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The Muppet Show #2
The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure Of Peg Leg Wilson
Roger Langridge's celebrated run on THE MUPPET SHOW comic book begins a new, zany arc! Scooter discovers old documents which reveal that a cache of treasure is hidden somewhere within the theater...and when Rizzo the Rat overhears this, the news spreads like wildfire! Meanwhile, Animal's acting very strangely—he's now refined and well-mannered! All your favorites are back as THE MUPPET SHOW COMIC BOOK continues!
112 pages, Paperback
First published February 2, 2010
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Roger Langridge
298 books62 followersRoger Langridge has been producing comics for over twenty years. Most recently, he has attracted critical attention for his work on the Harvey Award-winning Muppet Show Comic Book (Boom! Studios) and Thor: The Mighty Avenger (Marvel Comics); other works of note include Marvel's Fin Fang Four, Fantagraphics' Zoot! and Art d'Ecco (in collaboration with his brother Andrew), and the NCS, Ignatz, Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated comic book Fred the Clown. He currently lives in London with his wife Sylvie, their two children and a box of his own hair.
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April 25, 2019
Rizzo and his band of rats go on the hunt for buried pirate treasure.
The ever-wild Animal gets domesticated.
Plus a Kermit the frog impersonator decides to stage a coup as lovable ole' Kermie.
If you ever wished that The Muppet Show could be turned into a comic book, consider your wish granted. Betty Boop's Roger Langridge crafts a 4-issue miniseries starring your favorite Muppet characters and their most iconic skits from The Muppet Show. Muppet Labs, The Swedish Chef, Pigs in Space and Veterinarian's Hospital are all highlighted in this amazingly cozy read.
Every inch of every panel and page is jammed full of gags, jokes and fun. This is a perfect read for a dark, cold night when you are bundled up in a blanket and 3 layers of pajamas. It's that fun! And that insane! If you are a fan of Jim Henson's Muppets, then this 2009 collected work the book for you!
The ever-wild Animal gets domesticated.
Plus a Kermit the frog impersonator decides to stage a coup as lovable ole' Kermie.
If you ever wished that The Muppet Show could be turned into a comic book, consider your wish granted. Betty Boop's Roger Langridge crafts a 4-issue miniseries starring your favorite Muppet characters and their most iconic skits from The Muppet Show. Muppet Labs, The Swedish Chef, Pigs in Space and Veterinarian's Hospital are all highlighted in this amazingly cozy read.
Every inch of every panel and page is jammed full of gags, jokes and fun. This is a perfect read for a dark, cold night when you are bundled up in a blanket and 3 layers of pajamas. It's that fun! And that insane! If you are a fan of Jim Henson's Muppets, then this 2009 collected work the book for you!
April 27, 2019
Wow, so that's a Muppets comic book...! I have no idea what someone who's never watched a Muppets movie, or a Muppets TV show, would possibly make of it, but Roger Langridge creates a rough approximation of the classic Muppets experience in comics form.
January 2, 2020
Did I like it? It was ok.
Would I reread it? No.
Would I recommend it? For diehard Muppet Show fans who appreciate the classic skits like Wayne And Wanda or Pigs In Space, this book might be worth a once over.
Would I reread it? No.
Would I recommend it? For diehard Muppet Show fans who appreciate the classic skits like Wayne And Wanda or Pigs In Space, this book might be worth a once over.
September 22, 2023
I just feel like these don't translate into comic format.
February 20, 2024
Really cute for a Muppets fan. Made me laugh a few times and the drawings were fun.
October 16, 2025
If you know the Muppets, you get exactly what you expect.
If you don't know the Muppets, don't start here.
If you don't know the Muppets, don't start here.
August 31, 2022
Robert Langridge’s take on the cultural iconography of the Muppets in the form of collected comics in hardback graphic novel form is a lot of fun. This review covers both of the books that I read with my two-year-old at bedtime. The Muppet Show collection tells the story of each of the main Muppets in a variety of separate tales, while also bringing in the original sidetracks of the dance scenes, the houses, veterinarian hospital, and pics in space. Peg Leg WIlson is a bit different as it is a linear story divided into the issues I presume they originally appeared in. Both were beautifully and hilariously illustrated and a great deal of fun to read. Langridge is a sharp and witty illustrator who captures the exciting whimsy, confusion, attention-deficitness of the opening number and everything that follows in a typical episode. While there are many in-joke winks for die-hard fans such as myself to recognize and laugh at, my two-year-old was just as engaged in the piece (in fact more than the television show if that is possible) as a new fan. A perfect bedtime read that kept us both happy, I really enjoyed these books. One side note: at the back of The Muppet Show, Langridge has a separate section in a separate style that he produced for Disney Comics, and I really enjoyed the style that he drew the characters in in that version. I am wondering if it wouldn’t be cool for someone to make an anthology of different artists taking on the Muppets telling different canonical side stories – I love comics anthologies like that. Regardless, these are well worth the read and a lot of fun for old and new fans alike.
