Ain’t That Just the Way? Why Over the Garden Wall should be your Autumnal tradition

Brandon R. Chinn
Nov 3 · 6 min read
Wirt, Greg, and their Frog take heed of the Woodsman’s advice.

Two boys are lost in the woods. The older, fraught with worry and anxiously mired in a place unknown, declares them lost. The smaller, eyes bright with wonderment at this new world, says, “We’re going home!”

Over the Garden Wall — a mini-series produced by Cartoon Network and created by Pat McHale and his team — was slept…

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Brandon R. Chinn

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Author of the Kognition Cycle and the Mistake of the World. Works featured in Moonchild Magazine, Twist in Time, Selene Quarterly. Talk to me about video games!

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