August 2010 | Bearman Cartoons

Win a Free Caricature!

on August 31, 2010
Posted in: News

Got some work and personal stuff going on the next week or so, therefore it is time again for a contest.

WHEN:
Now until noon US Eastern Time on Sunday September 12.

WHAT:
Get yourself and as many of your friends on facebook to go to my facebook fan page (http://facebook.com/beartoons) and hit that “Like” button and then tell me that they are now following me because of you. They can tell me via this post or via facebook. You can also just click the “like” button on the Facebook widget on the right.

For every person that is added as a fan (including yourself) and credits you will earn you an entry into the drawing. And for those already a fan…no you cannot unlike me and then like me to earn another entry.

HOW:
Use your blog, facebook, twitter and get the word out. For example you might post on facebook.

I want to win a caricature of myself. So do me a favor and go to http://facebook.com/beartoons and hit the “like” button and tell Bearman I sent you.

PRIZE:
Your choice of either a caricature of your face (or someone elses) or select your favorite design from the store and I send you a t-shirt.

I will select at least one winner (assuming I get at least one more fan). I’ll have two winners if the number of fans goes over 175 and three if it goes over 200.

CAVEAT:
a. The caricature, if chosen, will be a 8×10 image of your head only and will be in my style so…
b. It may look like you, it might not. Depends on what you look like. I make no promises that I won’t make you uglier or better looking than you actually are.

I’ll be online some but not posting again until I announce the winner. I’ll make comments here when I can and try to make my usual blog rounds on occassion.

Good luck.

UPDATE: Blog about this on your site and I’ll throw in another entry. Just let me know in the comments if you do.

Oktoberfest Tshirt

on August 29, 2010
Posted in: Cool Stuff

Long time readers may remember this shirt but given it is a top seller at the store, it is one I like to highlight each year. This is the first t-shirt I ever designed for the store: it depicts a guy in lederhosen carrying a large sausage. The back say’s “Grab your Sausage and Have Fun”.

Why highlight an Oktoberfest shirt the end of August? Well, while Munich Germany’s Oktoberfest actually runs into October (Sept 18 – October 3), Cincinnati celebrates it smack dab in September (the 18th and 19th) and Covington, KY (right across the river from Cincinnati) celebrates the weekend before.

Quick trivial facts. Cincinnati has the largest Oktoberfest celebration in the United States. Last year an astute commenter indicated that it was Canada that held the distinction of the largest outside of Germany. However, he is wrong according to my spot Wikipedia sources. The largest celebration outside Germany is in Blumenau, BRAZIL! But here is where Cincinnati gets back some of it’s swagger. Estimates for the Canadian and Brazilian Oktoberfest are in the 700,000′s. However each lasts about a week. Cincinnati pulls in around 500,000 people in just 2 days. Now who drinks more?

More designs created over the years:

Click image to go to page.

Banana Lover’s Day Cartoon

on August 27, 2010
Posted in: Beartoons

Normally a joke this bad would fit under the category of “Rejected Reader’s Digest Cartoons” but today happens to be National Banana Lover’s Day (no Susi NOT what you are thinking). Interesting though, according to this list of food holidays, I did miss a golden opportunity for a cartoon on August 3 AKA “Grab Some Nuts Day”

Oh and if you don’t get the joke in today’s cartoon, please ask a 3rd grader to explain it to you.

To celebrate Banana Lover’s Day, some other cartoonists have done their own take on a Banana Gag. Check them out and tell ‘em who sent you.

Always a Critic

on August 24, 2010
Posted in: Beartoons

A group of cartoony folks do something on twitter called #tuesdaysketch whereby someone sends out a topic and people sketch a cartoon under the theme.

This week the topic was “muppets”. Sometimes I wish I could be as honest and Waldorf and Statler. Check out all the entries at the Flickr Group.

Come back Friday for something I am postive will “A-Peel” to you.