The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet the Muppets

The Muppet Show is a comic book title published by BOOM! Studios based on the television series The Muppet Show. The initial 4-part series published its first issue on March 29, 2009. Paul Morrissey serves as editor for the series, which is currently being written and illustrated by Roger Langridge.

BOOM! Studios will follow this initial series of The Muppet Show comics with Muppet adaptations of classic stories, beginning with Muppet Robin Hood.

Preview

 * To promote the title, a special preview comic featuring some unreleased material from the Muppet comics Langridge produced for Disney Adventures magazine was released at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con. The preview included "Muppet Labs," "Pigs in Space," and "At the Dance" sketches in addition to three pages from a Muppet Show-themed plot about Sweetums' desire to perform for his mommy.
 * Release Date: July 2008

Issue #1: Kermit's Story

 * "Kermit's Story" - When Kermit receives a mysterious letter and starts strumming an old tune on his banjo, Robin realizes that his uncle misses the swamp. With their beloved leader down in the dumps, the whole Muppet gang does its best to try to improve Kermit's spirit.  Gonzo tries flattery, "breaking thirty years of precedent"; Fozzie tries the "old hat routine," which usually has the three-year-olds in stitches; Piggy jumps out of a cake, dressed as a lilypad; and Scooter, hoping that being in front of an audience will snap Kermit out of his funk, schedules a Koozebane sketch that ends up being disastrously interrupted by would-be guest stars the Zimmer Twins.  But in the end, it is Robin's insistence that his uncle play through to the end of "The Pond Where I Was Born" that finally helps Kermit realize that even though the theater is his home now, the pond will "always be a part of [him]. Wherever [he] should roam."  Other sketches featured in the issue include a new "musical number" ("Bang, Boom, Splat and Pow"), "The Swedish Chef," and "Pigs in Space."
 * Release Date: March 29, 2009

Issue #2: Fozzie's Story

 * Fozzie Bear teams up with Gonzo for a comedy act.
 * Release Date: April 29, 2009

Issue #3: Gonzo's Story

 * Gonzo's dangerous stunts come under the scrutiny of the theater's insurance agent.
 * Release Date: May 27, 2009