Category: Muppet King Arthur

  • Muppet King Arthur (2009) #4

    A happy ending for King Arthur? The writers even comment on it. It does work, of course–so well I didn’t even think of a happy ending being out of place until they mentioned it. For this issue, Boom! upgraded the paper stock to something shiny. It holds the colors much better and gives Muppet King…

  • Muppet King Arthur (2009) #3

    And the need for an overall narrative–or at least plot progression–finally catches up. The comic even opens with it, as Kermit (as Arthur) complains to his knights about their lack of activity. They’ve just been sitting around since the last issue. So off they go looking for the Holy Grail. Muppet King Arthur might be…

  • Muppet King Arthur (2009) #2

    Apparently someone agreed with me. The art this issue is from James Silvani (with a different colorist too) and the whole thing is different. It looks fantastic. The Muppets are fully realized, not amateurish sketches, and Silvani loves the Camelot backgrounds. It’s an amazing difference. The script is even better too, with Benjamin and Storck…

  • Muppet King Arthur (2009) #1

    Muppet King Arthur has one rather big problem. It doesn’t really have any other problems, actually, as the writing is great–it’s funny as a Muppet comic–there’s plenty of the self-aware anachronisms the genre (the Muppet retelling) has always had, both in film and comic mediums. It’s also smart like a Muppet comic (or film) should…