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Issue #110 in my comic book cove collection features the maze of an Oxen and is titled Olly Olly with a subtitle of Free. I used a new font for this. I hope you enjoy the maze !
My comic book cover mazes are archived by year:
Comic Book Cover Mazes - Year 1 (Issues #1 - 53)
Seems like an interesting character.
I read and review maze books about the spirituality of mazes, or the history of physical mazes. I also delve into comic books that contain either mazes and labyrinths. You will not be surprised that today’s comics based on Jim Henson’s classic film from 1986 Labyrinth do just that. The movie has been in the news again as it made it’s way into theaters January 8-17, 2026 to celebrate it’s 40th Anniversary.
We have 5 different comic versions to look at.
Jim Henson's Labyrinth 2016 30th Anniversary Special (2016)
from BOOM! Studios, 40 pages
by Jonathan Case, Cory Godbey, Ted Naifeh, Adrianne Ambrose
The comic consists a collection of 7 stories featuring some of the movie characters (the wonderful Jim Henson puppets from the movie). It is actually a collection of previously released mini stories that were given out for free comic book day. The stories are quick, fun and are not interconnected. It is helpful to know a bit about the characters to enhance the relatability, but you will not be lost (maze reference?) if you pick this up with no prior knowledge.
The best story, and the reason for this review is story 4 titled “Rock Solid Friendship”, which features Ludo the monster in a predicament that has him entering the labyrinth to escape. But is entering the labyrinth really a good idea ? Now Ludo must find his way out !!
Ludo approaching the Labyrinth
Overall this is a comic great for fans of the movie, and worth a read if you are not but you do like 5 page fantasy stories.
Jim Henson's Labyrinth Tales (2016)
from BOOM! Studios, 46 pages
by Jim Henson, Cory Godbey
We come back with a second book based off of the same characters, from the same year, the same publishing company and the same illustrator. I think you will love the artwork you see in this volume from Cory Godbey and I suggest you check out his site/portfolio to discover even more.
And as far as a review. Really this book, despite having the same illustrator is more about the illustration than the first volume above. The book is almost completely full page illustrations that look like paintings. There are 3 short stories included in the book. Outstanding book. You will spend more time looking at the pictures than reading the dialogue.
Jim Henson's Labyrinth 2017 Special (2017)
from BOOM! Studios, 40 pages
by Jim Henson, Katie Cook, Delilah S. Dawson, Roger Langridge , illustrated by Jared Cullum and more
Our final review is from the 2017 Special volume that features 6 short stories. Of the three comics this one does feature a few stories with the Goblin King, but like the other volumes really focuses on the puppet characters from the film like Sir Didymus, Worm, The Four Guards, and Ludo.
Each of the stories are fun and we get a different look from our first 2 reviews. This is mostly because we have 5 different illustrators for the 6 stories. Although we do not see any illustrations of the labyrinth, we do get a call back to the famous MC Escher inspired room you probably remember from the movie.
Jim Henson's Labyrinth Artist Tribute (2016) AMZN
from Boom! Studios, 120 Pages
by various authors and illustrators (see list below)
First, let’s start with a photo of the page that lists all of the artists you will find in the edition. It is a large list and includes artists who use many different styles !
This comic is exactly what the title says it is. If you are a fan of Labyrinth, either the book, the movie, or the comics, this is the book for you. It has the feel of a coffee table book, because while there are snippets of writing, this is also about the artwork. The colorful characters created by Jim Henson that you saw as puppets in the movie make for great subjects for creative artists.
I did not want to include much artwork from book but this transition page did catch my eye.
And I did feel compelled to include this maze ! Because, well, this is a maze website and it features the characters from the Labyrinth world.
Overall, this is an artist tribute that I would love to see for many different franchises.
UPDATE: In anticipation of the 40th anniversary re-release of the movie Labyrinth into theaters, Boom Studios! released a new adaption of the movie in 8 issues:
Jim Henson's Labyrinth (2024)
8 issues, by Kyla Vanderklugt, illustrated by Giorgio Spalletta
This is an expanded novelization of the book by A.C.H. Smith. You can see a preview of the first issue here. All reviews which I agree with are focused on the wonderful artwork by Giorgio Spalletta.
