Tim Burton's Playing Cards

I picked these up while visiting the Tim Burton exhibition held at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image earlier this year. I was told by a friend that all of the cards had their own individual pictures, and was a bit disapointed when I found out that only the face cards had Burton images and the same images were replicated across the suits. Also, I'd seen all of these sketches before in Burton's book "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy". I think a really impressive deck could've been made using a larger range of images, e.g. character sketches of the Penguin, Beetlejuice, et al, but I guess there would've been some significant licensing laws to struggle through.

Oz Magazine Dec 1969

Pee-wee Herman Topps Trading Cards

Those paying attention would have noticed that certain cards from the Pee-wee Herman Trading Cards were part of a larger picture. I've attempted to join them together to the best of my abilities, but it seems my abilities aren't really all that fantastic.

The Sesame Street Book of Puzzlers (1971)

The Sesame Street Book of Puzzlers (1971), Signet Books

Ringo Kid

I have some amazing friends.

My friend, Matt, gave me this for my last birthday. I'm currently funding research with a local university to find a way so that I may have his children.

It's Hallowe'en time!!!

(from left: 2005 - JD from Heathers, 2006 - Freddie Mercury, 2007 - Rorschach, 2008 - Jesse Custer, 2009 - Joel/Mike from MST3K. Also serves as a handy timeline for measuring my increasing face-girth)

Like a million other bloggers out there, I love Hallowe'en. But I don't have the wherewithal or motivation to do a daily countdown or anything like that. BUT, in the past, I have made compilations to celebrate Samhain: One For The Freaks (over at my old blog, Champignon for My Real Friends...) & Meat For The Beast.

And this year's no different!

Hallowe'en Entrée

Ah, Hallowe'en, one of my favourite times of the year in the blogosphere and IRL.

I'll be posting another of my annual Hallowe'en compilations, but until then, please enjoy this slice of delicious Eurotrash... if you can.




You may be pleased or disappointed to know that this track didn't make the final cut for this year's compilation... Maybe next year ;)

Pee-wee Herman Topps Trading Cards

What A Way To Go

The Muppet Show Playing Cards - Spades