Almost twelve years in the past, Karen Falk took us all on a singular journey by way of the historical past of the Muppets with “Creativeness Illustrated: The Jim Henson Journal.” Utilizing Jim’s personal phrases and unbelievable items from The Jim Henson Firm archives, Falk informed the story of his profession in a method followers hadn’t loved earlier than. Now, to coincide with the upcoming launch of Jim Henson: Concept Man, an up to date version of the e book will hit cabinets this August.

Boasting a modified cowl and title, now going by “Jim Henson’s Creativeness Illustrated,” the e book may even function a model new ahead from Concept Man‘s director and producer Ron Howard. Hopefully he’ll share some insights about Jim he discovered from making the documentary, and never simply recall that he brushed his enamel on Sesame Road that one time. (Not that that isn’t cool.)

You’ll be able to at the moment preorder the up to date version on Amazon, Books-A-Million, or Bookshop.org. And in case you can’t wait that lengthy, take a look at a overview of the primary version from our personal Ryan Roe, or make a journey into The Muppet Mindset archives with Ryan Dosier’s overview!

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by Matthew Soberman – Matthew@ToughPigs.com