#jim henson studios

[aurorajillustration]

Labyrinth "Chilly Down" scene redraw.

[awestruck-atrophy]

i love you lack of physics, i love you costume changes, i love you jim henson, i love you puppets that look alive, i love you labyrinth

[bobauthorman]

Great Gonzo Plots

No one talks about how both Gonzo-centric Muppet movies have Gonzo's character arc revolve around loneliness and companionship. In Muppets From Space, Gonzo begins to feel isolated because of him constantly referred to as a "Whatever". And in Muppets Haunted Mansion, Gonzo realizes that the reason he's always doing dangerous stunts is because he thinks without them, no one will pay him any attention. Both times Gonzo eventually learns that he's just fine with the Muppets, regardless.

[creature1959]

🫧🪨 Fraggle Pop! What if Aespa were Fraggles? 🪨🫧

[warpedlegacy]

Farscape proves pretty effectively that puppets can be very adult lol. Unfortunately that didn't come around until after JH's death. But I always love telling people that Henson Creature Shop did all the alien prosthetics and effects. And TWO main characters on the show were literally just puppets.

That shit is just amazing to me. Look at the detail! The scale! Henson Studios is magic. And puppeteers are wizards.

it’s commendable how Jim Henson knew that making a variety show that happens to star puppets would inevitably be pigeonholed as a kids show so he chose the name THE MUPPET SHOW: SEX AND VIOLENCE for the pilot to try to avoid that and then it still didn’t work

[private-g-shumway]

How the closing of Muppet Vision 3D feels (to me)

[muppetsdaily]

MUPPET*VISION 3D Walt Disney World Dir. by Jim Henson

[muppet-facts]

Muppet Fact #1251

Moppy (モッピー) is a Sesame Street Muppet who was created exclusively for Universal Studios Japan (USJ) for the park's tenth anniversary. According to the comic included in USJ's press release, Moppy was created from all the happiness that filled the park. Elmo collected this happiness in his bag and became luckier and luckier. Eventually, on the theme park's tenth anniversary, all of this happiness grew to create Moppy.

Source:

Universal Studios Japan. "Universal Studios Japan® to Open a Specialty Shop Featuring Moppy, a New Sesame Street™ Character, on Sunday, October 30." USJ Press release, September 27, 2011. https://www.usj.co.jp/company/company_e/pdf/20110927_e.pdf.

[ultrameganicolaokay]

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth #1 by Kyla Vanderklugt, Giorgio Spalletta and Sara Cuomo. Cover by Miguel Mercado. Variant covers by (2) Elizabeth Torque, (3) Veronica Fish and (4) David Mack. Out in September.

"Ahead of the landmark 40th Anniversary of Jim Henson's seminal film in 2025, BOOM! Studios proudly presents the FIRST EVER graphic adaptation of A.C.H. Smith's beloved novelization, which includes moments and scenes never shot or captured in the final feature film! Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered, join Sarah for the very first time, or discover this brand new adaptation of her surreal adventure through the twisting and changing paths to the castle beyond the Goblin City, determined to save her brother Toby from the Goblin King, Jareth. Dance to the magic as writer Kyla Vanderklugt (Demon in the Wood) and artist Giorgio Spalletta (Alice Never After, Alice Ever After) visualize the entire story for the first time!"

[gifs-of-puppets]

Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D (1991)

Source: Muppet Wiki

[gruffdasmuff]

Muppetvision 3D

[disneytva]

In honor of Jim Henson's birthday, Disney teamed up with The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Workshop to release this adorable crossover short featuring Jim's most iconic creations.

[gaylordlady]

In honour of Muppets vision 3D/the Muppets area closing, here are some pics from my trip there yesterday. (I was in the waiting room looking at muppet Jim when I found out the news).

[the-solar-system52]

NEWS ON THE SKEKGRA PREQUEL COMIC!!

So for those who don't know, BOOM! studios is releasing a comic series titled 'Jim Hensons Presents' which is said to include a collection of short stories from various Jim Henson properties, written and illustrated by various writers and artists. It will have four issues, with the first one releasing in January.

And in a trailer for the series, they revealed that we will get a Dark Crystal story focusing on Skekgra's backstory!

And since I'm incredibly hyperfixated on The Heretic and The Wanderer rn, I've been following the updates for this comic very closely. And, as I expressed in this post, I was very confused as to which issue the Skekgra story will be featured in, since different sources seemed to be implying different things.

But now, I've figured out why there was so much confusion, and the explanation is pretty exciting!

We aren't just getting ONE Skekgra short story, but a longer story spread out between multiple issues!

In an Instagram post by BOOM! studios, they revealed the short stories that will appear in Issue 1.

And as you can see, we got a Dark Crystal story titled 'The Wanderer' (obviously referring to Urgoh) that will be written by Seanan Mcquire and illustrated by Countandra. I assumed that was the Skekgra story.

BUT! The website League of Comic Geeks (as well as a few other websites) put this as the description of Issue 2.

At first, I thought this might've been a mistake, and maybe this description was actually meant for Issue 1 and the website just added it to Issue 2 by mistake.

BUT THEN! This website (https://majorspoilers.com/2024/12/21/boom-studios-for-march-2025/) released the synposis for Issue 3!

The fact that the description actually says 'CONTINUE' confirms that this will be a multi-part story!

This is great news because, although I tend to be as optimistic as possible about this kinda stuff, I was a bit worried that they wouldn't be able to satisfyingly cover Skekgra's backstory in a short story. But now that we have a longer story confirmed, I believe that this comic will do our boys justice!

(Also multiple releases helps to keep the fandom alive for longer.)

The first 'chapter' will probably focus on Urgoh's perspective before he met Skekgra, since its titled 'The Wanderer'.

Although I had my doubts about Issue 2 since it doesn't directly mention Skekgra in its description, cuz its in-between Issue 1 and 3 and is written by the same writer, I'd say it probably does follow on from The Wanderer. And may focus on the other skeksis as well as Skekgra.

Since Issue 3's description refers to Skekgra as 'The Heretic' I wonder if this is the chapter where he gets banished? Or just shown signs of heresy? Or maybe that's just what his character is more commonly known as in the fandom.

We don't have any information regarding the fourth issue, but I think it's likely this issue will contain the finale to the Skekgra arc since its the final issue.

Anyway, I am horrifically excited for this and I will keep you guys updated!

[extraordinary-heroes]

Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: Under The Spell #1 (Cover art by Rebekah Isaacs)

[animatronicappreciation]

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A post shared by Karl Gallivan (@karlgallivan) on May 3, 2020 at 12:03pm PDT

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This is SO COOL! I haven't seen the Dark Crystal series (nor the original film in full), but the puppetry and animatronics in both always stun me.

The absolutely miserable expression on the video thumbnail is making me lose it, though. Poor guy.

(It's a video, just in case anyone can't tell; the play button isn't showing up on the submission preview, so I'm not sure if it will on the finalized post, but click it!)

-Mod Rat