When I was in middle school, I was a big fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas. I can remember listening to the soundtrack on repeat and doodling Jack Skellingtons in the margins of my pre-Algebra notebook and watching the movie over and over again.
In preparation for this muralcle, I rewatched The Nightmare Before Christmas and my biggest takeaway was why? How did a kids musical about TWO holidays become the safe choice for mild-mannered goths (although these headphones are pretty sweet)? Is it the claymation? Danny Elfman's jazzy music? Tim Burton's gently macabre vision? I still don't get it. But I did sing along to every song.
Since I couldn't find a good Christmasy image for The Nightmare Before Christmas, I reworked the theatrical poster, changing the words from yellow to red and swapping Jack's pinstripe tux for a Santa suit. I meant to stick Rudolph-Zero in there but I forgot and already wiped it for tomorrow's drawing. Sorry, Zero!
Dave's first-view reaction: ???? (I forget what he said. I just asked him now and he got mad and said it was my job to record his reactions. Let's just say it was something like "OMG YOU'RE AMAAAAAZING ALSO I'M GOING TO FOLD ALL THE LAUNDRY AND TAKE OUT THE TRASH." Aw, thanks, baby, that's so nice of you.)
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| I was seriously considering using Tim Burton's original Jack Skellington-Santa image, but I decided on something a little more iconic (still: that grinny-grin!) |
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| Get it, like "The Night Before Christmas" but because it's Halloween! Eh, eh, eeeehhhhh? |
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