Issue 3: Cookie Monster's Dinner Party

Solicitation: Cookie Monster is excited to host a dinner party for his friends! He needs to set the table, make name cards, and...what is he forgetting? Oh no—baking the cookies! What is a Cookie Monster dinner party without cookies?
==Story==
* Writer: Mark Kenny
* Illustrator: Alison Acton
* Colors: Alessandro Santoro
* Letters: Shawn Lee
===Synopsis===
Cookie Monster tidies up his living room as he prepares to host his first dinner party. He imagines all his guests — Bert, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Elmo, and Ernie — sitting around the table eating a plate of cookies. All his friends will bring their favorite dishes and there will be talking, laughing, and maybe some after-dinner dancing.
Cookie Monster checks the time, noting that his friends will arrive soon, and goes over a list of things he still has to do: set the table, fill up the water cups, and make name cards... but he feels as though he's forgetting something. Figuring he'll remember eventually, he continues to finish cleaning up.
After setting the table and filling up the water cups, he still has a nagging feeling that there's something missing. It finally dawns on him as he's making the name cards decorated with cookies: he forgot to make the cookies.
The clock strikes six and he panics as Big Bird and Abby arrive. They place the food they brought on the table as Cookie Monster excuses himself to the kitchen. This repeats with the arrival of Ernie and Bert, and Elmo. Everyone comments on how great all the food smells and they can't wait to see what Cookie Monster made; he's known for making the best desserts in the neighborhood... especially his cookies.
Cookie Monster once again retreats to the kitchen where he proceeds to make enough noise to grab Big Bird's attention. Holding a bag of flour and baking supplies, he admits with some shame that he was so focused on making the dinner party perfect, that he forgot to make the cookies. Big Bird assures him that everyone is having fun and invites everyone into the kitchen to help make the cookies together.
After everyone has pitched in, they all enjoy dinner. Elmo confesses he had no idea Ernie was such a good cook. Ernie admits that it was mostly Bert; Bert agrees. Agreeing that helping each other out and being together with friends is the best way to have a party, Cookie Monster checks the oven to see that the cookies are done. Cookies Monster enjoys the first cookie.
==Covers==
SSComic24-Issue3b.jpg|variant cover by Erin Hunting
Sesame comic 2024 no3 coloring book variant.jpg|coloring variant
SSComic24-Issue3 Justyna Babinska.jpg|variant cover by Justyna Babinska
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