The Jim Henson's Muppets comic strip first premiered in over 500 daily newspapers on September 21, 1981, just months after The Muppet Show ended its five year run. The strip was created by brothers Guy and Brad Gilchrist, who drew and wrote the strips, and distributed through King Features Syndicate. The Jim Henson's Muppets comic strip was printed daily from 1981 to 1986 in over 660 newspapers worldwide. Special strips were also created in color, exclusively for issues of Muppet Magazine during its run. In 1983, Enesco released a line of coffee mugs featuring artwork from the comic strip.