Name: The melancholy death of Oyster Boy & other stories
ISBN: 0688156819

Tim Burton

The melancholy death of Oyster Boy & other stories

hileahrious

Exactly what I’d expect from Tim Burton, fabulous, dark/ creepy stories that leave you laughing or in tears LOL! Will be reading this when I’m down in the dumps :)) plus I adore the art style 

Robyn Harley

Honestly this is exactly what you'd expect from Tim Burton. But it didn't make me laugh at all, it just made me sad. I just can't find the humor in suicidal children or parents who literally eat their children to try and fix their problems.

Paula Narvaez

I love the illustrations and my favorite poem was anchor baby... and voodoo girl
however... it didn't make much of an impact in me

Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of Tim Burton. Burton - the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks! and Nightmare Before Chistmas, among others - now 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 tragedy of these hopeful, yet hapless beings.

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories

Nia C

Absurd verses paired with some haunting illustrations. I didn't care too much for the verses, some of them got lazy and were just two lines of rhyming couplets as though someone had forced an emo school-kid to write a poem for class but others were nice. Oyster boy was a good one, as was Stain boy. I also kinda like Mummy Boy. Gruesome, so if you're easily flustered, maybe this isn't for you - there's graphic descriptions of death and dying, murder among other subjects.

A cult collection of macabre stories written and illustrated by the maverick film director.