Happy Thanksgiving Art and Oddities Round-Up!

Brad Guigar & Chris Giarrusso

Amory Burgess

 Rory Phillips

Abe Lopez

Creepy Thanksgiving! - Odd Macy's Balloons of Parades Past

Images via Daily News and Flavorwire

Basically, up until the mid 1960's the balloons might as well have been designed for the Joker's parade 

from Tim Burton's Batman...or the Green Goblin's parade attack scene from Raimi's Spider-Man.

Happy Thanksgiving! Retro Turkey and Pilgrim Pin-Ups

Barbara Eden

Marilyn Monroe

Tim Burton's B. Boy Balloon - Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2011 Debut Flight

Have A Super Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Art by JC Leyendecker - Saturday Evening Post Covers

J.C. Leyendecker

Happy Thanksgiving Day! - Oddly Creepy Vintage Card Art

Steampunk Turkey

Pride & Prejudice and Turkeys

The Nightmare Before Thanksgiving Day - Tim Burton's Macy's Parade Balloon Design

 Burton's design sketch for B. Boy. And here's his origin story via the NY Times.

"B. was created, Frankenstein’s monster-style, from the leftover balloons used in children’s parties at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. Forbidden from playing with other children because of his jagged teeth and crazy-quilt stitching, B. retreated to a basement lair, where he obsesses over Albert Lamorisse’s film “The Red Balloon” and dreams that he, too, will be able to fly someday."

Just more evidence we live in awesome times.