Marder-ography – The Independent Comic Book Sampler #2 [1988]

This page of Beanish and his then-unnamed muse Dreamishness, along with a bio of Marder and offer for a free comic (offer presumably no longer valid, certainly the address is way out of date) appeared in THE INDEPENDENT COMIC BOOK SAMPLER #2 [1988], published during the Ninja Turtles fueled black and white boom of the era, as you can see from the cover below, and including several dozen other cartoonists of the era.

Thanks, as usual, to Shield Bonnichsen for providing the scan and the publishing info for this hard-to-find book.

Marder-ography – Bad Attitudes [1986]

Another entry courtesy of the Shield Bonnichsen collection of Beanworld obscurities, this page of a Bean under the mistaken impression that he’s cool appeared in a mini-comic called BAD ATTITUDES which was published for the 1986 San Diego Comic-Con.

-Link- Beanworld Wiki

Just in time for the return of Beanworld to print with next week’s holiday one-shot, there’s a new Beanworld Wiki over at wikia.com, administered by ZenMondo, using Mark Irons’ BeanWeb content as a starting point. Check it out and feel free to contribute. 

-Link- Various promotional interviews

The imminent release of the BEANWORLD HOLIDAY SPECIAL means a flurry of promotional articles including preview pages and interviews with Larry Marder. Check out these from publisher Dark Horse and Comic Book Resources.

-Link- Marder/Gaiman jam sketch for CBLDF

The CBLDF has an auction right now for a jam sketch by Larry Marder and Neil Gaiman. Check it out and see if you can outbid me.

...well, that jumped out of my price range right quick. Three days to go, so bid it up to the point where I'll be sure there's no way I could get it. It's for a good cause. Marder's comments on the piece and his rather odd relationship with Gaiman over here.

-Link- 3-Part Marder interview

Brian Heater has a 3-part interview with Larry Marder about Beanworld past and future over on The Daily Cross Hatch. Go here for links to all three parts.

-Link- Marder interview at Westfield

Roger Ash, of the mail order comic book store Westfield, conducts a brief interview with Larry Marder.