

Pepper's Lonely Hearts' Club Band, who play music in this peaceful and colorful world, where all the natives generally behave in a friendly manner towards one another. He begins his campaign of terrorizing Pepperland by firing a massive glass ball at the Beatles' doubles, Sgt. The Chief Blue Meanie arrives in Pepperland accompanied by Max, his assistant, and his large army of Meanies. He is voiced by Paul Angelis, who also provided the voice of Ringo Starr.

His most heinous of crimes from The Beatles' point of view, however, is his hatred of music. A flamboyant character, with a high pitched voice, he is set on conquering Pepperland and ruling with fear and oppression a supreme despot given to psychotic tantrums and violent mood swings. The Chief Blue Meanie, also known as "His Blueness", is the leader of the Blue Meanies and the primary antagonist from the 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine.

"Your Blueness" "Your Newness" (after he has a change of heart) " Imaginationland Episode III" ( South Park) Those that do not flee are invited by the Beatles to stay and "mingle" and they make peace with their former enemies. With their spell thus broken, the Meanies cease to have a hold on Pepperland: even their guns start shooting flowers instead of missiles. This restores colour to the hills and plants and life into the Pepperlanders (who had been petrified by various weapons in the Meanies' possession). Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and bring music back to Pepperland. The Beatles find Pepperland's confiscated musical instruments and their own look-alikes, Sgt. Later in the story, a Meanie abducts the Beatles' companion, Jeremy Hillary Boob, PhD, the so-called " Nowhere Man", and we see, when the Beatles arrive in Pepperland, how the Meanies have laid waste to the former paradise and petrified the natives. The Meanies, in his absence, cause the lovely and colourful Pepperland to turn into a very grey, dull and oppressive place, wrought with thorns and thistles. Old Fred journeys to Liverpool where he meets the Beatles, whom he enlists for help, because, as musicians, they would be able to restore harmony (and indeed melody) to Pepperland. This prompts one of Pepperland's sailors, the former Commander now newly appointed Lord Admiral "Old Fred" (or "Young Fred" according to the even older Lord Mayor) to escape in the Yellow Submarine of the title to find help. The Blue Meanies arrive in Pepperland and do everything they can to oppress the peaceful, music-loving paradise. They are humanoid in appearance - albeit with blue faces and very long noses. The Meanies have blue skin, claw-like six-fingered hands, and wear black masks around their eyes and hats that resemble Mickey Mouse ears on their heads. It's all in the mind, you know.The Blue Meanies are set on the occupation and silencing of Pepperland, a colourful, musical utopia that lies beneath the sea. When "nothing is real", nothing is also not real. Because in stories, characters are immortal. After that Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea reference, my mind started to wander, and now I'm convinced that Captain Nemo must be an alias of Sergeant Pepper, or perhaps vice versa. A true delight for all ages, I'm certain. Comics are an excellent medium for the Yellow Submarine story to be explored, and this goes well in tandem with the classic film. The art is spectacular and absolutely poster-worthy. This comic book brims with the happy ethos of the Summer of Love, if now only a rose tinted memory. A cast of charming characters, well-thought-out and laugh-out-loud humour, with enough puns to last a lifetime.
