You may not be familiar with Hugh, but he was inside the Mystic UrAmaj the Cook, as well as one of the Landstriders.
I had a great conversation with Hugh were he informed me that soon after closing the landstrider costume something happened and smoke started to fill the costume. Thankfully they were able to contain the issue, get the smoke out, and continue filming, but he said it was a very harrowing incident that he wasn't sure at the time he would escape from.
Below is Hugh sticking his head out from his Mystic, and the full cast and crew of The Dark Crystal.
The always wonderful Caroll Spinney was there as well as part of a farewell tour. He's having a hard time health wise these days. I'm glad he's made plans to let fan's get to meet him one last time, but it's easy to see why this is his final round of cons. If you're able to do so, be sure to get to one of his stops.
The con was severely lacking Muppet merch, though there were a few items to be found it you looked closely enough.
Of course at cons like this there's cosplay. The best, by far though, was this amazing Sprocket puppet made by a fan named Stephanie. The detail and shear massiveness of it was amazing.
A comic con wouldn't be much be with out comic artists and the talented Jay Fosgitt was there to fill the Henson comic niche.
While I was not at the con the day of his panel, William L. Bozarth was nice enough to record the whole thing.
The con even included Steve and Hugh, but not Caroll for some reason, in a deck of con guest cards.
Here's hoping The Great Philadelphia Comic Con gets more great Henson performers next year!
OMG, I didn't see the trading cards! I would have LOVED a set. I missed the panel too. I was there on Sunday.
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