The Taco Truck of the Future

Bearman Cartoon Wired Magazine Taco Truck of the Future

This cartoon was inspired by Wired Magazine.Ā  Each month in their issue they ask readers to consider what different products will look like in the future.Ā Ā  Then, they combine all the most popular elements into a feature on the final page.

This month they asked what the Taco Truck of the Future would look like in 2025.Ā  When you combine mystery taco meat and rolling food carts, I don’t think this truck should wait that long.Ā  They need to start production right away.

So help me out and upvote it on their site.Ā  They don’t make it easy to find my entry but here is what you need to do.

1.Ā  Go to this page on Wired.com

2.Ā  Scroll down to the entries and by “Show Entries that are” select “new”

3.Ā  You should see my cartoon as one of the first.Ā  Depending on your screen settings you may need to scroll the box right to see the arrows.Ā 

4.Ā  Click the up arrow and viola….er voila (or for you non frenchĀ  Wa Lah!)

Comments

97 responses to “The Taco Truck of the Future”

  1. Nate Fakes Avatar

    Truth in advertising

    1. Bearman Avatar

      That’s what I try to aim for.

  2. WannabeHero Avatar

    Funny stuff. Voted! Good luck, man.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thanks. I think I need you to draw my bears going forward. Love that Ninja Bear.

  3. jillsy Avatar
    1. Bearman Avatar

      Better or worse than my duck picture caption on your site?

  4. Roland Avatar

    Nobody will know if that smell is from the ingredients or the port-a-potty

    1. Bearman Avatar

      It kind of “runs” together.

  5. Corve Avatar

    very funny…..love this

    This is damning

    1. Bearman Avatar

      “This is Damning” Is that some cool term you youngen’s are using these days?

  6. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

    I love it. My computer at work is acting up I guess. I could only see the top of your comic and I couldn’t get to the place to vote. I will keep trying though. Great concept.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well if you didn’t have a 28.8K modem, things might work out better.

      1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

        I found the problem. I was running low on coal and my boiler was not hot enough.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Steam modems are the green technology of the future.

          1. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

            Mine has certainly turned green but I thought it was just mold.

  7. Brad Avatar

    It’s a one stop shop!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      No..then you would need a hammock to take a nap due to food coma.

  8. notapeopleperson Avatar

    They get you coming and going…..

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well maybe…if they put a dollar fee on the portalet.

  9. gallowaygrave Avatar
    gallowaygrave

    By 2025 the vehicles (both) will be horse drawn (pulled NOT sketched)…

    gg

    1. Ron-Yves Avatar

      …not if the price of horses keep sky rocketing šŸ™‚

      1. Bearman Avatar

        Why…are they using them for meat?

    2. Bearman Avatar

      Did you peek? Someone had that concept on the wired site.

      1. gallowaygrave Avatar
        gallowaygrave

        I confess, I looked around a bit…

    3. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

      I’m glad you clarified that. There is enough competition without having drawing horses.

  10. Ron-Yves Avatar

    I frequent a Taco Truck in the red-light district of my town—no porta-shitter but they once offered me one of those enormous taco-shells used for taco-salads and a free napkin when I was in a pinch…

    Your picture troubles me though—the shitter is like, 3 feet away from the guacamole which is located toward the rear of the vehicle…there could be cross-contamination…

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Blah blah blah. All I heard was that you frequent the red light district in your town.

      1. Ron-Yves Avatar

        It’s southern NH though—the Red Light District essentially means that there’s a woman that forgot to put on a bra that morning—and she needs 25-cents for the parking meter…that’s as far as it goes…

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Least you could do is buy her a taco too.

