(W) Jim Henson; Simon Spurrier (A) Daniel Bayliss
THE UNTOLD ORIGIN OF THE GOBLIN KING.Long before Sarah ventured to save her baby brother from the clutches of the Goblin King, another young woman sought to save her child from an unknown fate within the Labyrinth. Set in 18th-century Venice, Jim Henson?s Labyrinth: Coronation is a striking look into the mysteries of the Labyrinth itself, uncovering the fate of a small boy named Jareth who would one day be King.Simon Spurrier (The Spire, Jim Henson?s The Power of the Dark Crystal) and Daniel Bayliss (Jim Henson?s The Storyteller: Dragons, Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York) present a look into a magical world where nothing is as it seems and introduce Maria, a heroine instilled with courage, hope, and determination.Collects Labyrinth: Coronation #1-12.
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 and SNARKED) to adapt and illustrate the project! WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Eisner and Harvey Award winner Roger Langridge is the mastermind behind SNARKED and the beloved run of The Muppet Show comics, and now he gets to bring to life hilarious, never-before-seen puppet creations by Jim Henson in an oversized all-ages adventure. WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Turkey Hollow is a picturesque town where hundreds of years ago, unbeknownst to the citizens, a meteorite landed near a small brook on the outskirts of town. One Thanksgiving, while young Timmy Henderson practices his guitar, he's accompanied by strange, unearthly, musical sounds. That meteorite wasn't a
(W) Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl (A/CA) Ramon K. Perez WHY WE LOVE IT: We are process junkies and love sharing this incredible and unfiltered look behind the curtain at how Ram?n K. P?rez took Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl's original screenplay and turned it into one of the most critically acclaimed graphic novels of the last decade. WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: If you love the imagination of Jim Henson, are an aspiring artist, or just a fan of the creative process, the final draft of this unproduced screenplay is a must have. Plus 9 all new black-andwhite pages illustrated by Ram?n K P?rez that were cut, 19 original inked pages, 16 pages of layouts, and never-before-seendrawings, handwritten notes, and artifacts created from the Jim Henson Archives. WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Between 1967 and 1974, Jim Henson and his longtime writing partner Jerry Juhl developed three drafts of a screenplay for a feature length film called Tale of Sand. It is the only feature length screenplay written by Jim Henson that he was never able to produce in his lifetime. In 2012, Archaia published a graphic novel adaptation as real