“It’s dark.”

A random look at panels and images from the Beanworld chronicles.

from page 30 of “Pod’l’Pool Past. Pod’l’Pool Present.” – TotB #10 [1988]

[page 36 of A GIFT COMES]

With those words, Beanish launched into the transforming event known as TOTAL ECLIPSE at the end of this story. Surprising how well that Beanish fit into that series and how it fit into Beanworld.

“All I retained was…”

A random look at panels and images from the Beanworld chronicles.

from page 18 of “The First Time Professor Garbanzo Discovered the Four Realities” – TotB #21 [1993]

Proffy uses the Action Effigies created by Beanish to tell the growing Cuties about the early days of the Beanworld. Sadly this has been the last new issue of the book to date, with only some short anthology stories, ashcans and reprints since, it definitely ended on a high note, with a lot of information coming out in this story, both directly and indirectly. I especially liked the “Action Effigies” and how the story was presented as a tale told the the Cuties, as their excitement and interpretations of what they’re hearing are no doubt a large part of the future of the Beanworld (their intrigue over Proffy’s dreams of flying are no doubt a precursor to some of the upcoming developments in Float Force research, based on the HUNGRY ashcan).

“To the Legendary Edge…”

 The Small Small Picture, a random look at panels and images from the Beanworld chronicles.

from page 14 of “Too Much Chow!” – TotB #2 [1985]

Having agreed that the excess of chow is a problem, Mr. Spook and Proffy decide to ask the Hoi Polloi to take it back. I love this little image of them racing to the Legendary Edge, it has a very old-school super-heroic feel to it, you can almost see Batman and Robin in those exact poses in a 1950s comic.

I’m not sure it was ever addressed, but I’ve always wondered why the Beans always go to the Four Realities by the Edge side, not the Sandy Beach side. The only time I can recall them going down the other side was when Mr. Spook fell from the sky, and the others raced to rescue him, and they seemed to have to make more of an effort to go down, so I guess there’s a gravity thing that makes it easier to go down the left side and up the right side. Or maybe some sort of current.