My 2026 Website Outlook

It is time to discuss what the website will be doing in 2026. The website has grown a lot since I first launched it. I still enjoy creating mazes and writing about them so the site is in for a busy year because I want to try some new things (while keeping some of the old).

What is the weekly posting plan for 2026 ?

Monday - Maze of the Week launch post

Tuesday - Comic Book Cover Maze of the week

Wednesday - Maze and Labyrinth themed comic strips (NEW)

Thursday - Blog Posts

Friday - Maze Design Case Study (NEW)

Saturday - Hard Maze of the Week (NEW)

Sunday - Day of rest, extra blog posts if needed. I may use Sundays to update some old blog posts with new information.

Tell me about the new items.

  • I decided to make some comic strips that fit into the website theme. I always had this idea and with the help of AI I made it happen. The illustrations aren’t perfect, but I did not have time to make them without the help. I think the first few I have done came out well. Ultimately, you’ll decide. There will be a landing page with all of them pulled together.

  • On Fridays I wanted to try something new while continuing my maze design case studies. Not sure how it will go exactly but I want to make a maze, then play around with it in different styles and see how it comes out. It (hopefully) is a project that will have cool discoveries and misses, but I am here for it. There will be a landing page with all of them pulled together. It is a way for me to learn how to use Inkscape better !

  • People seem to be looking for harder mazes. I am going to make Saturday hard maze day. There will be a landing page with all of them pulled together. I populated it with some older mazes to start.

What type of mazes will I see on the site ?

  • Every Monday you will get a maze of the week with a corresponding blog post about it. That is normal.

  • I have decided to do mazes of famous places from around the world. Lots of buildings, museums and landscapes. Famous place mazes have done well on the site so I am expanding them. Also they are fun to make.

Any new books planned ?

  • I had a huge year with launching books in 2025, both free versions and Amazon books. I will be cutting back on new books……probably. I do have a list of over 2 dozen possible books to create.

  • However, I am going to revise my free books one at a time to be more print and tablet friendly. I don’t have a schedule for this but I update everyone when I post them. Not sure how many I will get through but this is similar to my maze of the week re-dux project from 2025.

  • I will be expanding my Spanish language catalog of free books by translating older books as I revise them where it makes sense.

Comic Book Cover Mazes; Year 3 ?

  • Yes. I have fun making these. I decided to continue the series. If I make it to the end of the year, and I plan to, that would be issue #157.

  • Expect to see a lot of animal themed mazes again. There are plenty of animals I have not mazed yet. Mazequerade Comic Book Cover List tells you more about it.

  • They will sit in their own section again. Each year has a section on the site.

Pinterest ?

  • I started this in 2024 and I get some traffic to the site from there but my posts don’t seem to get much traction. You can check out my page/pins. Feel free to share my mazes there ! Honestly I’m not sure which I am worse at, YouTube or Pinterest ?

  • Every time I think something will work there it doesn’t. I have no idea what I am doing, but I will keep posting there sporadically.

Blog Posts ?

Want to guest blog about maze and labyrinth design ? Drop me an email ! With so much content planned I will be cutting back on traditional blog posts multiple times a week. One Thursday a month will be dedicated to Maze and Labyrinth News where I pull together multiple stories into one newsletter. I prefer one blog post on 10 different things rather than writing 10 different longer blog posts on each subject ! Important topics will remain stand alone. Expect to see a lot of updates on old blog posts also.

I hope you enjoy the site !

Mazequerade Comic Book Cover List

Here is a comprehensive list of every issue (so far) of the Mazequerade Comic Book Covers, issues 1-105. The first 53 plus the Annual Issue are available in the Mazequerade comic. Issues 54 - 105 plus Annual #2 are part of Mazequerade Volume 2. Each comic cover lists the name and then the subject matter for easy searching.

