New York Comic Con

:Not to be confused with San Diego Comic-Con
New York Comic Con is a multigenre fan convention held annually in New York City.
==Appearances==
===2010===
In 2010, Toonseum's booth hosted autograph signings on Saturday, October 9 with Caroll Spinney, Noel MacNeal, Jim Martin, Judy Sladky, and David Newell from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Sunday featured a talk, "Children’s TV Legends: A Celebration of Childhood Memories".
===2011===
* Archaia Studios Press booth: David Petersen, Grace Randolph, Joe LeFavi, Tim Beedle, Nichol Ashworth, Chandra Free, Jeff Stokely, and Ross Campbell.
* Artist's Alley: In attendance independently were comic illustrators Katie Cook, Amy Mebberson, and James Silvani.
* Mighty Fine booth: Offered free Cookie Monster crowns, and a Oscar the Grouch poser. At the booth were Evan Cheng, Eric Jacobson, and Louis Henry Mitchell.
* Panel for Drew Struzan documentary Drew: The Man Behind the Poster. Caroll Spinney appeared on the panel, as well as in the film.
* Joint Archaia/Jim Henson Company panel: Archaia Editor in Chief Stephen Christy, Jim Henson Company Archivist Karen Falk, and Archaia Marketing Manager Mel Caylo. Featured was some of Jim's earliest work, A Tale of Sand, and the Dark Crystal comic book.
In attendance as guests were Joey Mazzarino and Peter Linz.
===2012===
* Archaia booth: Ramon Perez, Chandra Free, Neil Kleid, Brian and Wendy Froud.
* Artist's Alley: In attendance were illustrators Katie Cook, Amy Mebberson, David Petersen, and James Silvani.
* Mighty Fine booth: An Oscar t-shirt illustrated by Evan Cheng was offered.
*Over 30 Years with Brian & Wendy Froud: Faeries, Goblins and Trolls
*Puppetry and the Arts panel: Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Bonnie Erickson, Noel MacNeal
* Sesame Street: Gordon (Roscoe Orman), Elmo (Kevin Clash) and Darth Chicken (John Tartaglia) appeared at the Kids Day event on October 14th to promote Elmo the Musical.
===2013===
*Jim Henson: The Biography: The Panel, moderated by Joe Hennes and Ryan Roe of toughpigs.com; panel featured Brian Jay Jones, Karen Falk, Bonnie Erickson, Michael K. Frith, and Fran Brill.
===2014===
* Sesame Street & Pop Culture: 45 Years of Spoofs on the "Street": A Q&A panel moderated by Annie Colbert, and featuring Muppet performers Eric Jacobson (with Grover), Joey Mazzarino (Murray), and Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (Abby Cadabby), and executive producer Carol-Lynn Parente. The panel also featured a screening of the street story "Numeric Con."
* The Jim Henson Company: Upcoming Comics with Archaia: Among the speakers were Kate Leth (writer of Fraggle Rock: Journey to the Everspring) and Henson archivist Karen Falk.
* How to Be a Puppeteer with Master Puppeteer Noel MacNeal: featuring James Wojtal Jr.
* Make Your Own Puppets with Noel MacNeal
* An exclusive Super Grover Pop! vinyl figure by Funko was sold at the Toy Tokyo booth, launching a new series of Sesame Street figures to be released in 2015.
===2022===
*October 8
:Jim Henson: The Early Years: Panel discussion hosted by Joe Hennes promoting Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show, with Craig Shemin, Ryan Dillon, Rollie Krewson, Susan Tofte (from the Jim Henson Company Archives), and Dave Hulteen (cover artist). 
*October 9
:The Muppets Mayhem: Featuring Lily Singh, Tahj Mowry, Saara Chaudry, Adam F. Goldberg, Jeff Yorkes, and Bill Barretta.
:Playbill Presents: Sesame Street: The Musical
==External links==
*ToughPigs.com coverage
**New York Comic Con 2010 Roundup, October 11
**ToughPigs at NYCC 2011, October 22
**ToughPigs Live at NY Comic Con 2011: The New Muppet Movie, November 21
**ToughPigs at NYCC 2012, October 15
**ToughPigs at NYCC 2014, October 13
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Category:Live Appearances