Blue Moon Blog

Yours truly makes an appearance with an old photo (circa 1989 or so) at Larry Marder’s Beanworld blog today. Seeing it brings back a lot of memories of good times during the early days of my career in comic books. Larry and his wife, Cory became good friends, and I developed into quite the Beanworld fan.

What a joy it was this past summer to discover Larry had started a blog, and that Beanworld material, both old and new is on the horizon, after a twelve year publication hiatus. Larry’s been earning a living, working for McFarlane Toys all that time, but also pecking away at writing and drawing Beanworld, and now he’s ready to Break Out again.

I can’t recommend Beanworld highly enough. It’s cute, smart, funny, inspiring, pragmatic and a great comic. At first glance it may look simple, but there’s lot going on under the surface, right before and behind our eyes with this most peculiar comic book experience. Larry’s a fine cartoonist, and has created here a complex world with its own rules, his own personal myth. Reading Beanworld make me think, and want to be a better person.

You can learn more at this Beanworld site, and don’t forget to bookmark Larry’s blog and visit often. Good to have you and Beanworld back, Larry!