on superheroes and Muppets...

[ratcreature]

After a few people commented on how disturbing Superman!Kermit was, I'd like to point out that even though I was unaware of it when I first drew him, TPTB have cast Kermit and Piggy in these roles long before me, as this image from the the 1982 Miss Piggy Calendar shows. And for the record, IMO Kermit as Batman Frogman (as seen here from the 1997 Muppet Parody Calendar: The Sequel) is far more terrifying.

The observation you make in comic fandom that TPTB will always have produced weirder stuff than you could ever come up with and will have done it first apparently holds true for Muppets as well. :)

Comments

[caia-comica.livejournal.com]

This is scary and yet oddly unsurprising.

OTOH, I like your versions a lot better.

[ratcreature]

Thanks. :)

I just wanted to make clear that I'm really not in any way more crack-addled than the sources. I mean, the art is practically canon compliant. ;)