February 13, 2012
When I first saw that Boom Comics was producing a Muppet Show comic book, I was excited but skeptical. So often what works in one format doesn't translate well to another, and I didn't want to see yet another proposed Muppet project go down in flames. So I was in "wait and see" mode until last month, when I started picking up the "trade paperback" collections of Muppet comics in stores.
I read Muppet Peter Pan first, and it was a fun read that made good use of the classic characters. But would the characters be able to stand on their own without a beloved children's story behind them? That question was answered with The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson, written and drawn by Roger Langridge.
This collection of four Muppet Show comics forms one story, and came out last November. The setting is the Muppet Theater, with a lot of the action taking place backstage, and in short eruptions of comedy, sweet character moments, and explosions. Just like The Muppet Show! I was impressed with how Langridge handled the couple of dozen different characters that show up in the book, in how faithfully he followed the episodic format of the television program, but also how he let the situation spin completely out of control by the end of the book.
The characters include all of The Muppet Show regulars: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, and everyone else is there. with so much happening, it can be hard to find a focus, but the storyline ends up concentrating on Scooter, Animal, and Rizzo for much of the book. Scooter finds out there's treasure hidden somewhere in the theater (hence the title), and Rizzo and a gang of rats set to tearing the building apart trying to find it. Animal has been taking "civilization pills" from Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (distilled from poor Beaker somehow) that have made him literate...but a terrible drummer. Add in a doppelganger for Kermit and a mysterious hypnotist, and you have the makings of a very funny read.
The book includes many sketches that debuted on The Muppet Show, like Pigs in Space, Veterinarian's Hospital, Bear on Patrol, and Muppet Sports. These follow the same rapidfire format that they did on the television show, and often their stories there will continue on into the "backstage" portion of the book.
Langridge has a keen ear for how the Muppets interact with each other, and their characterization is better than many of the screenwriters of recent Muppet productions have done. Some of the jokes are truly awful, others had me laughing out loud...again, in true Muppet tradition. His artwork took some getting used to. It's consistent and consistently good, but it's also very stylized compared to other Muppet cartooning I've seen. By the end of the book I was used to how he was drawing the characters, and enjoying it too.
If you're a fan of the Muppets or of comic books, there's a lot to love here. I was hesitant to pick this one up because of the title, but "the Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson" isn't the important part of the book. "The Muppet Show" is.
I read Muppet Peter Pan first, and it was a fun read that made good use of the classic characters. But would the characters be able to stand on their own without a beloved children's story behind them? That question was answered with The Muppet Show Comic Book: The Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson, written and drawn by Roger Langridge.
This collection of four Muppet Show comics forms one story, and came out last November. The setting is the Muppet Theater, with a lot of the action taking place backstage, and in short eruptions of comedy, sweet character moments, and explosions. Just like The Muppet Show! I was impressed with how Langridge handled the couple of dozen different characters that show up in the book, in how faithfully he followed the episodic format of the television program, but also how he let the situation spin completely out of control by the end of the book.
The characters include all of The Muppet Show regulars: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear, and everyone else is there. with so much happening, it can be hard to find a focus, but the storyline ends up concentrating on Scooter, Animal, and Rizzo for much of the book. Scooter finds out there's treasure hidden somewhere in the theater (hence the title), and Rizzo and a gang of rats set to tearing the building apart trying to find it. Animal has been taking "civilization pills" from Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (distilled from poor Beaker somehow) that have made him literate...but a terrible drummer. Add in a doppelganger for Kermit and a mysterious hypnotist, and you have the makings of a very funny read.
The book includes many sketches that debuted on The Muppet Show, like Pigs in Space, Veterinarian's Hospital, Bear on Patrol, and Muppet Sports. These follow the same rapidfire format that they did on the television show, and often their stories there will continue on into the "backstage" portion of the book.
Langridge has a keen ear for how the Muppets interact with each other, and their characterization is better than many of the screenwriters of recent Muppet productions have done. Some of the jokes are truly awful, others had me laughing out loud...again, in true Muppet tradition. His artwork took some getting used to. It's consistent and consistently good, but it's also very stylized compared to other Muppet cartooning I've seen. By the end of the book I was used to how he was drawing the characters, and enjoying it too.
If you're a fan of the Muppets or of comic books, there's a lot to love here. I was hesitant to pick this one up because of the title, but "the Treasure of Peg-Leg Wilson" isn't the important part of the book. "The Muppet Show" is.
May 7, 2010
Cut and pasted from my blog:
This trade collects the second of cartoonist Roger Langridge’s Muppet miniseries for Boom, the last before they launched an ongoing by the creator.
