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''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories'' is a
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poetry book written and illustrated by film director
Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as ''Beetlejuice'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993), ...
. The poems, which are full of
black humor Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...
, tell stories of hybrid kids, spontaneous transformers, and women who have babies to win over men. Some characters of the book would later appear in the flash animation series ''
Stainboy ''The World of Stainboy'' is a series of flash animation shorts created in 2000 by director Tim Burton and animated by Flinch Studio. The character Stainboy first appeared in two short poems in the book ''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other ...
'', which was created, directed, and written by Burton.


Table of contents

*Stick Boy and Match Girl in Love *Voodoo Girl *Robot Boy *Staring Girl *The Boy with Nails in His Eyes *The Girl with Many Eyes * Stain Boy *The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy *Stain Boy's Special Christmas *The Girl Who Turned into a Bed *Roy, the Toxic Boy *James *Stick Boy's Festive Season *Brie Boy *Mummy Boy *Junk Girl *The Pin Cushion Queen *Melonhead *Sue *Jimmy, the Hideous Penguin Boy *Char Boy *Anchor Baby *Oyster Boy Steps Out


Origin of title poem

According to American
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artist and publisher
Stephen R. Bissette Stephen R. Bissette (born March 14, 1955) is an American comic book artist, editor, and publisher with a focus on the horror genre. He is known for working with writer Alan Moore and inker John Totleben on the DC Comics series ''Swamp Thing'' in ...
, the title poem "The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy" was originally conceived as a project for Bissette's
comics anthology A comics anthology collects works in the medium of comics, typically from multiple series, and compiles them into an anthology or magazine. The comics in these anthologies range from comic strips that are too short for standalone publication t ...
''
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'' and was actually written by horror novelist Michael McDowell, who had previously worked with Burton on the screenplays for ''
Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American fantasy horror comedy film directed by Tim Burton, written by Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, and Warren Skaaren, produced by The Geffen Company, distributed by Warner Bros., and starring Alec Baldwin, ...
'' and ''
The Nightmare Before Christmas ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (also known as ''Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas'') is a 1993 American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film directed by Henry Selick (in his feature directorial debut) and produced and ...
''. McDowell is thanked in the acknowledgements at the end of the book, but is not credited for writing the poem.


Reception

''The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories'' has been generally well received by both critics and reader. It received 5 out of 5 stars at
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and a B+ at ''
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''.


References


External links


Full book onlineStainBoy at AtomFilms
{{DEFAULTSORT:Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories 1997 poetry books American poetry collections Works by Tim Burton Black comedy books