Sesame Street moving to Netflix
Sesame Street Season 56 episodes will premiere on Netflix and PBS on the same day beginning later this year.
Jim Henson Idea Man
Remember the life. Honor the legacy. Inspire your soul. The new Jim Henson documentary "Idea Man" is now streaming exclusively on Disney+.
Back to the Rock Season 2
Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock Season 2 has premiered on AppleTV+. Watch the anticipated new season and let us know your thoughts.
Bear arrives on Disney+ The beloved series has been off the air for the past 15 years. Now all four seasons are finally available for a whole new generation.
Sam and Friends Book Read our review of the long-awaited book, "Sam and Friends - The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show" by Muppet Historian Craig Shemin.
If anyone is interested, here's the review I wrote of Muppet Show #1 for the website I write for. I was really impressed. I hope the rest of the series lives up to this first issue.
Try mycomicshop.com or milehighcomics.com. Both good services.
For those of you looking for the comic outside of comic shops, it sounds like Barnes & Noble is going to get it first. Here's an interview with Boom! Studios about the distribution deal...
Now here's serendipity for you. Boom! announced TODAY that they've signed a newsstand distribution deal for the Disney/Muppet comics: http://www.newsarama.com/comics/030925-Boom-Newsstand.html
Unfortunately, that probably won't happen. The street date for a comic book release refers to the day it goes to the direct market (i.e., comic book shops and online retailers). It won't show up in bookstores and on newstands for another 2-3 weeks. And that's assuming that it even goes to...
I don't think anyone sees anything wrong with it. I certainly think it's great.
But for the sake of legality, I do think it's there more as an "homage" than as an "official" appearance.
Tomorrow during the day I'm taking my girlfriend to the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans. Tomorrow night, we're going to my cousin's first Lenten Friday Night Seafood Feast of 2009. He does 'em every year -- sometimes it's a crawfish boil, sometimes it's shrimp, sometimes it's crabs...
Don't know about the BOOM website, but the books are carried in comic stores nationwide. It's one of the more reliable smaller publishers. It would be worth it to call the shop in your area and ask if they'll be carrying them. Most shops will even reserve copies for you if you ask.
Oh, don't misunderstand -- if it were a choice between The Muppet Show and Muppet Babies, I'd take the classic any time. But eventually, I'd like to have the MBs too.
Does Disney own the whole thing, though? I thought the Henson company retained the rights to the "Storyteller" segments...
I'd love to see a DVD release too, naturally. I'm just curious as to what the logistics of such a thing would be.
Ugh. I can't think of a classic cartoon character that I've liked in CG. Has anyone seen those 3-D Disney cartoons? Mickey Mouse's head in three dimensions is just BIZARRE.
I like the little tidbit we get here about future Muppet comics -- Muppet Robin Hood and Muppet Peter Pan. Sounds like Boom! is planning to continue with the Muppets-in-Literature subgenre.
www.freecomicbookday.com
There's a comic shop locator on the website. Just punch in your ZIP code and it'll tell you how to find the nearest shops to you. :)
Comic sales have actually been on the rise in the last 10 or so years, after the industry began to recover from the near-implosion of the 90s speculator market. It still hasn't risen to 80s numbers, or even early 90s, but it's growing.
Or at least it WAS... this pricing stunt could be the capper.
Really? I was listening to the Around Comics podcast a few days ago and they were talking about how many comic shops they have in Chicago... then again, that's probably in the city itself, not in the suburbs.
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