Give the sub-title and the cover, I expected this to be a very different sort of book than the original miniseries, which essentially recreated The Muppet Show TV show as a comic book (which is, of course, no mean feat, given the difference between puppetry and television and comics). But, remarkably, Langridge was able to maintain the TV-show-as-a-comic-book format, while simultaneously telling a series of plots that carry from issue to issue.
The result is book much like the original miniseries, only instead of one-per-issue storylines broken up by the on-stage sketches, this volume contains bigger, more ambitious storylines between the bits.
Dr. Honeydew and Beaker have been performing a “civilizing” experiment on Animal, which has successfully transformed him into a polite, soft-spoken, well-dressed and intelligent member of society, but with one sad side effect—he’s lost his ability to drum like a wild Animal (This plot is particularly affecting, given the parallels it suggests between Animal’s situation and the challenge that faces a lot of creative folks with mental or behavioral problems when they first consider pharmaceutical treatment). Kermit the Frog has hired the only celebrity impersonator devoted to him, Kismet the Toad, who, despite looking exactly like Kermit, is different from him in almost every other way. And, in the storyline that gave the series its subtitle, Scooter finds a pirate treasure map suggesting there’s treasure buried somewhere in the Muppet Theatre, and Rizzo and his rats begin tearing the place apart to find it.
The treasure storyline is something to behold. Langridge starts it out as a running background gag, with rats in miner’s caps with shovels and pick axes busy behind or off-to-the side of much of the action in the foreground of the panels, and yet he builds it up into something genuinely dramatic and emotionally satisfying.
Boom’s Muppet mini-series casting the characters in adaptations (Muppet Robin Hood, Muppet King Arthur, etc) can be pretty hit or miss, but these Langridge comics are simply great comics. I really can’t recommend this highly enough.
This trade collects the second of cartoonist Roger Langridge’s Muppet miniseries for Boom, the last before they launched an ongoing by the creator.
Give the sub-title and the cover, I expected this to be a very different sort of book than the original miniseries, which essentially recreated The Muppet Show TV show as a comic book (which is, of course, no mean feat, given the difference between puppetry and television and comics). But, remarkably, Langridge was able to maintain the TV-show-as-a-comic-book format, while simultaneously telling a series of plots that carry from issue to issue.
The result is book much like the original miniseries, only instead of one-per-issue storylines broken up by the on-stage sketches, this volume contains bigger, more ambitious storylines between the bits.
Dr. Honeydew and Beaker have been performing a “civilizing” experiment on Animal, which has successfully transformed him into a polite, soft-spoken, well-dressed and intelligent member of society, but with one sad side effect—he’s lost his ability to drum like a wild Animal (This plot is particularly affecting, given the parallels it suggests between Animal’s situation and the challenge that faces a lot of creative folks with mental or behavioral problems when they first consider pharmaceutical treatment). Kermit the Frog has hired the only celebrity impersonator devoted to him, Kismet the Toad, who, despite looking exactly like Kermit, is different from him in almost every other way. And, in the storyline that gave the series its subtitle, Scooter finds a pirate treasure map suggesting there’s treasure buried somewhere in the Muppet Theatre, and Rizzo and his rats begin tearing the place apart to find it.
The treasure storyline is something to behold. Langridge starts it out as a running background gag, with rats in miner’s caps with shovels and pick axes busy behind or off-to-the side of much of the action in the foreground of the panels, and yet he builds it up into something genuinely dramatic and emotionally satisfying.
Boom’s Muppet mini-series casting the characters in adaptations (Muppet Robin Hood, Muppet King Arthur, etc) can be pretty hit or miss, but these Langridge comics are simply great comics. I really can’t recommend this highly enough.
March 10, 2010
These Muppet Show comics great. Landridge has his own tone and pacing, but it is very true to the Muppets' spirit. I especially liked when Gonzo was thrown out of the library because his suit is too loud.
March 15, 2010
The second installment of the Muppet Show in comics has Rizzo the Rat tearing through the Muppet Theater searching for buried treasure. It has the same segments as the first comic with the addition of a story line that makes itself known behind the scenes.
January 9, 2011
I enjoyed the artwork in this volume, but the storyline was very difficult to follow for anyone who isn't familiar with the zaniesm that was the Muppet Show. Overall, I was disappointed and wouldn't recommend this book to a young reader.
March 6, 2011
Roger Langridge UNDERSTANDS The Muppets and made this a fun book to read. I hope that the forthcoming Muppet movie is as much fun as these comics. If you are a fan of The Muppets, you must read these comics.
June 20, 2010
A fun little book. The Muppet show characters were nicely characterized. But, it still does not compare to the real Muppets!
September 14, 2010
Another in the series of Muppet comics...very funny for all ages, probably especially so if you remember the TV show.
January 22, 2011
Story was a bit off in this volume, I think too sentimental, though I did like the fake Kermit and the refined version of Animal.
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