Words/Photos: Bonnie Burton

If you were at San Diego Comic-Con International this year then you may have spotted our display cases featuring customized Star Wars Mighty Mugg art pieces for The Empire Muggs Back — a charity art show to raise money for Make-A-Wish Foundation.

The cases showed off Mighty Muggs from toy designers, graffiti artists, tattoo artists, comic book artists, Star Wars artists, Robot Chicken model makers, puppeteers, and artists, and even a few celebrities like Clone Wars director Dave Filoni, Fanboys director Kyle Newman, actress Jaime King, and The Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin.

In addition to checking out the display, fans were able to pick up info cards and limited-edition pins (a different pin passed out each day of Comic-Con). All participating artists get pins and an Empire Muggs Back t-shirt.

Here’s some photos of The Empire Muggs Back at Comic-Con:

(The Clone Wars director Dave Filoni poses with his Aurra Sing and Cad Bane Mighty Muggs.)

(Robot Chicken and Shadow Machine’s Rebecca Van Cleve poses with her Ackbar cereal art.)

(A set of pins featuring the Wampa Mighty Mugg by Katie Cook.)

(Foul Moudama Mighty Mugg by Jane Wiedlin)

(More selections from The Empire Mighty Muggs display case)

(More selections from The Empire Mighty Muggs display case)

(More selections from The Empire Mighty Muggs display case)

Check out the full set of images from Comic-Con here:
The Empire Muggs Back

Read more about The Empire Muggs Back charity art project, as well as artist profiles, here:
The Empire Muggs Back article archive (via Starwars.com)

Find out how you can bid on these one-of-a-kind pieces of Star Wars art, and see a slide show of the entire collection at
TheEmpireMuggsBack.com.

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