Beanworld: Tales of the Beanworld

Beanworld #3.5

by Larry Marder, Diana Schutz (Editor)

Collecting the recent color Beanworld stories with long out-of-print tales from Asylum, newly colored by Larry Marder, this volume not only answers burning questions about the process of the Beanworld but also includes brand-new pages that begin the highly anticipated "Summer" cycle of stories! Tales of the Beanworld is the perfect primer for readers old and new to Marder's one-of-a-kind comics experience!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

64 pages, Hardcover

First published July 10, 2012

About the author

Larry Marder is the creator of Tales of the Beanworld.

Reviews

[Hassanchop · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel stupid every time that I try to read Beanworld. I feel I need to be on something to fully enjoy this.

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is, of course, great stuff, and in colour as well. Beanworld, of course doesn't need such superficial things as colour but it does makes the book look attractive.

The book is just 64 pages long and Larry Marder states in the Afterword that the stories had been printed before but he stitched them together to work essentially as a continuous story, though it's more of a 'stories within stories' type effect.

The first story is 'While We Wuz Eatin'!' where the contented beans are confronted by some scary computer-type monstrosity that seems to be trying to run a protection racket. Mr. Spook bashes its lens and it flies away.

The next story is 'Every Cutie Deserves a Toy!' which is told in flashback. The Boom'r'Band discover that the cuties don't communicate (or yaketyklak) amongst themselves. With Beanish's help, which also means with Dreamishness's help, they discover that the cuties need toys to help them learn how to interact with each other.

Back in the present the third, untitled story the cuties are growing up and are no longer interested in their old toys as they fly around on their 'chipskates'. Meanwhile Proffy continues to work on how to reverse the sticking power of gunk'l'dunk.

It's great to have more Beanworld material available.

[Kevin Hogan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Larry Marder's Beanworld books are stories of a fascinating (and completely inhuman -- although not inhumane) ecology.

This book is a collection of several shorter (color) stories, woven into a framework of flashbacks.

[Patricia Barrows · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have the first several issues of the comic book from way back when. I've always loved the Beanworld series. Unfortunately, I gave my set of hard cover books to my oldest son and he's read them to pieces. I need to order a new set for myself.

[Mark Schlatter · Rating 4 out of 5]

A small collection and reorganization of some recent Beanworld comics. Marder keeps on upping the sense of mystery and tension in the Beanworld --- makes me look forward to the next large volume.

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

The usual awesomeness. (Don't make this your first Beanworld book, though; you won't understand it.)

[Ben Stark · Rating 5 out of 5]

It doesn't get any better than this. It's thought-provoking. It's weird. It's a most peculiar comic book experience. Wahoolazuma!

[Jason Morris]

i like all 3 of these books the 1st 2 went as fuunny as these 2