The Bean is a lowly , abused dishwasher who drop his Day break one’s back in an monster ’s inn — at least until he ’s kidnapped and put in the path of a legendary sword . Now the Bean has a power that could let him spare his home , or rule it through violence and fright .
Travis Hanson ’s webcomicThe Beanis a well - told fantasy epic from a very classical moulding , one that reminds us that familiar tropes can build not bad report as long as they are placed within solidly build worlds with fully realized characters . This especial tarradiddle is set in a world that posture beneath a broken moon , a place with a long history of monsters and wars . It ’s also a place of great transition ; just a fistful of generations ago , most humanity dwelled underground in grand subterranean city , and ogres were hunted for their hides . At the opening of The Bean , the few remaining ogre live alongside humans ( although not always well ) . One of those demon is Gort , the owner of the Silver Dagger , an hostel in Darkleaf forest .
Gort apply a sundry crowd of largely resentful workers : Siv , a mixologist who is much more than he appears ; Ravna , a acutely - tongue barmaid who ofttimes stand up up to Gort ’s verbal abuse ; Groggle , an demon Captain Cook with a penchant for cooking skunk meat and a gift for making potions ; and the Bean , a half - elven boy whom Gort treats as a hard worker . The Bean ’s living has been a pattern of modest rebellions and penalization ; periodically , he ’ll lead away , only to return to the not - so - quick arms of the Silver Dagger .
This routine is interrupted when , while on an errand for Gort , the Bean is kidnapped by a hob who needs him to recollect a brand that once belong to to a powerful and mad warrior king . But as soon as Bean comes into contact with the sword , his destiny is incessantly altered , although it ’s not clear-cut what his new destiny will be .
The story of a thoroughgoing - hearted male child given something dark and powerful is nothing raw , but the Bean is n’t Frodo Baggins , and he has to contend against more than a mystical force play that jeopardise to melanise his heart . As he regain himself on a bona fide seeking , Bean meet many mass who have their own agendas and their own beliefs about the right way to wield power . The Bean is an impressionable lad , and it ’s clear that his beliefs about right and wrong have not been fully formed — especially in a humans where survival is n’t always easy . But he will have to see his own way presently ; an army is tuck that imperil all the peoples of the neighborhood , run by a man with a relic similar to the one Bean carries .
And , in big fantasy custom , The Bean does n’t focus solely on Bean ’s journey . The other employees of the Silver Dagger — some of whom go in hunting of Bean — have their own perils to face , as do the multitude Bean see along his agency . Each of these characters feels complete on the page , with their own history and their own mystery to uncover . Although the dialogue is sharp and the type lively from the very outset , The Bean is a comedian that becomes richer and more interesting the further along it goes . It ’s clean that by the meter the history progress to its sexual climax , there will myriad competing interests and values , and that our quality will be deeply changed — assuming they survive that long .
A spry word on the artwork in The Bean , which can find a little stark when you first jump in . It ’s very light that the comic is in the end meant to be in color , and if you look at Hanson ’s study on hisTumblranddeviantARTgallery , you’re able to see how lovely his linework look accompanied by color ( and good colour body of work is worth hold back for ) . But even in dark - and - whitened , Hanson ’s work is clear and expressive , and as thing in his world grow more horrendous , that utterness becomes totally appropriate to his story .
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