Actor Glenn Shadix (1952)

The World of Stainboy (2005) is a flash animation series created by director Tim Burton and animated by Flinch Studio. Stainboy, the main character, initially appeared in two short poems from Tim Burton’s book The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories. This series marks Burton’s return to the superhero genre since Batman Returns. Stainboy is employed by Burbank police, and in each episode he receives instructions to locate and apprehend social outcasts, many of whom are from the Oyster Boy book. Each of the six episodes has a ...

The American stop-motion animated musical dark fantasy film, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), directed by Henry Selick and produced and conceived by Tim Burton, takes place in Halloween Town. This world is home to a variety of monsters and creatures related to the holiday (‘This is Halloween’). Jack Skellington, known as the ‘Pumpkin King’, leads the town’s annual Halloween festivities. However, Jack has grown tired of the same routine and longs for something different (‘Jack’s Lament’). While exploring in the woods ...