Category: Beartoons

  • RIP Leslie Nielsen

    Leslie Nielsen Caricature

    Leslie Nielsen passed away this week.  Everyone has been quoting his “Don’t call me Shirley” line from Airplane all week but I was more a fan of his Naked Gun series of movies as he was the star.

    Imagine a movie where a 50+ year old is the star, he has a hot girlfriend in Priscilla Presley, includes the master of disaster films, George Kennedy, and costared OJ Simpson when the public still loved and admired him. 

    A few of my favorite lines:

    Mimi Du Jour: Is this some kind of bust?
    Lt. Frank Drebin (Nielsen): Yes, ma’am, it’s very impressive, but we need to ask you a few questions.

    Lt. Frank Drebin (Nielsen): It’s the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girl dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day.

    [Jane climbs a ladder as Drebin looks up] 
    Lt. Frank Drebin (Nielsen): Nice beaver! 
    Jane  [producing a stuffed beaver] Thank you. I just had it stuffed.

    Any other favorites?

  • Editorial Cartoon: TSA Pat Downs

    Editorial Cartoon: TSA Pat Down

    I have noticed over the last week a sudden uptick in visitors looking at my previous Body Scanner cartoon.  So I thought I would delight them with what turned out to be one of my own personal favorites.

    For those of you who are unfamiliar with the creepy old guy depicted, he is Herbert, the creepy old guy from the Family Guy cartoon.  I was going to have him say something about excusing his shaky hand but thought this was better.

    And of course, I had to jump on the bandwagon with my own “Don’t Touch My Junk” shirt.

    Don't Touch My Junk T-shirt

    Plus right now is a good time to buy this as you save $10 on orders of $50+ in my shop during the CafePress Friends & Family Sale November 20-23.  So shop our store, wacksack.com and use code: Friend10.

    CONTEST:

    Now since our friend Brit is out there with a contest trying to get followers by offering cookies, I thought I would try my own.  The first person to buy the “Don’t Touch My Junk” t-shirt and gets video of themselves going through airport security wearing it will win a $50 Cafepress Gift Certificate that you can use on my store or any other Cafepress store.  (Update: So the wife had a point that it might be against airport regulations to take pictures at security so as not to get anyone in trouble I’m switching things up.  If I get at least 5 people to buy the shirt and send me a picture of them wearing it in a funny situation, I’ll have my readers pick their favorite and that person will win a $50 Cafepress Gift Certificate.)

  • Editorial Cartoon: Facebook and Email

    Editorial Cartoon: Facebook, Email and Privacy

    Here is a potential real FAIL for you.  Facebook has announced that they will now offer email service for it’s members allowing you to send emails to people outside your friend list.  With all the controversy surrounding privacy issues with Facebook, I think I’ll take a pass.

    What embarrassing things could Facebook reveal to your “friends” if this happened?  C’mon you can tell us; it won’t get past this blog.

  • Editorial Cartoon: Pam Anderson and Topless Jewish Men

    Bearman Cartoons Pam Anderson Israeli Fur

    There are times when my humor tends toward a side that may lean toward vulgar; so for those of you offended I apologize.  HOWEVER, in my defense, I use my wife as a litmus test of things that are funny or too risque.  She was all about this cartoon idea when I explained it to her.  So any complaints I will be happy to forward to her.

    It seems PETA spokewoman, former Baywatch star and Playboy model, Pamela Anderson is out to use her “powers of seduction” on the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of Israel by trying to get them to not block a bill currently being floated by Iraeli lawmakers on banning the trade of fur in the country.  Seems the traditional hat worn by Hasidic men on the holidays is many times made of fur.

    And yes, before the responses come, I know that beavers still have fur.  But saying from “mink to beaver” just wasn’t as funny.

  • Editorial Cartoon: What if Prop 19 Passed?

    Editorial Cartoon on Prop 19 Marijuana California

    So Prop 19 in California FAILED at the ballot.  This was the ballot initiative that would have legalized and regulated marijuana in the state.  The idea being that decriminalizing it would bring in much needed tax revenue and decrease the prison burden.

    Young voters in California appeared to overwhelmingly support the measure, however, they must have been too high to actually go and vote on the issue.

