"wished" to cornfield.
Speaking of which, I was wondering: did that mean Anthony made them vanish from existence, or did he just put them in some sort of alternate dimension?
I'm not sure if it was ever explained in detail what happened to people, creatures or things once they were dismissed to the cornfield, but surely it was not good, a good guess they were dead and the cornfield represented a sort of dumping ground for his experiments gone bad (think Spore) and people that displeased him.
Here's a wiki link with a little more info. It's a Good Life
Here's another link to the Twilight Zone (second generation) where the story of Anthony continues. It's Still a Good Life