Extras
The Book
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories is a book illustrated by Tim Burton in 1997. There are 23 poems, telling the tragi-comic story of several freakish kids.
The Poems
- 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
The World of Stainboy
In 2000, Tim Burton wrote & directed a Shockwave cartoons series featuring Glenn Shadix and Lisa Marie (voices) and a music by Danny Elfmann. Stain Boy is the main character of these 6 episodes, but he faces the other characters from the book. You may visit The Tim Burton Collective to view the cartoons.

Site Info
- Layout made with Adobe Photoshop.
- Brushes by In Obscuro
- The Pictures from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & The World of Stainboy - © Tim Burton .
- Part of @T HEART Collective.
