We’re tremendous excited to carry a bit Muppet love again to New York Comedian Con this yr!
ToughPigs will as soon as once more be presenting The Muppet Drawing Problem! If the title didn’t make it painfully apparent, it’s an occasion the place a few of our artsy associates illustrate Muppets in entrance of a dwell Comedian Con viewers. The twist: They do not know who or what they’ll be requested to attract. Fozzie Bear as a Ghostbuster? Bert dancing the hula? Huge Imply Carl consuming one other barely smaller Imply Carl? And with the very newest in know-how, we’ll have a digital A/V projector exhibiting the artists work dwell!
This panel was an enormous success for us at NYCC ’23, so we’re jazzed to get the chance to do it once more. Curious how this may look? Click on right here to observe the video from the final time we tried this chaos!
So, who will probably be this yr’s victims, drawing puppets for our leisure?
Chris “Smig” Smigliano – The artist-in-residence for ToughPigs.com! Smig is without doubt one of the longest-running Muppet fan artists nonetheless working within the recreation right now, having been creating Muppet paintings for the reason that MuppetZine days.
Jay Fosgitt – Current winner of the Reuben Award for Greatest Graphic Novel, Jay’s been rising in recognition due to his work in Marvel Comics. And Muppet followers might acknowledge his model from the Fraggle Rock comedian books.
Dave Hulteen – Not solely has Dave been making Muppet fan artwork for longer than a few of you have got been alive, however he’s been delving out of the “fan artwork” and into the “official” class, having designed the quilt artwork for Craig Shemin’s Sam & Pals books.
Richard Michael Gomez – Well-known throughout social media, Richard is a superb and quick-witted artist and puppet builder. Okay, so his puppet constructing skills might need to attend till one other panel, however belief us, he’s nice.
Becca Petunia – Certainly one of our key contributors right here on ToughPigs, in addition to the host of a number of podcasts (together with our newest, A Prairie Daybreak Companion), Becca can be a gifted artist! Is there something she will be able to’t do??
Louis Henry Mitchell – Final, however most positively not least, we’re excited to be joined by Sesame Workshop Inventive Director Louis Mitchell, maybe finest identified for his design work and real looking illustrations of the Sesame Avenue characters. He’s a legend round these elements, and it’ll be an honor to have him drawing with the remainder of us!
Along with the present, we’ll even have some trivia, prizes and giveaways, and perhaps a number of surprises!
As an thrilling bonus, New York Comedian Con will even be host to a puppetry panel that includes of us from the Muppet and Henson world, happening in the identical room instantly earlier than ours. It’ll be like our very personal Muppet observe at Comedian Con, and each Muppet fan ought to make some extent to be there!
The Muppet Drawing Problem will happen at New York Comedian Con on Friday, October tenth at 4:15pm in North-Room 406.1. We’re excited to see you there!
Click on right here to prepare for the Con on the ToughPigs Discord!
by Joe Hennes – [email protected]
