Amulet, Book One: The Stonekeeper After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids’ mom through a door in the basement. Em and Navin, desperate not to […]
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In the industry the regular staff at Mad Magazine are known as "the usual gang of idiots", they gave the reigns to some of the top Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists in the industry free reign to bushwhack their good old president of the United States. This is a ploy that their editor would pull if […]
I found these new piggy-banks at McDonald’s rather funny. Many kids and including mine just hate clowns. Ronald McDonald seems rather funny looking and has that "Joker" crazed look to him in this new piggy-bank. Unlike the generic ones made out of metal of the past, this new piggy-bank is a bit on the creepy side. Sure they are […]
Google Analytics is a cool little device to keep track of all the countries that visit your site. Sandbox World is proud to report that we are now viewed monthly in 153 countries. According to the UN there are 192 countries recognised by this body of world government and if Vatican City is included then […]
If Kafka were to write a children’s TV show, then Growing Up Creepie would be the show he would write. This show is reminiscent of “The Metamorphosis” but with more of a positive image of bug life. The story basically is about a girl called Creepie who is raised by bugs and the secret is kept from the […]
Stepping into the Picture: Cartoon Designer Maurice Noble Stepping into the Picture: Cartoon Designer Maurice Noble reveals the extraordinary personal journey of one of the pioneers of the "Golden Age of Animation." In a career spanning seven decades, Noble (1911-2001) developed a unique, creative philosophy that enabled him to play an integral role in many […]
The Art of Captain Scarlet Captain Scarlet was one of those Supermarionation TV series by Gerry Anderson that had a very realistic feel to it. Unlike Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet was very close to real life as any of the Anderson puppet creations. Always fueled by outlandish stories and sci-fi themes, but the one thing that […]
The insights and inspirations of Neil Gaiman is an amazing thing of beauty. Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.) is an earlier book of Neil’s released in October 2007. Like his processor Ray Bradbury who made science fiction an art form with well written stories and concepts. Ray wrote books and essays that explored his influences […]
Gods Behaving Badly Being a Greek god is not all it once was. Yes, the twelve gods of Olympus are alive and well in the twenty-first century, but they are crammed together in a London townhouse-and none too happy about it. And they’ve had to get day jobs: Artemis as a dog-walker, Apollo as a […]
The DC Comics Action Figure Archive For the legions that collect the immensely popular DC Comics action figures, we have good news: the official visual compendium of more than 1,400 characters has finally arrived. The DC Comics Action Figure Archive is the definitive reference for the serious enthusiast. Assembled by lead collector Scott Beatty and […]
Long before X-Files, the Invaders, struck paranoia of a secret invasion of beings from another world. Each week we followed the story of David Vincent who is convinced that earth is being invaded, but each week his attackers evaporate and no evidence is left behind of their presence. This series which ran in 1967-1968 is […]