Beautiful Nightmare

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Autographs
NECA, 2001
Tim Burton

I’ll take a break from 1990s baseball inserts for a day or two to bring a random sample of one sweet non-sport autograph.

Tim Burton is one of Hollywood’s last originals. With films like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ed Wood, Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, the inferior but better than it’s given credit for Planet of the Apes remake and Sweeney Todd amongst his credits, Burton brings the macabre to a mainstream crowd. He’s both creepy and funny, dark and lighthearted.

This card comes from NECA’s 2001 set based on animation classic The Nightmare Before Christmas. Although it doesn’t feature a picture of the signee, it’s a nice design for an autograph as it provides lots of clear space for the filmmaker’s squiggles.

A couple of years earlier Burton was supposed to sign for Inkworks’ Sleepy Hollow set. Redemptions were included promising collectors autograph cards, but plans fell through and replacements were sent. So if you come across a seller offering a good price on Sleepy Hollow boxes and promising the possibility of Burton or Johnny Depp, remember that these cards were never made. It’s still a nice set nonetheless.