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 1 (Issues #1-53)

Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 2 (Issues #54-105)

If you want to see my favorite comic book cover mazes from 2025, check out this post where I pick 7 that I like the most:

My Favorite Mazes from 2025

Mazequerade comic book
Mazequerade comic book Volume 2

I also wanted to announce what you will be seeing in 2026 for these mazes:

#106 - 127 Animal mazes

#128 - 138 Bird mazes mostly

#139 - 143 Insect mazes

#144 - 157 Mostly animals from the sea, but a few other themes mixed in for Halloween, Thanksgiving, New Years

If everything goes well comic cover #157 will launch on December 29, 2026. I can’t look any farther out than that, but hopefully it continues….

Mazequerade Year 1

Comic Book #1 - The Snowman - Snowman

Comic Book #2 - Eagle Eye - Eagle

Comic Book #3 - Yinzer Bird - Penguin

Comic Book #4 - The Acorn Avenger - Squirrel

Comic Book #5 - Groundhog Day ! - Groundhog

Comic Book #6 - Dino Danger - Mapusaurus (Dinosaur)

Comic Book #7 - Age of Dragons - Dragon

Comic Book #8 - Good Dog - Golden Retriever

Comic Book #9 - Land of Ice & Bears (& Fear) - Polar Bear

Comic Book #10 - The Count - Vampire

Comic Book #11 - Paddy O'Green: The Leprechaun Detective - Leprechaun

Comic Book #12 - Black Fury - Panther

Comic Book #13 - Flopsy Fury - Bunny

Comic Book #14 - Eight Legs - Tarantula

Comic Book #15 - The Dolphin's House - Dolphin

Comic Book #16 - Escape From the Dawg Pound - Bulldog

Comic Book #17 - Saddle Up ! - Horse

Comic Book #18 - Hop Star - Frog

Comic Book #19 - Pounce - Leopard

Comic Book #20 - Metamorphosis - Butterfly

Comic Book #21 - Shell Shock - Turtle

Comic Book #22 - Jurassic Saga - Therizinosaurus (Dinosaur)

