#Jim Henson's Labyrinth

[dreammeiser]

My Annual rewatch of Labyrinth went fantastic :o)

[ic-napology]

Some Labyrinth sketches I'm working on to blow off some stress

[mia-martian]

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth #1 by Kyla Vanderklugt and Giorgio Spalletta. Cover by Miguel Mercado. Variant covers by (2) Elizabeth Torque, (3) Veronica Fish and (4) David Mack. Out in September.

"Ahead of the landmark 40th Anniversary of Jim Henson's seminal film in 2025, BOOM! Studios proudly presents the FIRST EVER graphic adaptation of A.C.H. Smith's beloved novelization, which includes moments and scenes never shot or captured in the final feature film! Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, join Sarah for the very first time, or discover this brand new adaptation of her surreal adventure through the twisting and changing paths to the castle beyond the Goblin City, determined to save her brother Toby from the Goblin King, Jareth. Dance to the magic as writer Kyla Vanderklugt (Demon in the Wood) and artist Giorgio Spalletta (Alice Never After, Alice Ever After) visualize the entire story for the first time!"

[youandmedead]

Any Labyrinth writers read this? It actually gives a pretty intriguing insight into the labyrinth and how each thing functions. There's a cool comic comic right at the back called the masquerade and it gives an interesting look into how the party is set up and what happened to the people who went missing into the labyrinth if they were adults! Also it gives a small idea on what Jareths true form is in like 2 panels I believe? It's fucking amazing

[snootyfoxfashion]

Jim Henson's Labyrinth Collection by Vixen by Micheline Pitt

[komakesthings]

I keep forgetting that I haven't finished putting pictures of all my prop replica projects onto Tumblr, so I figured I'd share one of my favourite projects to date: Recreating the 13 hour Lantern Clock that appears at the end of Jim Henson's Labyrinth.

This was a build that I was really proud to accomplish because it felt a bit like solving a puzzle, both figuratively and literally. I spent a lot of time trying to find existing items that I could cobble together to get the shapes I wanted. For instance the columns of the clock were made out of a wooden thimble, mini baseball bat, candle stick, a cake decorating column, and some o-rings.

Admittedly I was pretty close to chucking this project in the trash at a few points, mostly because I became convinced that it'd never look good. There's always a point with projects where they just look a little ugly, and it's sometimes very hard to tell if they're ugly because they're unfinished, or ugly because they are in fact ugly. Thankfully this project was in the former category, and it all came together eventually.

Other materials used in this project include foam core, some stick on decorative tiles from the dollar store, half of a fillable Christmas ornament, some EVA foam, and some wooden finials. I ended up getting some custom laser cut fretwork done for the top of the clock, and the details on the clock face were cut from vinyl.

I completed this project right around the time I started beefing up my photography skills, so I did a little photoshoot with this clock using some thrift store curtains and brick work made out of insulation foam. The 'floating' effect in the photo was achieved just by taking the photo at a slight tilt. Simple, but very effective!

[mypunkpansexualtwin]

So I was listening to Within You from Labyrinth and uh

I had some thoughts.

[missygoesmeow]

i rewatched labyrinth (for the hundredth time) last night and doodled, which was nice as i haven't felt very creative this week

the two of them dancing i had already drawn though and i just slapped it in as well

[pendragaryen]

From "Jim Henson's Labyrinth - The Ultimate Visual History" Part 2

[shameless-pug]

when Sarah said you have no power over me she meant it if I were her I would still be in the ballroom dancing

she's got will power of steel

[magicaldogtoto]

My thoughts on the general idea that isekai anime started to go downhill when they started to be written by men featuring male protagonists in wish-fulfillment adventures is that if you look beyond the current trends of isekai--beyond anime, even--you'll find that there are a lot of works of isekai (or, as they're called in English, "portal fantasy") written by men that featured girl protagonists that didn't have the same issues people find in current isekai when discussing the genre's flaws. (Some of these works are a lot older, and have other issues relevant to the time, but that's another topic.)

