7. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories - Tim Burton
Tim Burton is so weird. I like him.
This is a book of short illustrated poems (some only a line, some 5 or 6 stanzas) about strange outcast children. They have Brie for heads or nails in their eyes or are part microwave blender, stuff like that. Burton is a good writer and his drawings are wonderfully bizarre. His mix of innocence and gore works perfectly, he creates characters who are freaky and adorable at the same time, much like his movies. Or The Mighty Boosh. The stories are all a bit tragic but at the same time they seem to celebrate weirdness, which is what I like best about them.
My favourites characters are Jimmy, the Hideous Penguin Boy, Stain Boy, Melonhead and the Zombie who was originally from France.
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