Comic Book #23 - Big Forest - Black Bear

Comic Book #24 - Udderly Amazing Adventures - Cow

Comic Book #25 - Swamp Patrol - Crocodile

Comic Book #26 - River Guardian - Catfish

Comic Book #27 - The Crow Whisperer - Scarecrow

Comic Book #28 - The Minotaur's Labyrinth - Minotaru

Comic Book #29 - Infested Waters -Shark

Comic Book #30 - Jungle Wars - Tiger

Comic Book #31 - Payaso: Clown Detective - Clown

Comic Book #32 - Hoot - Owl

Comic Book #33 - PRIDE - Lion

Comic Book #34 - HIVE - Honey Bee

Comic Book #35 - New Yorkie City - Yorkie Poo

Comic Book #36 - Shogun Strike - Samurai

Comic Book #37 - Warrior Prince - Warrior

Comic Book #38 - Titan: Rhino Security - Rhinoceros

Comic Book #39 - The Marsupial Marvel - Koala Bear

Comic Book #40 - FOWL - Chicken

Comic Book #41 - Burrowing Bandit - Badger

Comic Book #42 - Alpha - Wolf

Comic Book #43 - HOOF - Mule

Comic Book #44 - La Catrina: Soul Protector - La Catrina

Comic Book #45 - BUFF: The Mighty Bison - Bison

Comic Book #46 - Swagger - Peacock

Comic Book #47 - Shiver Me Timbers - Pirate

Comic Book #48 - Gobble Gobble - Turkey

Comic Book #49 - Buckshot - Elk

Comic Book #50 - The Llama Chronicles - Llama

Comic Book #51 - BANANA - Monkey

Comic Book #52 - Cookie Crusader - Gingerbread Man

Comic Book #53 - BMQ - Quokka

Comic Book #53 - Quokka (kids variation cover) - Quokka

Annual #1 - The Festive 4

Mazequerade Year 2

Comic Book #54 - Hammer & Helm -Viking

Comic Book #55 - Hop to It! - Kangaroo

Comic Book #56 - From Dawn til Tusk - Walrus

Comic Book #57 - Sssssslither -Snake

Comic Book #58 - Sow Much Fun - Pig

Comic Book #59 - STRIPES - Lemur

Comic Book #60 - Trash Panda - Raccoon

Comic Book #61 - Pawsitively Purr-fect - Kitten

Comic Book #62 - Spiral - Unicorn

Comic Book #63 - Toucan Do It ! - Toucan

Comic Book #64 - Balance - Flamingo

Comic Book #65 - Fowl Play - Shoebill Bird

Comic Book #66 - Puffin Around - Puffin

Comic Book #67 - Beaverly Hills - Beaver

Comic Book #68 - Sloth Life - Sloth

Comic Book #69 - Cosmic - Alien

Comic Book #70 - BRAINS - Zombie

Comic Book #71 - Neck - Giraffe

Comic Book #72 - Panda-monium - Panda

Comic Book #73 - Bark to the Future - Rat Terrier

Comic Book #74 - STING - Scorpion

Comic Book #75 - Red Hot - Chili Pepper

Comic Book #76 - SHROOM - Mushroom

Comic Book #77 - BRINE - Pickle

Comic Book #78 - RAD - Radish

Comic Book #79 - RUMBLE - Luchador

Comic Book #80 - SPELL CHECK - Wizard

Comic Book #81 - Crown Jewels - King

Comic Book #82 - Knight Fever - Knight

Comic Book #83 - Serpentine - Naga

Comic Book #84 - Your Average Demon - Yakasha

Comic Book #85 - OMEGA - Warrior Demon

Comic Book #86 - Beast Mode - Beast Warrior

Comic Book #87 - Empire - Mongol Warrior

Comic Book #88 - Bark - Dawg

Comic Book #89 - Bearly There - Bear

Comic Book #90 - Rambling - Ram

Comic Book #91 - WANTED - Cowboy

Comic Book #92 - HORNS - Devil

Comic Book #93 - Trickster - Hellquin

Comic Book #94 - Mummy Dearest - Mummy

Comic Book #95 - Imp-possible - IMP

Comic Book #96 - DOC - Plague Doctor

Comic Book #97 - Emerald Isle - Celtic Warrior

Comic Book #98 - Seas the Day - Pirate Captain

Comic Book #99 - War Bird - Aztec War Bird

Comic Book #100 - Ape-ocalypse - APE

Comic Book #101 - Yeti or Not - Yeti

Comic Book #102 - Nutty by Nature - Nutcracker Soldier

Comic Book #103 - Gnome Alone - Gnome

Comic Book #104 - A Christmas Caper - Elf

Comic Book #105 - Marathon - Patagonia Mara

Annual #2

My 2025 Year in Review

This is my year end review for the website to reflect on what I accomplished for the year. I do this post each year and I keep the previous years data.…so 7 years of progress !! Here are my other posts about the year:

do you maze 2025 logo

And now the data for the year:

Weekly (Daily) Mazes posted:

2025: 52 - Mazes of the week, plus a few extras (25 vehicle)

2024: 53 - Mazes of the week, each with an alternative colorway !

2023: 52 - Mazes of the week - see all 52 in this video !

2022: 54 - Mazes of the week

2021: 640 - daily mazes with some Spanish language variations

2020: 366 - daily mazes

2019: 365 - daily mazes


Blog Posts:

2025: 327 - includes updates to over 100 old posts

2024: 227 (160 remain on the site)

2023: 192 (138 remain on the site)

2022: 132 (68 remain on the site)

2021: 291 (168 remain on the site)

2020: 102 (61 remain on the site)

2019: 26 (8 remain on the site)

If you want to read the blog posts that remain, check out my blog index. I anticipate more blog posts in 2025 as I increase my updating schedule to keep posts fresh ! But 927 blog posts about mazes and labyrinths since the website started is a lot !

Name Mazes Made

2025: 189

2024: 220

2023: 104

2022: 13

2021: 4

2020: 247

2019: 1,499

Since 2021 I have only been doing doing maze name requests when they were submitted. I had many teachers reach out for classrooms full of unique names ! I think I rank well for this on many search engines so I get a lot of maze name traffic !


