Larry Marder's Beanworldedit
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Larry Marder's Beanworld formerly known as Tales of the Beanworld is an independently published comic book, created by Larry Marder. Beanworld features stories about the life and times of a host of "bean" characters including Beanish and Mr. Spook. It takes influence from Native American mythology, ecology and pop culture.
The first issue was published in 1985, and the series ran 21 issues until 1993. The first four issues were printed independently as The Beanworld Press. Starting with issue five, the title was released by Eclipse Comics. A total of 4 book collections were released, reprinting issues #1-16.
In 1995 and 1996 the Beanworld Story While We Were Eating was serialized in the the Comic Anthology series Asylum. This was the first Beanworld story to be told in Color. The coloring was done by a third party, and Larry Marder has commented that he did not like the results all that much.
In April 2008, it was announced that Larry Marder will be resuming the series in early 2009. The revived series will be published by Dark Horse Comics, who have republished the previous 21 issues, in deluxe hardcover editions. [1] The first volume, Wahoolazuma! was published in February, 2009, and reprinted the first nine issues of Tales of the Beanworld. The second volume, A Gift Comes!was published in July 2009, and collects the remaining eleven issues of the original run.
In September 2008, a short Beanworld story, ? and ! was published online by Dark Horse. This was the second Beanworld story to be told in Color.
A new one-shot comic, the Beanworld Holiday Special, came out on December 17, 2008. It was published in full color, the first full issue Beanworld comic to have done so and the third Beanworld story told in color. Larry Marder has commented on future plans when there is enough color material of collecting it and publishing it together with the Asylum story being recolored someday.
In November 2009, the third deluxe hardcover edition, Remember Here When You Are There! will be published by Dark Horse. This will contain all new material. At 216 pages long it will be a departure from the previous episodic storytelling style That Larry Marder has employed in the past.
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| Comics: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • ? and ! • Every Cutie Deserves A Toy!
Collections: Larry Marder's Beanworld: Book One • Larry Marder's Beanworld: Book Two • Larry Marder's Beanworld: Book Three • Larry Marder's Beanworld: Book Four Graphic Novels: Wahoolazuma! • A Gift Comes! • Remember Here When You Are There! Ashcans: Beanworld Zero • Hungry? • While We Were Eating! • The Worst of Heyoka • Professor Garbanzo's Joy Ride Other appearances: Total Eclipse • While We Were Eating! |
