Tim Burton Publishing, Inc. (Dark Horse Deluxe)
Playing Cards
2009
Fifty-two paper scales of pure quirkiness. From a pin-haired, bad-postured bobble head creature to one whose bulbous green balding scalp boasts of no more than three strands of poorly-coiffed fluff, each illustration offers its card a unique insight into the many-wheeled, illustrious mind of Tim Burton. His drawings are simple; they refrain from overwhelming the otherwise blank space with too much contemporary pretension. Rather like singular leaves floating aim-fully (contrary to what many may assume) on the face of a wide, still lake, the illustrations seemingly bask in bays of calm silence inherent in their cards’ flat shape. They swirl gently within their four-sided realms, lost in thought as they possibly ponder the strange weirdness they see in our, the audience’s, own world. They have purpose; they remain fixedly separate from the over-faceted woes and ways borne from our world. They are modestly confident. They are happy and free, senselessly so, and always willing to play (and win) at their own game.
