Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 400+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently.
As a result, we’re highlighting some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views or that address topics of continuing interest in the current moment — posts that you may have missed or that you might want to revisit.
Today’s archival find: a post that has slowly but steadily gained views since its initial publication in December 2021 — and one that is resonant with the upcoming Halloween holiday: “Over the Garden Wall is Trying to Scare Your Kids, and That’s Not a Bad Thing” by Ben Trickey (MA ’23).
Since writing the post, Ben has completed his M.A. in Creative Writing (with a side interest in children’s and young adult literature) here at Kansas State in May 2023. This summer, Ben started his current job as a Content Developer for New Boston Creative Group.
As Ben explains in his original post:
You might be thinking at this point, “Over the Garden Wall sounds surprisingly scary for a kid’s show,” and you are absolutely correct. […] Yet Over the Garden Wall does more than just scare it audience. The characters share jokes, sing songs, search for ghosts in haunted mansions, and play in a band of anthropomorphic frogs.
Read more about this multi-genre series — “a fantasy adventure, a comedy, a family drama, a fairy tale, and a horror story” — at “Over the Garden Wall is Trying to Scare Your Kids, and That’s Not a Bad Thing“ — and best wishes for the Halloween holiday ahead!
— Karin Westman, Department Head
K-State English 
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