Beanworld, Book 1: 
 Wahoolazuma! (2009)

Like George Lucas, Stan Lee, and J.J. Abrams, 
cartoonist Larry Marder is the creator of a deeply imagined alternate world 
that inspires obsessive fandom and yields glossaries, maps, and 
websites. The difference is that Marder's world is about talking beans. From 1985 to 1993, the underground comic Tales of the Beanworld featured 
 Mr. Spook and the Chow Sol'jer Army in zany, nearly psychedelic exploits 
that recalled the playful humanism, unbridled energy, and weird slang 
of Krazy Kat and The Lorax. The hardcover Beanworld, Book 1: 
 Wahoolazuma! collects the first nine issues — 
and comes with news that Marder's 
at work on further adventures. 
''Wahoolazuma!'' indeed. A