''Cool Beans World'' was a subscription website which published animated or partially animated

webcomic Webcomics (also known as online comics or Internet comics) are comics published on a website or mobile app. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books. Webcomics can be c ...

s. It was conceived by Cool Beans Productions, a design, animation and production company based in

Sheffield Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire a ...

, England. Contributors included, amongst others, UK-based comic book creators

Pat Mills Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfather ...

Simon Bisley Simon Bisley is a British comic book artist best known for his 1990s work on '' ABC Warriors'', '' Lobo'' and '' Sláine''. Early life Simon Bisley began drawing when he was six years old. He is self-taught, with only a short one-year stay a ...

John Bolton John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American attorney, diplomat, Republican consultant, and political commentator. He served as the 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and as the 26th United Sta ...

and Kevin O'Neill, and the author

Clive Barker Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist, playwright, author, film director, and visual artist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the ''Books of Blood'', which established him as a leading h ...

. Serialised content included ''

Scarlet Traces ''Scarlet Traces'' is a Steampunk comic series written by Ian Edginton and illustrated by D'Israeli. It was originally published online before being serialised in 2002, in the British anthology ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. A sequel, ''Scarlet Trace ...

'' and ''

Marshal Law ''Marshal Law'' is an English-language superhero comic book series created by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill. ''Marshal Law'' was first published by Epic Comics in 1987. The series is a satire on the superhero genre as well as a deconstruction of ...

''. After a high-profile publicity campaign including extensive print advertising, the website was launched in 2001. It won '' Internet Magazine'' "Site of the Month" award in October 2001. When Cool Beans Productions went into

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in May 2002, ''Cool Beans World'' ceased operation. As of 2016, its domain is untenanted. Comics included: ''Dark Frankenstein'', ''Marshall Law'', ''Scarlet Traces'', '' Kingdom of the Wicked'', ''The Yattering & Jack'', '' Someplace Strange'', ''Bone'Ed''. CG short films: ''Saintly'', ''Marshall Law''.

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* (archived version) Defunct British websites Internet properties established in 2001 Internet properties disestablished in 2002 Websites about comics Webcomic publishing companies {{Webcomic-stub