Spotted at Target

It's Halloween already

Skull Candy

Mickey Skull t-shirt

Dead Horse

Jack Skellington My Little Pony by Jodi Moisan

It's tragic because it's true.

From Cartoon Brew

Meat Puppets

Pinocchio and Jiminy toys by artist Kaws.

From High Snobriety.

Them Bones

Donald and Nephews by Hyungkoo Lee.

From The Contaminated.

Out-Of-Context Panel Theater

OUT OF CONTEXT

From Big Top Bedlam by Carl Barks, 1950.

Skull Cap

From Skull-A-Day, Carrie Recichardt's ceramic Mickey Skulls.

I choo-choo-choose you

Happy Valentine's, Peaches!

Bone Appetit

Order up!

From Popbytes.com.

Burn down Hot Topic

Remember back in the 90's, when it seemed like Disney had no idea what to do with The Nightmare Before Christmas? The only Nightmare tie-ins you could find were the soundtrack CD, a couple of books, and the Burger King watches. Rather than working against the property, though, the lack of merch was kind of cool; the lack of cheesy tie-ins made the movie felt more 'special' than all the other cartoon garbage out there. Nightmare was a movie for us, maaan!

Unfortunately, nothing gold can stay. The kids who were 6 or 7 in 1994 grew up and became teenagers... Broody, gothic, smeary eyeliner, emo teenagers with loads of disposable income. Just like that, the merchandising floodgates opened.

The following images are the result of a Google Image Search for "Nightmare Before Christmas Merchandise."












Believe me, there's a ton of Nightmare s**t out there; this is just scratching the surface. I tried collecting Nightmare stuff for a while, but it's just. too. much.
Don't believe me? Try it yourself!

What! Is! This!

Continuing our series of Freaky-Ass Japanese Toys, here's Mickey Skellington!

Freshness Magazine reports that Japan's Medicom Toy Company is producing this Mickey Mouse/ Jack Skellington mashup. Available for purchase April 2010. Mark your calendars, black-clad teenagers!

What's this? What's this?

Every year Disneyland gives the Haunted Mansion a Nightmare Before Christmas makeover, putting Nightmare characters on top of the existing gags. I've never seen it, but this Youtube video gives me a pretty good idea of what it's about:




It makes you wonder- why hasn't Disney made a Nightmare ride a permanent part of the park?

Designer and Imagineer Christopher Merrit came up with a cool-looking concept for such a ride, (his designs are available to view here) and I can't see a damn thing wrong with his idea. The website The Neverland Files doesn't seem to know why it wasn't picked up either. C'mon, Disney, make it happen! Scores of black-clad teenagers are crying out (literally crying!) for this nightmare to become reality.