Thu, 13 May 2010 06:00:00 +0000 Won't someone please think of the children? OK, someone other than these people? en-us radium@somethingawful.com webmaster@somethingawful.com http://i.somethingawful.com/core/sa_logo_144.png 144 42 wormmiller@gmail.com (Worm Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/failed-childrens-books.php Worm Miller reviews some kids' titles that just didn't work out, from amusingly botched concepts to true tragedies. Thu, 13 May 2010 01:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/failed-childrens-books.php wormmiller@gmail.com (Worm Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/santa-superman-xmas.php Santa's rocket ship flew through outer space at hyperspeed, narrowly missing a bunch of evil alien spaceships, until it finally crossed paths with Earth, crash-landing into a manger in Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph, a childless couple, owned the manger, and they happily took in baby Santa as their own. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/santa-superman-xmas.php wormmiller@gmail.com (Worm Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/failed-childrens-toys.php This revamped, average-looking model became known around the company as 'Butterface Barbie.' The office joke spread, and soon Butterface was given unique accessories, like a brown paper bag that could be placed on her head. The women who worked for Mattel did not find this as amusing as the men did, and eventually the entire concept was scrapped. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:00:00 -0500 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/failed-childrens-toys.php wormmiller@gmail.com (Worm Miller) http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/failed-youngadult-books.php Perhaps it was just ahead of its time, given the current popularity of literary/historical mash-ups like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but in 1958 readers did not know what to make of The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, a high-concept, macabre and slightly whimsical faux sequel in which Anne's father revives her with the help of a mad scientist. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0600 http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/failed-youngadult-books.php