Blog Posts


  • Reflections on Madness – and a NEW DRESS!

    Dear Insane Children,  The schedule suggested we might have a Live Stream this morning but that (obviously) did not happen. Lots going on in Shanghai at the moment – visits to the maternity hospital for regular checks of Baby #2, preparation for Chinese New Year, and lots of behind-the-scenes work at Mysterious. So we’ll try…


  • Boss Battles of Dolls and Queens

    Dear Insane Children, Just a quick update to share some new art and wish you a happy weekend.  First up, we have a sketch from Adam depicting Lizzie trapped inside a pocket watch designed by The Dollmaker. Alice will encounter this during her boss fight sequence with Bumby/Dollmaker…  And it allows her to complete Lizzie’s…


  • Art Prints 2022 (First Half)

    Dear Insane Children, Font Lord here with the results of the poll to what the next 6 art prints should be.As is normal, these choices are so hard due to all the amazing art getting made, but such is the nature of a poll.There are winners and losers. There’s also some extra into at the…


  • The Art of 2022

    Dear Insane Children,   Font Lord here wishing you all a Happy New Year. Hope it’s all going swimmingly so far. You know how this goes by now   🙂 We would like you to Choose 5 of your favorite pieces of art from the images below.   Then when the votes are tallied, the winners…


  • Live Stream This Week – YES!

    Dear Insane Children,  Feels like it’s been ages since our last Live Stream! But the wait is over. We’ll have one this week at the usual time and place…  And you can find links to my Twitch and YouTube via Linktree… https://linktr.ee/americanmcgee  Keep in mind that if you want to WIN PRIZES, you need to…


  • 2021 Recap & 2022 Planning

    Dear Insane Children,  I think it’s fair to say we’re all happy to see 2021 quickly vanishing in the rearview mirror. And we’re hopeful (perhaps a bit anxious) about what’s in store for 2022.  To kick things off, we’ve compiled a recap of Alice: Asylum Major Events for 2021. And a roadmap for 2022.  But…


  • Farewell to 2021

    Dear Insane Children,  The crazy year that was 2021 is in its final moments. And our team – like many of you – has been taking little bits of R&R between holiday events and spurts of Wonderland-inspired creativity. And behind the scenes… there’s a lot going on. But we’re going to save the major updates…


  • Twas The Night Before Christmas

    Dear Insane Children,  It’s Christmas Eve in Shanghai and all through the house… Lucky is running like a crazy little mouse. Christmas music is playing. There’s a star atop the tree. And there’s even a remote control dump truck waiting for Lucky to open tomorrow morning. Yay!  I hope that you are warm and happy…


  • Crowd Design: Radcliffe’s Demons

    Dear Insane Children,  Here’s a fun Crowd Design task for everyone:  Help us define and design the demons that lurk inside the mind of an evil lawyer. Is “evil lawyer” redundant? Haha. Everyone loves to hate on lawyers… so this one should be easy!  From the Design Brief:  44.2) Enemy Design Tasks – Otherlands Enemy…


  • Reborn Again

    Dear Insane Children,  Another trip around the sun for me – today (December 13th in the USA) is my 49th birthday. Woo. And it’s an excellent birthday too! I am VERY HAPPY with where life is these days. Surrounded by a happy family, supported by wonderful Insane Children, making tons of great art, design, story,…