{"id":1918,"date":"2009-04-03T13:10:06","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T20:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2009-04-03T13:10:06","modified_gmt":"2009-04-03T20:10:06","slug":"a-muppetational-comic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=1918","title":{"rendered":"A Muppetational Comic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Statler<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n

I recall being a pretty big Muppet<\/a> fan as a kid-I have a beat-up copy of some book called Kermit’s Garden of Verses, a book of poetry ostensibly written by Kermie himself and featuring artwork of all the characters; in the back, I wrote my own poem about my dad, which is not as good as Kermit’s deathless verse, but I tried. <\/p>\n

But it was in college that I rediscovered the Muppets and picked up on the layers of satire, heartfelt storytelling, and subversive humor that have always coursed through the best Muppet projects. <\/p>\n

The new Muppet Show Comic Book by Roger Langridge from Boom! Studios<\/a> has all of the above in spades. Langridge has done a remarkable job taking something that doesn’t seem like it could ever translate seamlessly into a comic book and, well, seamlessly translating it into a comic book. <\/p>\n

The comic preserves the sketch + story format of the original show, with one or two-page gags interspersed with scenes in an overall tale about Kermit missing the swamp. The bits are smart-ass, occasionally dark, and consistently funny. Kermit’s story is endearing and sweet, a bit of a coda to the first Muppet movie, in a sense. <\/p>\n

I love how Langridge has translated the Muppets themselves into cartoons; it’s so neat to see how expressive their faces become when they’re disconnected from the “reality” of felt and plastic. Their reactions are often priceless, and I can’t get enough of the man’s Gonzo. (THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID) He draws the furry little.whatever as this tiny, crazed maniac with these bugged-out eyes. It fits the character perfectly and in fact takes him to a new level. <\/p>\n

If you like Muppets, if you have kids who like Muppets; if you like comedy comics; if you have kids who don’t know squat about the Muppets but SHOULD know squat about the Muppets; if you like good comics; if you have a heart and\/or a brain and\/or a pancreas, BUY THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK. <\/p>\n

SAM THE EAGLE SAYS SO.<\/p>\n

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