Hobin was the Canadian production Designer for the first Slovenian/Canadian film coproduction created in 2010 titled The Maiden Danced to Death, a collaboration with Academy Award-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond.
"[2] The carefully crafted settings are populated by children who force to the fore tragedies like Lady Di's death, the 2004 tsunami, the murder of JonBenet Ramsey and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In her 2014 essay, Lisa Farley Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University, describes the series as ushering in "the surprising return of what is both familiar and difficult to face within the self.
Hobin has been transparent about the fact that he would prefer strong reactions, even negative, over indifference and told Global News of the Cry Babies series, "if I'm going in that polarized direction, I'm really hitting the mark.
"[3] In the 2015 publication "Art and Religion" by Aaron Rosen, Hobin is quoted stating that these news stories "have become our fairy tales...Play is how kids process information...And these pictures serve a purpose, as a moral, as a warming, just the way nursery rhymes did.