Sesame Street (2013 comic book)

Ape Entertainment published a series of Sesame Street comic books beginning in 2013, with subsequent issues following in 2015 and 2016.

The digital version of each issue features Tantan — an orangutan (Ape Entertainment) — from Jalan Sesama on the table of contents, explaining how to navigate pages and panels on a smart device.

Official description[]

“From television to the comic panel, Ape Entertainment will portray the characters that millions of parents and children have come to know and love in a comic series that will be produced in full color and available in stores this fall in standard comic sized printed editions for $3.99 and digest sized hardcover comic book editions for $7.99. They will also be available as a digital comic book that will be available through Apple’s App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.”

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In October 2011, Ape Entertainment announced that they were in negotiations with Sesame Workshop to produce and publish Sesame Street comics - both as full-color print editions and as digital editions available through iTunes.

“We are incredibly excited about our current negotiations with Sesame Workshop and the possibility of being able to bring their expertise in educating and entertaining children to comics. I love the idea of creating educational comics that will both teach and entertain children. And the possibility of getting to work with Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster and Grover, well...that’s just a dream come true.”
—Brent Erwin, Ape Entertainment COO

Amy Mebberson created sample artwork for the first comic book. Aside from the street sign, the entire sample cover was watercolor; Mebberson hoped to do the entire publication that way, like many of the classic Sesame Street books.^[1] Early solicitation covers showed Elmo hanging from the Sesame Street lamppost. However, the cover was changed.