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Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets. Jim Henson broke into television with a five-minute puppetry segment when he was only a freshman in college. He created puppets like none ever seen before, with expressive fabric faces and rod-controlled arms. His Muppets became world-renowned celebrities and formed the backbone of a media empire.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Jim Henson was the talented puppeteer who made some of the most famous puppets of all time--the Muppets. Before he created Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Oscar the Grouch, and many other well-known characters, Jim was an ambitious kid who loved trying new things and using his imagination. He learned how to make puppets and went on to invent new ways in which puppets could be used in TV and movies. Explore how Jim Henson went from being a creative...
Author
Language
English
Description
"For the first time ever--a comprehensive biography of one of the twentieth century's most innovative creative artists: the incomparable, irreplaceable Jim Henson. He was a gentle dreamer whose genial bearded visage was recognized around the world, but most people got to know him only through the iconic characters he created: Kermit the Frog, Bert and Ernie, Miss Piggy, Big Bird. The Muppets made Jim Henson a household name, but they were just part...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
The groundbreaking 3-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novel, now available digitally for the first time! Join us as we explore this missing piece of Jim Henson's career in a celebration of his creative process, gorgeously brought to life by acclaimed illustrator Ramon K. Perez (Wolverine and the X-Men, Spider Man: Year One). Discovered in the Archives of The Jim Henson Company, Tale of Sand is an original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced,...
Author
Publisher
Archaia
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
BRIAN FROUD, legendary conceptual designer of the beloved Jim Henson fantasy film THE DARK CRYSTAL, returns to the world he helped create in this stunning conclusion of the official prequel to original movie. The world of Thra is shattered. Following the events of The Great Conjunction, the once-powerful Urskeks have been split into two separate beings: the Skeksis and the Mystics. Only Raunip and Aughra know their true origins, but they are trapped...
8) The witches
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Luke finds that saving the world from witches is a tall order for a boy who has been turned into a mouse.
Author
Series
Jim Henson's Enchanted sisters volume 2
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Flurry, a pet polar bear, becomes jealous and runs off to play with the Weeds, who are always causing trouble, the adventurous Winter will need the help of all of her enchanted Sparkle Sisters to get him back.
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The groundbreaking 3-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novel, now available digitally for the first time! Join us as we explore this missing piece of Jim Henson's career in a celebration of his creative process, gorgeously brought to life by acclaimed illustrator Ramon K. Perez (Wolverine and the X-Men, Spider Man: Year One). Discovered in the Archives of The Jim Henson Company, Tale of Sand is an original graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced,...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Simon Spurrier (Godshaper, The Power of the Dark Crystal) and Daniel Bayliss (Jim Henson's Storyteller: Dragons, Kennel Block Blues) present a magical look into the world of Jim Henson's Labyrinth. Before Sarah braved the Labyrinth to save her brother, another young woman sought to save a young boy named Jareth from the clutches of the Goblins. Set in 18th-century Venice, Italy, Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation is a striking look into the history...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Simon Spurrier (Godshaper, The Power of the Dark Crystal) and Daniel Bayliss (Jim Henson's Storyteller: Dragons, Kennel Block Blues) present a magical look into the world of Jim Henson's Labyrinth. Before Sarah braved the Labyrinth to save her brother, another young woman sought to save a young boy named Jareth from the clutches of the Goblins. Set in 18th-century Venice, Italy, Jim Henson's Labyrinth is a striking look into the history of the Labyrinth...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Based on a story by Jim Hensons The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance series writers, Will Matthews and Jeffrey Addiss, Adam Cesare (Clown in a Cornfield) and French Carlomagno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) present an official prequel to the next chapter of the pop culture phenomenon, now streaming on Netflix. Return to Thra in a time before the Age of Resistance to meet Hupbreakout star of Netflixs hit series; Jim Hensons The Dark Crystal: The Age...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Archaia Entertainment and The Jim Henson Company are proud to present a new reprinting of the original Fraggle Rock comic book series, which first debuted in 1985. Look back into the history of your favorite Fraggles with stories such as "The Magic Time Machine," "The Trouble With Being #1," "The Monster That Could Be Anything," and "The Doozer Who Wanted to Be a Fraggle." Digitally remastered and beautifully bound in softcover for a new generation...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Jim Henson's The Storyteller features nine folktales based on Henson's Emmy-award winning television series, beautifully told by Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella. Before writing the Academy Award-winning classic The English Patient and being nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Talented Mr. Ripley, the late Anthony Minghella worked alongside Jim Henson to bring forgotten tales of European folklore to...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
An all-new arc spotlighting Hup, the heroic Podling from Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Introducing a new creative team of writer Adam Cesare and artist French Carlomagno (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.)
Hup is a Podling cook who dreams of being a Paladin. When the chivalrous bard Barfinnious comes to Hup's village with tales of former glory, Hup leaves his small town to follow him.
But the longer they travel, the more Hup begins...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
WHY WE LOVE IT: After the success of Archaia's Eisner Award-winning graphic novel Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, we are proud to partner once again with The Jim Henson Company to bring to life another previously unknown piece of the Jim Henson Legacy. The only thing more exciting than finding the script for the project was securing the talents of the amazing Roger Langridge (writer and illustrator of the Eisner Award-winning The Muppet Show Comic Book...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Final issue! Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award-winner Jorge Corona (We Are Robin, Feathers) presents the tale Samurai's Sacrifice, based on the Japanese folklore of the dragon Yofune Nushi and the young girl who faced him to protect her village.