Puppets are a big deal over here at Magically Real HQ.  We like them all:  marionettes, hand-puppets, finger puppets, shadow-puppets, oversize-Bunraku puppets, Sesame Street and Crank Yankers, action figures of various descriptions, sock puppets, and even hands remaking themselves in silhouette -- flowing into shadow shapes on illuminated walls. The Encyclopedia Britannica online (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/483732/puppetry)  tells … Continue reading Weird Figures: a Brief History of Puppets