It is run as a single panel comic that appears in newspapers as a color, or black and white Sunday feature, in either a quarter-page strip, or half-tab format.

[15] At the time the site contained questions and answers, as well as hands-on activities, some of which required Netscape and Shockwave Player.

[2] Its only main character at the time was Beakman Place, a male figure with spiky blue hair, glasses, a neck tie, and a breast pocket full of instruments.

[8] While working at Lucasfilm, Jok began working on a project called "Here's How" a comic strip and educational television series featuring C-3PO teaching foreign language and R2-D2 explaining the more physical world", the idea was eventually shelved, but the concept later evolved into Jok's comic strip featuring a character named Beakman.

[6] He would receive these science questions from children, and he would choose to answer them based on subjects that he didn't know about, and wanted to learn.

"[23] Within the comic strip Jok also introduced an annual "Beakman and Jax Make Up Your Own Rules Contest", in which the reader could report on an experiment or research they did.

[25] Shortly after the release of the first book June 1, 1992,[26] on September 18, 1992[27] an Emmy Award-winning television series named Beakman's World began, starring Paul Zaloom as the show's main character, along with three female laboratory assistants over the years, Lester the Rat,[28] and two puppet penguins.

[29] According to Jok the television series was "written to build a bridge between children and the adult members of their family," and "we created the show to be like a live action cartoon.