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The Art of Tim Burton

By tone | Published: November 18, 2009
The Art of Tim Burton is a limited book coming out in December by Steel Publishing is elusive as his art. The book was announced for a December release and is nowhere to be found on the internet. The book will be both a limited-edition lithograph ($300) and standard hardcover ($70) versions, The Art of [...]
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The Truth About Santa: Wormholes, Robots, and What Really Happens on Christmas Eve

By tone | Published: November 6, 2009
It’s time to suspend your disbelief and let science explain Santa to the non-believers. Gregory Mone writer extraordinaire sheds light into the mysteries of the Santa myth and gives you rational explanations to the impossibility of Santa Clause. From international bugging devices that evaluate the naughtiness of kids and adults to wormholes, anything is possible [...]
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Twimericks by Lou Brooks

By tone | Published: November 2, 2009
Lou Brooks and his tongue twisting limericks will leave kids and adults in stitches with these cleverly illustrated book of what can be best described as a charley horse for your mouth. The sputtering of rhyming limericks is an exercise for words and sounds for young kids unaware of certain sounds and the familiarity in [...]
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Dr. Seuss Superhero Mashups

By tone | Published: November 2, 2009
Graphic artist Ryan Dunlavey has a little fun with the Dr Seuss classic books by mashing up super-heroes into the mix for good measure.
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Coolest Business Card Ever, For Now

By tone | Published: October 28, 2009
A personal thank you for our new readers for the recent tripling of traffic for Sandbox World. Today we sent out to the printer our latest business card, which in my opinion is pretty cool. Sandbox World is branching out beyond the Net with a few surprises by the end of the year.
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The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History

By tone | Published: October 28, 2009
The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History is for the die-hard fan. Sometimes too much of a good thing is not too good. I don’t know when Matt Groening actually drew something and is living off the fat of popularity. The Simpsons in my opinion have become less relevant and more of a self-parody after all [...]
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Top-Earning Dead Celebrities

By tone | Published: October 28, 2009
According to Forbes Dr. Seuss and Charles Schulz are in the top 10 dead celebrities in the year 2009. The estates don’t seem to be losing steam at all, the wealth of movie deals and merchandising will keep these cartoon icons alive for many more years to come. For more than 50 years the parallel [...]
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The Monsterologist: A Memoir in Rhyme

By tone | Published: October 25, 2009
The Monsterologist: A Memoir in Rhyme is a scrapbook about monsters and rhyme for kids 9-12, but adults will love the concept behind this book of fun fear. Poetry is put to work on some of the most famous monsters in history as prose fleshes out some curiosity into these old tales of terror [...]
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Asterix Turns 50

By tone | Published: October 21, 2009
Asterix is turning 50 this year, he was created on October 29, 1959 for the weekly Pilote magazine. They are releasing the 34th book edition of the series. Asterix’s creators, the late writer Rene Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo are national heroes back in France where there is a dispute of exactly where the adventures [...]
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Finding Farley

By tone | Published: October 21, 2009
When filming with a 2 year old toddler it can be daunting and disruptive at times. Finding Farley is just that, instead of filming around Zev when he became unruly while filming, director Leanne Allison decided to film with Zev and include him in her film. She pitched the idea to Canada’s NFB and got [...]
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