New York Comic Con

Not to be confused with San Diego Comic-Con

New York Comic Con is a multigenre fan convention held annually in New York City.

Appearances[]

In 2010, Toonseum's booth hosted autograph signings on Saturday, October 9 with Caroll Spinney, Noel MacNeal, Jim Martin, Judy Sladky, and David Newell from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Sunday featured a talk, "Children’s TV Legends: A Celebration of Childhood Memories".

Archaia Studios Press booth: David Petersen, Grace Randolph, Joe LeFavi, Tim Beedle, Nichol Ashworth, Chandra Free, Jeff Stokely, and Ross Campbell.
Artist's Alley: In attendance independently were comic illustrators Katie Cook, Amy Mebberson, and James Silvani.
Mighty Fine booth: Offered free Cookie Monster crowns, and a Oscar the Grouch poser. At the booth were Evan Cheng, Eric Jacobson, and Louis Henry Mitchell.
Panel for Drew Struzan documentary Drew: The Man Behind the Poster. Caroll Spinney appeared on the panel, as well as in the film.
Joint Archaia/Jim Henson Company panel: Archaia Editor in Chief Stephen Christy, Jim Henson Company Archivist Karen Falk, and Archaia Marketing Manager Mel Caylo. Featured was some of Jim's earliest work, A Tale of Sand, and the Dark Crystal comic book.

In attendance as guests were Joey Mazzarino and Peter Linz.

Archaia booth: Ramon Perez, Chandra Free, Neil Kleid, Brian and Wendy Froud.
Artist's Alley: In attendance were illustrators Katie Cook, Amy Mebberson, David Petersen, and James Silvani.
Mighty Fine booth: An Oscar t-shirt illustrated by Evan Cheng was offered.
Over 30 Years with Brian & Wendy Froud: Faeries, Goblins and Trolls
Puppetry and the Arts panel: Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Bonnie Erickson, Noel MacNeal
Sesame Street: Gordon (Roscoe Orman), Elmo (Kevin Clash) and Darth Chicken (John Tartaglia) appeared at the Kids Day event on October 14th to promote Elmo the Musical.

Jim Henson: The Biography: The Panel, moderated by Joe Hennes and Ryan Roe of toughpigs.com; panel featured Brian Jay Jones, Karen Falk, Bonnie Erickson, Michael K. Frith, and Fran Brill.

Sesame Street & Pop Culture: 45 Years of Spoofs on the "Street": A Q&A panel moderated by Annie Colbert, and featuring Muppet performers Eric Jacobson (with Grover), Joey Mazzarino (Murray), and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (Abby Cadabby), and executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente. The panel also featured a screening of the street story "Numeric Con."
The Jim Henson Company: Upcoming Comics with Archaia: Among the speakers were Kate Leth (writer of Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring) and Henson archivist Karen Falk.
How to Be a Puppeteer with Master Puppeteer Noel MacNeal: featuring James Wojtal Jr.
Make Your Own Puppets with Noel MacNeal
An exclusive Super Grover Pop! vinyl figure by Funko was sold at the Toy Tokyo booth, launching a new series of Sesame Street figures to be released in 2015.

Jim Henson: The Early Years: Panel discussion hosted by Joe Hennes promoting Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show, with Craig Shemin, Ryan Dillon, Rollie Krewson, Susan Tofte (from the Jim Henson Company Archives), and Dave Hulteen (cover artist). (YouTube)

The Muppets Mayhem: Featuring Lily Singh, Tahj Mowry, Saara Chaudry, Adam F. Goldberg, Jeff Yorkes, and Bill Barretta.

Playbill Presents: Sesame Street: The Musical