Off the top of my head, you have L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, and C.S. Lewis as examples of men who wrote portal fantasies with girls as protagonists that didn't have the same issues that you see people criticize in isekai anime. The main difference I could see between their works and isekai anime that people dislike is that they were writing for a more general audience of children. More often than not, they also had younger girls who were either related to them or the children of friends of theirs that inspired them to write those stories. Lewis dedicated The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe to his goddaughter Lucy, Lewis Carroll wrote for Alice Liddell and her family, etc.

Even looking at more recent examples of isekai/isekai-adjacent works that feature girls and are written by men--Coraline by Neil Gaiman, Labyrinth by Jim Henson, Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro--if you look up interviews by those people, they often cite their daughters as inspiration for the stories and protagonists they wrote.

The underlying theme I see here, is that none of them were horny while writing their works. (There's debate about Carroll, but I'm not going to go into that for now.)

I'm not saying that you have to be a dad if you're a man writing these kinds of works, but there is a general sense of empathy for the younger protagonists that doesn't involve sexualizing underage characters. I think that's one of the main reasons why these stories are different from current isekai that people often criticize. Just my two cents.

(There is one European isekai that is written by a man and features an overpowered male protagonist--that would be Michael Ende's The Neverending Story. But that story makes it a plot point about what happens when the isekai protagonist becomes too powerful for his own good.)

[tippenfunkaport]

You remind me of the babe...

Presenting Glimeth, the Goblin Queen

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #738

Sarah was the first "man, woman, or child" to reach the center of the Labyrinth in Jareth's kingdom.

Source:

Labyrinth: The Storybook Based On The Movie. Louise Gikow. Henry Holt & Co. 1986.

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth #3 by Kyla Vanderklugt and Giorgio Spalletta. Cover by Nimit Malavia. Variant cover by Elizabeth Torque. Out in November.

"The oubliette is deep and dark, but Sarah won't let anything stop her from rescuing Toby from the Goblin King before the clock strikes 13! But in the frightening tunnels beneath the Labyrinth, her and Hoggle will truly face dangers untold as they run for their lives!"

[youandmedead]

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Warnings: THEORIES, Not proof read properly

Notes: Whilst there is a comic out explaining how Jareth became King of the Labyrinth, I have decided to post this as I've had these theories wayyyyyyy before the comic was released and I wasn't aware there was one out explaining Jareth's plan till last night. Anywho, I'd love to hear everyone's ideas on this. Hope everyone is well 🖤

THEORY 1:

⛦ He was kidnapped by the last Goblin Monarch (I believe that his parents wished him away).

⛦ Instead of being turned into a goblin, the last monarch passed down their powers to him and that's how he gained the shape shifting abilities. He then grew resentful towards humans because he found out where he came from and what his parents wished for. Jareth then assumed that all humans were selfish because of this, in addition to people entering the Labyrinth to look for things they were too selfish to accept and be grateful about or wishing people away

⛦ However he felt pity for Toby when he was wished away by Sarah and I believe that's why he became rather fond of the baby. He knew what it was like to be wished away for idiotic reasons and therefore felt guilty about not caring for the child. Yes he was going to turn him into a goblin but it would have meant that he would have been part of a "family" that accepted him

THEORY 2:

⛦ Jareth was kidnapped from birth (think of his kidnapping like how Pain and Panic kidnapped Hercules in the Disney film, except instead of Jareth becoming mortal he becomes a Fae).

⛦ The current goblin monarch cared for him and the magic within the labyrinth began to fuse into Jareth or the last monarch's abilities were passed onto Jareth after they died or were defeated.

⛦ Despite him still ruling over the kingdom and trying to keep things in order, Jareth disliked the goblins and still resented them for his kidnapping, however this hatred did ebb away and he realised not all of them were so bad

THEORY 3:

⛦ He was kidnapped at random by the goblins. He may have had some sort of attractive quality that intrigued the goblins (or something of the sort) and that may have been why he was chosen - or as mentioned he may have been chosen at random

⛦ The goblins need someone to keep watch and lead their kingdom, ordered needed to be restored

⛦ The goblins raised Jareth as a collective - there may have perhaps been a small group who mainly watched over him in more of a familial manner

⛦ Eventually Jareth was pushed into monarchy and he was clueless. The goblins had a few pin points for him, but other than that he had to figure it out all for himself