  11. Duncanr Avatar

    Been and voted, Bearman

    Hey, I tried to cheat and vote twice but the sneaky buggers rumbled me – my 2nd vote cancelled out my 1st, so I had to vote again (which means I voted 3 times just to record one vote )

    Don’t worry though, the site is obviously tracking IP Numbers of voters, I’m on my way back to vote again using some of the other laptops and desktops I’ve got here šŸ˜‰

    1. lynn Avatar

      same here duncan… okay yeah so i am as sneaky as you, so what? šŸ™‚ :-)(since bearman likes it when i use smilies)

    2. Bearman Avatar

      I don’t need you two cheating and telling the world that you cheat. I don’t want to get disqualified..:>

  12. DadaHyena Avatar

    Oh, good Lord….Bearman has outdone himself.

    …and it gets worse if you want to think of where that Taco Van keeps its “refried beans”. Reduce, reuse, recycle!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Maybe I should have drawn a pipe leading from the portapotty back to the van.

  13. lynn Avatar

    i voted but how do i know my vote counted? good luck!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Same could be said trying to vote in Florida.

  14. Jande Avatar

    Meh! Wouldn’t let me vote. Both up and down arrows are greyed out. :`[

    Great cartoon though! Awesome concept. Now add a payphone and Wi-fi and we’d have it made.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Nah…don’t you know all those restaurants that offer wifi are taking them out b/c people just hang out and don’t order anything.

      1. Jande Avatar

        Heh. Wired Freeloaders. Aught to haul them off to the port-a-potties!

  15. Rafa Avatar

    Hahaha, I think your truck design can be made before 2025, is a great idea
    and of course.. voted!

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thanks…Let’s hope.

  16. MJ Avatar

    Ha! That’s hilarious.

  17. nursemyra Avatar

    I voted. But do you think the counter is working properly? It went from 2 to 3 when I pressed the up arrow but judging by the amount of comments here you would have received far more votes than it’s showing….

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Looks like you voted on the one that linked from Flickr that wouldn’t show up for me.

      There is another one that people are voting on. That is unless you hit the down arrow haha

      1. Walker Avatar

        I did as you instructed, vote was #14, but i’m wondering if i need to find a different, non-Flickr one? Will go back and browse around.
        Good luck.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          That was the one. The correct one was the one that said something like “Guess flickr doesn’t work”

  18. danineteen Avatar

    Mmm, I’m craving tacos now.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      eeeeeeewww. I think I’ll wait a week.

      1. Tony Avatar

        Yeah good idea, don’t wanna eat it while the meat is too fresh. Ya have to let it rest so the mold flavour develops. Kinda like good matured cheese

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Now I am really getting sick.

  19. jb Avatar

    I hope that ain’t where the meat for the tacos comes from. If it is we’re gonna need pleanty of hot sause.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Just pour the hot sauce on your tongue first to deaden your taste buds.

  20. Scott Oglesby Avatar
    Scott Oglesby

    Haha perfect. And they should start giving coupons for Mexican food with every prescription of opiates.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Sure to help balance the constipation.

  21. jammer5 Avatar

    Great cartoon, bearman . . . but wrong šŸ™
    My brother-in-law, Terry, and I used to go to Tijuana regularly. One thing people would warn us about was to never eat food off the street vendor carts. We basically ignored them and would get ceviche, many times shrimp, or mystery-meat tacos. Not once did we get the runs or any other adverse effect, and the food was always outstanding.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You just have an iron stomach. I eat at the carts strictly as a colon cleanse.

      1. jammer5 Avatar

        Driving down the highway with your butt sticking out the window is a drag, literally, isn’t it?

  22. Jande Avatar

    Ok, tried to vote again this morning and even though they were greyed out, when I clicked the up arrow the number changed from 14 to 15. Yay!

    You deserve to win with that entry. It’s pretty whacko funny. ;`)

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thanks Jande. I wonder if I will get in trouble for having you all ballot stuff.

  23. Ahmnodt Heare Avatar

    It’s about time somebody prepared for Montezuma! I voted for you. Please return the favor on November 6, 2012. šŸ™‚

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You just have to make sure you get on the ballot.

