Category: Beartoons

  • April Fools Day

    Ok…I thought about doing some lame post (like I was giving up blogging – I could almost hear the applause if that were true) in honor of April 1 otherwise known in these parts as April Fools day.

    Instead as a public service, I have decided to educate my faithful readers so they don’t get dupped on this illustrious day.

    I have had Snopes in my blog roll for some time.  Want verification that an urban legend is true/false?  This is a great resource.  ex When you friend swears that you keeps emailing you the same thing over and over because Microsoft said they would pay money for it.  Obviously nothing you can say will make him stop but pointing him here might.

    The other site I found recently is The Museum of Hoaxes.  It is similar to Snopes but as they explain they are “dedicated to promoting knowledge about hoaxes.  On our blog we post about dubious- sounding claims, and whatever else strikes our fancy.”  For example one recent post finds the real woman behind the Acai Berry diet pictures.  And guess what…she never took Acai Berry

    Check them out before you are fooled!!!

  • Bearman Cartoon: Ron Paul Supporters are Terrorists

    OK..the headline was just for shock value (and to get the conspiracy theorists to visit my blog too) In my unquenching thirst to know the viewers of the Bearman Cartoon Blog, I thought it important to see what news former United States Presidential Candidate Ron Paul has been making.

    Well it seems he (and his supporters) have caught the eye of the Missouri Information Analysis Center.  A recent report titled the Modern Militia Movement, implicated several groups as a potential domestic terrorist threat, including those who oppose the Income Tax (who doesn’t) and Illegal Immigration. 

    Under the heading “Political Paraphernalia,” the report states, “Militia members most commonly associate with 3rd party political groups. It is not uncommon for militia members to display Constitutional [sic] Party, Campaign for Liberty, or Libertarian material. These members are usually supporters of former Presidential Candidate [sic]: Ron Paul, Chuck Baldwin, and Bob Barr.”

    Since the report was published, it appears that a retraction and apology was made.  Duh! While I am sure as you could find in any group there are those on the fringe, it’s a wonder that this could even have been published in the first place. Thus comes the most recent editorial cartoon.

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  • Bearman Cartoon: Misdirection the UK Version

    A few days ago I published an editorial cartoon about how the US government is wasting taxpayer money but wants us to be angry at AIG for doing the same.  One of my frequent commenters, Woman in Black, is from Britain and had this to say

    “Is it possible to offer us Brits an Anglicised version (Royal Bank of Scotland and Gordon Brown)? We are a simple race, and need things spelled out to us.”

    Then she said no one knows what Gordon Brown looks like.  Across the pond their Uncle Sam is known as John Bull.  so for you WIB…I present  (I did it down and dirty and quick so not quite up to my crap standards.):

    3 25 09 Bearman Cartoon Misdirection UK Versiion copy

  • Bearman Cartoon: Misdirection

    Please don’t look behind you.

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  • Bearman Cartoon: Barack goes after AIG

    I am sure there are plenty of cartoonists doing editorial cartoons this week on AIG.

    Barack Obama went after AIG looking for them to not pay the retention bonuses that someone sneakily made a legal obligation.  Unfortunately he was too late as the money had already been paid out.

    3 20 09 Bearman Cartoon Bully Barack copy

  • George Ford of Addanac City Guest Cartoon

    A few weeks ago I highlighted the work of George Ford and showcased the guest cartoon I did for his cartoon strip Addanac City.  Instead of his strip style, I used my typical editorial cartoon style.

    George has returned the favor by creating an editorial cartoon for me in his style and using his main character Hank.  I love it.  I can just see Madoff trying to reclaim his fortune by acting like one of those “royal monarchs” that everyone gets spammed with.

    George is letting me post it here first before he posts it on his site so go check out his stuff as he is now updating his cartoons SEVEN days a week.  I give him a month before he burns out. (j/k George).

    Also be sure to check out George’s Addanac City blog as it has different stuff than the main site (one day he will figure out how to meld the two or I’ll figure it out and be able to tell him but he is more web literate than I so I doubt it)

    Click on the picture to get it bigger or you can probably see it bigger on the AC site.

    Bearman AC guest strip by George

  • Bearman Cartoon: Don't Watch-Man

    Two blogs that I tend to check out on a regular basis both had reviews of the new move “Watchmen”.

    Now I haven’t seen the movie yet (nor did I read the comic that inspired it) but Tom Richmonds Cartoon Blog and Tannerleah’s Stop Annoying Me Blog, both this week gave much press to the fact that the character Dr Manhatten is nude in much of it and that he has blue junk.  I thought this odd until I googled more reviews and found this being talked about more than other parts of the movie. (See here, here and here for just a few other reviews)

    I’ll be seeing it sometime this week and will give a full review.  I just hope now I can keep from actually looking for the penis.  Maybe when it comes out on video it can become a popular drinking game like “Hi Bob” (bonus if you know what this is referring to).

    Anyway, here is my editorial cartoon take.

    3 11 09 Bearman Cartoon Watching the Watchmen

  • The Daily Elephant is now Blunt Delivery

    For those of you who saw my post on the Daily Elephant a few weeks back, Brit decided to be a little more professional and get off the free wordpress site.  I guess dailyelephant.com was taken up by a GOP backer so she had to go with her new site called www.bluntdelivery.com.  It is NOT as I questioned, a mail order drug paraphanalia company; rather, just Brits humorous ongoing tirades about life.

  • Bearman Cartoon: Finding the Perfect Job

    It’s that time of year that people in Cincinnati start throwing their hat in the ring to run for city council, so I thought given the tough economic times out there this editorial cartoon was fitting.

    3 9 09 Bearman Cartoon City Council Job copy

  • Bearman Cartoon: Who Stole the McNuggets

    Usually I only do 1-2 toons a week but this one was so timely, it couldn’t wait. I think this has to be one of my favorite editorial cartoons in a while. I love the story of the woman calling 911 three times because McDonalds wouldn’t give her money back when they were out of McNuggets. Now I don’t blame the woman for being pissed but come on…THREE TIMES.

    This tells me that we haven’t done a good enough job advancing the use of 311…the non emergency three-digit number to contact the police.

    But did they have to drag Ronald into all this.

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