The Muppet Show Comic Book
| The Muppet Show | |
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Cover to The Muppet Show #1.
Art by Roger Langridge. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher |
Boom! Studios (2009–11) Disney Publishing / Marvel Comics (2011–present) |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | March 2009 |
| Number of issues | 10 |
| Main character(s) | The Muppets |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Roger Langridge |
| Artist(s) | Roger Langridge |
| Penciller(s) | JIM HENSON |
| Letterer(s) | Deron Bennett |
| Colorist(s) | Digikore Studios |
| Editor(s) | Paul Morrissey |
| Collected editions | |
| Meet the Muppets | |
The Muppet Show is comic book based on the variety television series The Muppet Show and featuring The Muppets. The series was written and drawn by Roger Langridge and published by Boom Kids!, an imprint of Boom! Studios. In 2011, the Boom! license with Disney Publishing Worldwide expired. Disney's own comic book publishing subsidiary, Marvel Comics, renamed the series Muppets and published four issues in 2012.
Roger Langridge originally made a special preview for the comic which was originally to be used in the Disney Adventures magazine, which was cancelled in November 2007.
The first two story arcs are renumbered from One, this was changed after the second story arc.
After Peg-Leg Wilson, The Muppet Show Comic Book continued as an ongoing series, and started with a new #0.
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