Books posted online:

2025: 17

2024: 0

2023: 0

2022: 2

2021: 12

2020: 8

2019: 19

I made many new sections on the site which included books.

Books Published on Amazon:

2025: 5

2024: 0

2023: 0

2022: 0

2021: 13

2020: 0

2019: 0

I launched a series of books in the Fall. If you like Arrow Mazes, this was a good year for you !

Website Traffic growth:

2025: + 132% LY

2024: + 33% LY

2023: + 36% LY

2022: + 47% LY

2021: + 242% LY

2020: +1000% PL

2019: **

I did a lot of SEO work. AI seems to like me (before it makes me obsolete?)

Different countries visiting the site:

2025: 207 according to Google analytics ?

2024: 200 according to Google analytics. Depending on how you count the # of countries, that means just about every country. Except North Korea….and I will need to research to see if anyone else is missing.

2023: 169 - I changed how I track this and think the 100 below might have been inaccurate. Out of 195 or so depending on the list you look at.

2022: 100

2021: 100

2020: 99

2019: 20

YouTube Views:

2025: 1,524

2024: 1,972

2023: 2,245

2022: 303

2021: 264

I posted no videos in 2025


YouTube Subscribers:

2025: 36

2024: 31

2023: 17

2022: 6

2021: 3


Pinterest:

I have no idea how to quantify this, but I have a Pinterest Page. It is small. I don’t do much there. Here is my traffic from there to my site:

2025: 1,714 + 57% LY

2024: 1,091 + 343% LY

2023: 318

Large growth as a percent, but a small part of the traffic to the site.

Some statistics about the 52 mazes I featured this year:

  • The first half of the year featured previous mazes that I redid to hopefully improve them. #158-182.

  • The middle section featured mazes I hadn’t previously published for one reason or another (wanted to improve them or they were previous commission mazes) #183-189. They are all types of scenes, from skylines to beaches to mountains.

  • And finally I finished the year with my Land, Air, Sea and Space Collection that featured mazes of vehicles. Each of those mazes can be found in the Vehicle Maze Section of the site. There are 13 Land, 2 Air, 2 Sea and 3 Space Mazes.

So that is my year in review. I have a plan for 2026 which is one of my next blog posts. Expect more mazes that hopefully people like !

The Maze (1953) Movie Review

The Maze (1953) IMDB

The Maze (1953) movie poster

When we discuss maze movies we have to include The Maze from 1953 for 2 main reasons: 1) The title is The Maze so it definitely qualifies 2) The movie starts with shots of the hedge maze that is central to the entire story. That story is of a Scotsman, called Gerald, who moves into a castle that has an adjoining hedge maze. It seems his uncle has died and left him the large castle and the servants that come with it (we should all be so lucky). Gerald’s ex-fiancé, Kitty, travels to the castle with her aunt to see why he broke off the engagement with a letter. Gerald is acting strangely and has aged since she last saw him. Kitty and her aunt try to figure out what has happened to Gerald.

The hedge maze is key to the story and plot. There is only one rule for the maze - do not enter it, which means of course you are going to enter it. I’m sure everything will be fine…right ? I mean the rule was just meant to be a recommendation. Overall, the atmosphere and tone of the movie is well done and the acting is fine. Unfortunately, the problem with the movie comes in the final act with the big reveal which is disappointing and makes no sense. Maybe we can get AI to remake the last 8 minutes of the film ??? I would compare this to an M Night Shyamalan film that has a nice premise but misses the landing.

Random note: There is an Intermission just over 49 minutes into this 80 minute film. Can we all agree that we need these to come back for today’s 3 hour films ? Who can sit in a theater that long without a break ?

You can give the full movie a watch at the link below. From a historical note the very first 3D color movie came out April 10, 1953, Vincent Price‘s The House of Wax. This film followed shortly after in July of the same year, or as it says on the movie poster “3 DIMENSION” but was filmed in black and white. A few slight changes and this may have been historically significant.

I would give this a 5.7/10.

You can watch the entire movie here: