The Great Philadelphia Comic Con 2019!

I had the pleasure of attending The Great Philadelphia Comic Con, which isn't quite in Philly, but it still great, last weekend. 

I scoured the show floor to find as much Muppet and Henson related items as possible. 

Along with a few Muppet POP!s, here's what I found:

One dealer had a lithograph print of The Great Muppet Caper poster:

As well as  many Brian Fraud prints:

There weren't many Muppet toys, but there was this Sam Eagle/Sam Arrow Palisades action figure:

Our friends at Alternate Dimension Toys had a fresh case of Kidrobot's Fraggle Rock mystery figures:

This being a comic con, there were a few Henson related comics, mainly newer issues of Achaia's Labyrinth and Dark Crystal titles.

Hower, BJ Wanlund spotted this graded copy of Muppet Babies #10 that's apparently such a rarity in this condition that the seller was asking $300 for it!

There were also a few Muppet celebrity guests at the show!

Muppet Show guest Alice Cooper was at the show signing autographs and taking photos with fans. 

Though he's no stranger to working with puppets, it was certainly odd to see Alice and Bear featured so closely together on the photo schedule:

Friends of blog Noel MacNeal and Jim Martin were on hand to talk about their time working with Jim Henson and the Muppets. 

Noel brought a smaller scale puppet replica of Bear:

Who even FaceTimed with a young fan who couldn't make it to the show:

Mike Lopez of Increditainment, Noel, Bear, and Bear

Jim is making the rounds at cons to help raise funds to restore The Great Space Coaster.

He has a few Great Space Coaster postcards and patches:

As well as a selection of his cast and crew jackets for sale:

Including this wonderful Sesame Street 25th anniversary jacket:

Our friend Joe sat down with Jim to talk about his efforts to save The Great Space Coaster:

For details on how you can help, follow the official Great Space Coaster Facebook page and website.  

Throughout the weeknd, Noel and Jim also participated in activities for kids and hosted a late Friday afternoon panel,

which quickly evolved into having pretty much everyone in the audience come up on stage to share their experiences and stories about their love for puppetry and The Muppets.

You can watch the madness unfold below thanks to our friends at Increditainment who brought Noel and Jim to the show. You may even spot a familiar face!

Thanks again to Like Lopes and Michael Grassia at Increditainment and The Great Philadelphia Comic Con!