  • Editorial Cartoon: Chili and Schmidt

    Bearman Cartoons - Surya Yalamanchili

    So right here in Southern Ohio, there is a former contestant on the Apprentice and former Brand Manager of Procter and Gamble, Surya Yalamanchili running for Congress against the incumbent Jean Schmidt.  Now I don’t have anything really against Schmidt but in her time in office, I can’t think of one thing she has done except lecture six year olds on abortion.

    Yalamanchili knows people might have trouble pronouncing his name so instead he goes by “Chili” and his website is VoteChili.com.  Now of course, I don’t agree with every stance on the issues  Surya makes but here is one thing that impresses me.  He has refused to accept any money from corporations or PACs (political action committees) in his bid for Congress.  So many politicians talk about “corruption” caused by corporate donations yet not one does anything about it…until now. 

    I also like the fact that just because he is a Democrat, he doesn’t seem to be the type to toe the party line.  In fact, in his debate with Schmidt he said “I’m on the side of the voters of the 2nd District…Both parties have failed America…It’s a system that’s corrupt.”

    Too much of the impasse in Washington is due to line drawing.  Wish you luck Chili (you’ll need it facing an opponent with 5x as much money and who is the incumbent)

  • Editorial Cartoon: Juan Williams Fired from NPR

    Bearman Cartoons Juan Williams Fired from NPR

    Obviously it is newsworthy if I post on a Friday instead of my regular Sunday and Wednesday (did any of you realize I had a schedule?)

    It seems Juan Williams of National Public Radio fame had spent too much time over at Fox News commenting on the news of the day and has now lost his contract with NPR.  For those readers outside the country, NPR is funded in part by the government and some will say it is the only way liberal radio can survive.  Of course Fox News is deemed a branch of the right wing conservative movement so you can see the rub.

    It is interesting that NPR would use the excuse that their reporters and analysts are not supposed to provide personal opinion but rather merely ask questions.  You can make your opinion known simply by editorial decisions on editing, who to interview and how you ask questions.

    In the end, Juan ends up with a $2 million contract from Fox News so we won’t be seeing him on the unemployment line.

  • Why Editorial Cartoons Have no Shelf Life

    So the above is a reason why Editorial Cartoonists can’t create a buffer of cartoons to keep on hand to post at a time when they have nothing else to post or are busy with real life.  I created this one right after the Cincinnati Reds won the National League Central Division and went to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years.

    Of course there was celebration of beer, champagne and cigars in the team’s clubhouse.  Well, the state of Ohio has a smoking ban for public places and it seems some concerned citizens felt it their duty to report this violation to the authorities.  Not a smoker, nor have I, but I thought this was just petty.  I bet they were Philly fans.

    Well after the highs of that week came the following week which led to this cartoon.

    The next weekend the Reds were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Bengals lost for the second week in a row to teams they were supposed to easily beat.

    I would have posted them on their dates but other news items seemed more relevant and noteworthy at the time so these kept getting pushed back.

    Now they seem somewhat dated.  So instead of creating cartoon buffers, I am left to post nothing if and when I ever get writer’s block.

  • Editorial Cartoon: Yonni Barrios – Wife and Mistress

    This ones for Nobbly.  Seems our friend Yonni Barrios had two women keeping vigil for him as he spent 70 days trapped in a mine in Chile along with 32 other miners.  His wife and his mistress of ten years.  Whoops.

    Supposedly his wife did NOT choose to meet him when he got out because he invited her and the mistress.  So this is the “lovely” mistress???

  • Editorial Cartoon: Ahmadinejad Throws Stones at Israel

     

    So after appearing at the United Nations and joining the wacko conspiracy theorists that the United States planned the attacks of September 11, 2001, Iranian President Ahmadinejad is back for more.   It seems on a planned trip to Lebanon he indicated that he will throw a symbolic stone at Israel just to show how much he hates that country.

    Note:  So I had this one ready for Wednesday and totally dropped the ball as just as I was going to publish it, I realized I wrote “Jordan” instead of “Lebanon”.  Was out of town so couldn’t fix it and therefore this was the first I could post.