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Friday, November 13, 2009
Comic Books Speaking of Muppets.
Posted by Alison Hallett on Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Schmader's meeping post reminded me that the final issue in Roger Langridge's current Muppet Show series, "The Treasure of Peg Leg Wilson," hit comic book stores on Wednesday. I cannot overstate how totally delightful Langridge's Muppet comics are. He writes and draws them, and they are note perfect. He's been doing miniseries so far, but according to a recent Newsarama interview, he'll be doing a regular monthly series from here on out, which is excellent news. Seriously: Go to a comic book store. Look for comics with Langridge's name on the cover. Purchase them. (And while you're there, pick up issue #2 of Beasts of Burden, Dark Horse's creepy series about ghost-busting pets. It's written by Evan Dorkin and illustrated by Jill Thompson, whose art is some of the prettiest I've seen in a while. The issue stands alone, as the premise is pretty simple: Dogs and cats fight evil. Spookily.)
I guess I should also mention that the Portland Comic Book show is this Sunday. Duly mentioned.
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Also, Beasts of Burden was one of my favorite finds this year. A really moving comic with, as you said, fantastic art. They have a short on the Dark Horse website that's worth checking out:
http://www.darkhorse.com/Features/eComics/…
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