best fairy tales Burton shares a space with the Brothers Grimm--a place that all children know exists when the lights go out and the adults leave the room. --Mark Thwaite
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Occupying a similarly sinister and macabre world to the American artist Edward Gorey Tim ... more
Burton's work is similarly difficult to place. This is a beautifully produced book filled with fine line drawings--many in colour--illustrating 23 small verse stories which all centre on a surreal deformity--the eponymous Oyster Boy, Stain Boy, The Boy with Nails in his Eyes, Junk Girl, The Pin Cushion Queen...The tales are all quietly disturbing. As with Burton's cinematic work (Edward Scissorhands,Nightmare Before ChristmasandMars Attacks) the book seems aimed at children but the subtexts feel too disquieting. This however is where Burton's genius lies. Children are outcasts in the adult world and their own notion of what is important, grave, frightening and odd is different to ours. We each remember the child inside of us and so are each compelled to recognise the otherness within ourselves: the outcasts that Burton paints are somehow strangely well known to us. As dark and disturbing as the best fairy tales Burton shares a space with the Brothers Grimm--a place that all children know exists when the lights go out and the adults leave the room. --Mark Thwaite
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Advantages: expensive for such a short read. Makes a great gift if you are sure of someone’s taste Disadvantages: give this to the wrong person and they will worry about you
The poems are sick, twisted and yet superb and the illustrations match perfectly. If you have enjoyed anything by Burton, you will love this book. Unfortunately it is a very short book so if you are looking for a good long read, you may be disappointed, but it does make an excellent coffee-table book of some sort. You can pick this book up hundreds of times and it will still feel as though it is all new to you, and for that reason you will find yourself ... more
The poems are sick, twisted and yet superb and the illustrations match perfectly. If you have enjoyed anything by Burton, you will love this book. Unfortunately it is a very short book so if you are looking for a good long read, you may be disappointed, but it does make an excellent coffee-table book of some sort. You can pick this book up hundreds of times and it will still feel as though it is all new to you, and for that reason you will find yourself reading the whole thing over and over.
Advantages: A great read, really funny! Disadvantages: Too short!
My fiancé spoiled me this year and he got me The MelancholyDeath of OysterBoy as a Solstice present. I was really chuffed as I've wanted it for ages.
The MelancholyDeath of OysterBoy & Other Stories is a collection of poetry by TimBurton. Now TimBurton is one of my favourite people ever and so I am probably more than a little biased towards any of his works but I will be try to be objective.
The book is about the size of a DVD case and is a paperback. The cover is black, (of course), and has the title and cover illustration, (by TimBurton himself), printed in silver. On the back there is praise for TimBurton.
It is simply dedicated: "For Lisa Marie".
There are 23 poems/short stories all with the theme of outsiders. The characters are all misfits such as robot boy, (born a machine), and Roy, The Toxic Boy, (who needs ...
Advantages: Easy to read, illustrations, weird in a cool sorta way... Disadvantages: not really a kids book cos it's kinda odd
From the author of Nightmare Before Christmas comes a brilliant little book called The MelancholyDeath of OysterBoy. This oddly dark sounding title preceeds a collection of brilliantly written little stories that are in rhyme.
Just a little bit about TimBurton. Born in 1958, Tim is the mastermind behind the Batman, Edward Scissorhands and Mars Attacks! He's one of the most acclaimed directors in the world, and still offers his masterpieces in the form of Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, and soon to come, Charlie and the Chocolate factory. As an animator and a poet, Tim channelled his good work into the likes of Nightmare Before Christmas, and ultimately using this skill to produce OysterBoy.
The Melancholoy Death of OysterBoy has a collection of weird and wonderful stories about characters that you'd never even dream of. Oyster ...
Advantages: Interesting ideas, funny, beautiful illustrations Disadvantages: Not to everyone's taste, not suitable for young children
~~~ Introduction ~~~
TimBurton is renowned throughout the world. If his name doesn?t mean much to you, you?re probably still familiar with some of his work ? movies such as ?Beetlejuice?, ?Batman?, ?Edward Scissorhands?, ?Nightmare Before Christmas?, ?Mars Attacks!? and the recent remake of ?Charlie And The Chocolate Factory?, to name but a few.
Best known as a director and writer for his unique, yet dark and brooding style of storytelling, Burton?s ?The MelancholyDeath Of OysterBoy? is a collection of his poems, which in many ways is reminiscent of some of his movies, (?Beetlejuice? and ?Nightmare Before Christmas? spring to mind). As well as the poetry, the book also has illustrations, which use Burton?s distinct style, as seen in ?Nightmare?? and ?The Corpse Bride?.
After a spate of buying Burton?s movies online, this book ...
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