Bendy: Dreams Come to Life
"We've not seen one like this before."
The article's subject originates from the Bendy novel series' continuity, which is not deemed as canonically part of the main series' lore. See Bendy Wiki:Canon for more information.
"Ha, I ain't even done half in months! Oh, but they won't fire me. No sir! Place this big, no one knows what everyone else is doing." - Angus Newman
Bendy: Dreams Come to Life is a young adult horror novel written by Adrienne Kress and published on September 3, 2019, by Scholastic Inc. Taking place in 1946, the novel sets as an indirect prequel to the Bendy game saga.
The graphic novel adaptation was released on August 6th, 2024, however was leaked on July 24th, 2024.
Summary
Seventeen-year-old Buddy has spent most of his life trying to escape the Lower East Side slums of New York City. Working as a delivery boy to support his family, Buddy wants to become an artist, a dream he’s sure will never be realized. But that all changes when a delivery job puts him face-to-face with Mister Joey Drew, the eccentric owner of an animation studio.
Mister Drew takes Buddy under his wing as an apprentice, thrusting him into a world unlike anything Buddy has ever seen before. There’s the colorful cast of the studio, from the cranky, yet driven composer Sammy Lawrence to Dot, the writing intern, and Buddy’s counterpart. Working for Mister Drew, Buddy starts to think that maybe it’s really as simple as Mister Drew says: Dreams do come true. But not everything at the studio is as picture-perfect as it seems...
Something is going bump in the night at Joey Drew Studios, something that leaves behind trails of thick, dark ink. While the studio frantically works toward their latest deadline, Buddy and Dot team up to find out just what is tormenting the studio after-hours, even if it means tracking the trail to Mister Drew himself.
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Synopsis
Characters
- Main article: List of characters (Bendy: Dreams Come to Life)
- Buddy Lewek - A young boy who dreams of being an artist, and is hired on as a gopher by Joey. And later he's reincarnated as Buddy Boris.
- Dot - A curious writer at Joey Drew Studios with a nose for trouble.
- Joey Drew - The founder of Joey Drew Studios. He is an overarching antagonist of Bendy and the Ink Machine and every book.
- Richie - A ragamuffin artist at Joey Drew Studios, and Buddy's friend.
- Jacob - A stylish artist at Joey Drew Studios, and Buddy's friend.
- Dave - An elderly artist at Joey Drew Studios who tends to keep to himself.
- Irena Lewek - Buddy's hardworking mother.
- Mr. Unger - Buddy's grandfather, and a Holocaust survivor, who teaches Buddy about art.
- Sammy Lawrence - The music director of Joey Drew Studios.
- Ink Demon - The monstrous failed experiment at creating Bendy that haunts Joey Drew Studios.
- Ink - A strange living organism that terrorizes Joey Drew Studios and anything that's around itself.
Story
Prologue
Buddy "Daniel" Lewek narrates, talking about how the Ink Demon is essentially haunting him, causing him to be on alert at all times. He reveals he's writing the book for Dot to find and read, in hopes it will help her stay safe.
Chapter 1
Buddy begins by narrating and describing his life. He lived in the Lower East Side of New York in the year of 1946. He describes the place as humid, hot and stinking of urine. He dropped out of school and went to work with his ma for Mr Schwartz after his pa died, his ma making suits that he delivers around the citys favourite part of the city, apart from seeing greenery and the cleaner neighbourhoods, is watching artists draw caricatures and cartoons of the people around him. He adds that they often shoo him away from watching.
Development
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Reception
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Videos
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