num_pages: 128
description: "These imaginative musings-the work of a man who made an impossible world seem completely plausible-show history in the making."- BooklistBert and Ernie were once just scribbles on notebook paper, and the original Oscar the Grouch was purple, not green. Before there were Muppets, there were Jim Henson's designs and doodles. This delightful collection of Henson's early drawings serves as a map to the imagination of an artist whose characters have enraptured generations of children and adults. Almost none of these drawings had been published before the original Abrams edition. From the most cursory of doodles to finished drawings, this whimsical volume of sketchbooks, posters, album covers, story boards, and set and puppet designs celebrates Henson's unique genius and his wild sense of humor. AUTHOR Alison Inches, a freelance writer living in Mill Valley, California, was a senior editor for Jim Henson Productions' publishing division.
language: English
title: Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles: A Muppet Sketchbook
titlecomplete: Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles: A Muppet Sketchbook
genres: Art, Reference, Film, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 270
publisher: Harry N. Abrams