While my favorite comic of the 4 was Jim Henson's Labyrinth Tales because of the illustrations, all books are nice, short, fun stories that anyone could enjoy. If you were a fan of the movie (or still are a fan), all 4 are worth a read/look. And if you want to get into longer stories I suggest you check out the longer comic series that have been published:
Jim Henson's Labyrinth (6 issues)
Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation (12 issues)
Jim Hanson’s Labyrinth (2024) (8 issues)
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Maze of the Week #214 features The Shard building in London, England. I like making mazes of places I have seen, and I did happen to visit the observation tower when I was there. I want to wish it a happy birthday since it was opened on 1 February 2013. This is not my first maze from London as I have made a few of it’s neighbors into mazes also:
Maze of the Week #93 - London City Hall (no longer city hall)
Great architecture in the city. To see some background on the construction, check out this video:
Here are some photos from my visit. Typical me never took a photo of the actual full building. You can see the former city hall and some other famous sites.
The maze: I went with black and white, gris maze construction style.
Download is available on the home page. Happy Maze-ing !
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Maybe it’s because I eat a lot of them so they are always top of mind, but I seem to make a lot of Fruit and Vegetable Mazes. Some of them are collected in the newly updated Food Maze Collection, but not all of them. The nice thing about that section is there are so many different food mazes to look through, but it certainly isn’t concise so today I want to take you through my favorite Fruit and Vegetable Mazes. This list includes mazes from very easy to hard.
Let’s get started !
In no particular order…let’s start with a maze I like because of the shading when I colored it. The difficult thing about making a Peach Maze is making sure it doesn’t look like an Apple. The Notch down the side and the shading do this I think.
Peach Maze
Another maze where I used some shading to add some green to the Banana Maze. I made 2 versions of the same illustration, one very easy and the other a bit harder.
Banana Maze
easy banana maze
One of the first vegetable mazes I made for the website was this Cabbage Maze. It is a difficult maze to solve, but I really like the way it turned out despite that. As you can see I used the pathways to color the cabbage rather than use black, and varied the coloring to ensure it looked more cabbage-y than lettuce.
Cabbage Maze
This Peanut Maze is a vegetable maze which I had to search for online to confirm because I didn’t know. The design of this looks a bit like a grid maze because of the structure of a peanut, but is really a draw and cut construction.
Peanut Maze
My guess is you won’t find many Garlic Bulb Mazes out there on the webs. I like the look of this one and enjoy the free drawn maze construction method. Garlic really has a interesting curved shape so this construction fit perfectly IMO.
Garlic bulb Maze
Not all of my mazes are made for kids, like this Strawberry Maze that is a bit more complicated. I went heavy on the seeds. But, most of them are made for kids, so I did a second version that is easy.
Strawberry Maze
Strawberry Maze (EASY)
This Carrot Maze was made for kids. I made it extra bright to give it a cartoonlike look. I wouldn’t suggest you eat a carrot if the greens were really glowing like this !
Carrot Maze
I think I made this for a Vegetarian holiday. It features a group of a few of the vegetables I have made for different projects grouped together. It makes for a nice Vegetables Maze, although you only move through the lettuce, so maybe it is more accurately a Green Leaf Lettuce Maze.
Vegetables Maze
If you liked the difficulty of the Cabbage Maze above, you will also enjoy this Corn on the Cob Maze, not to be confused with a Corn Maze on a farm ! I went black and white on this one, so feel free to color it when you are done with the maze. It uses both a vertical and horizontal maze construction. It is also a maze whose bones would make for a good draw and cut maze like the Peanut maze above.
Then, I went back and colored the illustration and made the maze much easier.
Corn on the Cob Maze
Corn on the Cob Maze (color, easy)
What was the food you needed to be told to eat as a kid ? For me it was broccoli.
BROCCOLI MAZE
That concludes my 10 favorite fruit and vegetable mazes. If you are looking for something more I have actually made a free downloadable activity book for kids on the subject. It is one of my early ones, with 24 pages of activities plus answers. You might recognize some of the pictures on the cover. You can find it in the Activity Book Section. It features word unscramble (or drow sunblecram), dot box, connect the dots, coloring pages and other similar games.
Since I made these early mazes I have transitioned to making maze art. If that sounds interesting to you check out my homepage where I always have my latest creations !
