Candy, Andy & The Bearandas
by Alan Dein
Foreword by Jamie Anderson
Faux-leather hardback, with foil blocking & tipped-in image.
92 pages: 16 pages printed black and white on coloured Woodstock Cipria 140gsm
and 76 pages printed in colour on Tatami White 150gsm.
23 × 16 cm
Designed by John Morgan
Published: 26 October 2023
ISBN: 978-1-909829-21-3
Living in a picture-perfect English village, two panda
bears, Mr and Mrs Bearanda, bring up their plastic children, Candy and Andy.
Devised by Gerry Anderson’s Century 21 Productions
(Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet) for the 1960s comic book market, the images
created for the photo-strips are a surreal, unique look at domesticity, the
family and childhood. Their unusual nature meant they never reached the
popularity of other Anderson characters, and the photo story comics were
abandoned after a year.
This photobook presents the best of the surviving original
transparencies from this brilliantly bizarre project: driving their striped
Mini, preparing for Bonfire Night, or going for a boat ride, Candy, Andy and
the Bearandas live in an unforgettable, dreamlike world. The carefully restored
images are lovingly presented in a faux leather-bound hardback (with
foil-blocking and tipped-in cover image).
It also features a foreword by Gerry Anderson’s son, Jamie
Anderson, and an introduction detailing the history of the Candy project by
historian and broadcaster Alan Dein.