John Stevenson
John Stevenson served as a storyboard artist/designer and background puppeteer on The Muppet Show. One of his more notable contributions was storyboarding the whale sequence from episode 516, which he later adapted as the book The Whale Tale.
Stevenson also worked on The Great Muppet Caper, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Jim Henson Hour and Brats of the Lost Nebula, and contributed to several Muppet books and coloring books.
Stevenson's other credits include storyboards for Little Shop of Horrors and directing animated features, including the DreamWorks Animation film Kung Fu Panda and Sherlock Gnomes.
Muppet/Creature Shop credits[]
- The Muppet Show (uncredited): storyboard artist, designer, background puppeteer
- The Dark Crystal (uncredited): pre-production visual development designer/storyboard artist
- Inner Tube: character designs
Illustration credits[]
- The Muppet Show Annual 1979
- Muppet Diary 1980
- The Whale Tale (1981, also writer)
- Muppet Fun All Year 'Round (1983)
- The Muppets' Winter Fun (1983)
Stevenson at the Muppet Workshop in 1977