A suburban childhood in Burbank, California, played a significant role in the formation of Tim Burton's creative landscape.A 'hellish' time in which his major role was that of the outsider, Burton likens growing up on Evergreen Boulevard to 'Dante's Inferno'. Yet suburbia has appeared as an ongoing theme or character in many of his films. Join Dr Saige Walton (University of Melbourne), Constantine Verevis (Monash University), Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (La Trobe University) and Anika Ervin-Ward (University of Melbourne) as they explore the role of suburbia in the work of Tim Burton.