  24. Tony Avatar

    We don’t have Taco Trucks here in Tasmania, I guess we’re too far from the Mexican Border to do the run. A Taco Ship or aeroplane maybe…

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Well this one was about Taco Trucks but there are all types of food trucks popping up around here.

  25. Tony Avatar

    I just went & voted you UP. 3 scumbags have voted you down so far, can you believe that??? They must’ve been overly sensitive Mexicans, or non-Mexicans who dislike spicy food.
    I must confess that while I was there, at Wired.com not Mexico, I also voted up Taco Cat. I liked that one too…

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Taco cat is good too. I think it was one of my own scumbags I sent over there.

  26. susi spice Avatar

    bahhahahha nice… just dont have them driving up and down the border cause itll be a good cover.

    ps where is my banner gone!?? šŸ™ i am unbanneredfriended?

    1. Bearman Avatar

      What are you talking about? You are still there

      http://beartoons.com/links/

  27. Dan Avatar

    If that truck were ever rear-ended it would be the worst accident scene in the history of the automobile.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Saying rear ended…would that be redundant?

  28. Gruff Guano Avatar

    Voted. I’m the infamous n°18 registered pro voter.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thanks. You know with a name like Guano, I figure this cartoon would be right up your alley.

      1. Gruff Guano Avatar

        The loo is my natural habitat, so when I travel, nothing is more comfortable than a mobile can on a trailer.

        1. Bearman Avatar

          Why do I now have an image of an RV with a coffee can on it.

  29. Friggin Loon Avatar

    Quick copyright the idea Bearman, I can see several fast food chains using this idea.

    Psst Slow on the uptake this week Bearman. Friggin life just keeps getting in the way šŸ™

    1. Bearman Avatar

      I figured you were just on vacation again. Or drinking with Susi.

      1. Friggin Loon Avatar

        I will be next Friday. Expect another absence from Susi and I šŸ™

        1. Bearman Avatar

          I thought you could hold your liquor unlike her.

  30. SpilledInkGuy Avatar
    SpilledInkGuy

    Hilarious!
    Once I had a message on my phone that: “the porta-potty is ready to be picked up – we’re leaving for the day but it’ll be sitting outside the fence”.
    I get some pretty random calls. And I leave some pretty random comments. šŸ™‚

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Was that a message someone else left or your outgoing message to those that called you?

  31. susi spice Avatar

    haha i came back again and all i could see was homer simpson in that episode shouting out “wheres my buritto! wheres my buritto!”

    1. Bearman Avatar

      You watch more Simpsons than me. I don’t remember that one.

  32. Bo Lumpkin Avatar

    I was finally able to vote but I had to take my laptop to the Library to do it. See how much trouble I go to just to make you famous.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Only when all of Gatorhead knows my name.

  33. Chris W. Avatar

    Upvoted! I also may have passed out a few downvotes for a few other candidates… ::evil grin::

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Evil. Do you do that on Reddit too when you post something..haha

  34. George Avatar

    I got’cha! This was a great ‘toon and idea.

  35. RogerAD Avatar

    Done and Done, looks like you are doing pretty good over at wired too.

    It really isn’t even all that bad of an idea, because I bet there are a lot of people that stop at McDonald’s, or whatever, simply to goto the bathroom. So, having a portapotty makes sense. You would just have to make sure people don’t use it without buying a taco and you are good to go šŸ˜‰

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Maybe you have to insert your reciept into the door mechanism or it is coded. Good to see you over here Roger. Thanks for stopping in.

  36. Duncanr Avatar

    Shit in – shit out

    Pretty much sums it up really

    You must be on a winner here !!!

    P.S. Hey I like that Chris W. – bugger’s even sneakier than me. Just off now to go nobble some of your competitors šŸ˜†

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Buggers Unite!!

  37. blunt delivery Avatar

    ok. that was high-larious.

    you should also have some sort of first aid kit for when they get shot in the ass by the border patrol

  38. Dr. Cynicism Avatar

    Okay… most awesome comic EVER.

    1. Bearman Avatar

      Thanks…Doc!

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