Category: Beartoons

Trump Motivates the Troops

Presidential Candidate Donald Trump must have felt empowered after announcing his Presidential Candidacy including this statement:

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

Well what most might think there’s another egotistical celebrity/rich man using the Presidential campaign to draw attention to their outlandish notions, it seemed to have worked. Trump has surged ahead of the rest of the Republicans.

But now some are claiming he bombastic remarks have gone to far, thus marking the point of his decline. Senator and former POW John McCain has been going after Trump on his plans for Immigration Reform. In discussing the Senator, Trump said

“He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

Makes you wonder as this editorial cartoon ponders what else he might say to our current troops and veterans.

July 19, 2015
Ariana Grande is now a Specialty Donut

Looks like singer Ariana Grande is going have a specialty doughnut named after her. It is “dripping” with goodness. The “most moist donut” you can find. OK kidding aside, Ariana made news this week having been caught with her boyfriend licking donuts in a store. See the details and the video at TMZ.

Seems she went further stating “I hate Americans. I hate America.” That got the net in an uproar. Her spot at the All-Star Concert in Cincinnati was given to Demi Lovato (Grande claims last minute oral surgery was to blame). Now to her credit, I believe Grande when she explained that she was talking about our obsession with food was where her comment was emanating from. Yet she never did say anything about french kissing the French Cruller.

(I think I need to open up a Doughnut shop called DEEZ (do)NUTs!)

July 10, 2015
Confederate Flag

With the mass killings last week in the church in South Carolina by a guy hoping to start a race war, there have been renewed calls for the South Carolina state government to remove the Confederate Flag from the state capitol. I understand the calls that the Flag is a historic article that should be preserved, whether in Civil War reenactments or as historical teachings. However, it should, in my opinion, NOT be a sanctioned flag that is flown by any local, state or federal government. Because then we move from it being a historic item to be debated and discussed to a state sponsored reminder that not everyone is welcome.

June 22, 2015
Can You Hear Me Now?
Can you hear me now? Not only is that an old Verizon slogan, but it seems to be a recurring issue with me. You see I don’t pay attention to something many times until it is important to me. And it doesn’t mean what you have to say isn’t important, but when it is task related, I tend to tune out until I need to accomplish the task.

For example, if you said “Hey could you send me Bob’s address when you get home”, I will say “send me an email/text” because I know that even though it is important to you, my brain is constantly moving so I will most likely forget. This infuriates my wife, who will tell me multiple times what she needs at the grocery store, but unless I am there and talking to her on the phone or she tells me right before I leave, I will most likely forget because I didn’t expend the energy to put it into my long term memory. She now knows to just give me a written list. Now if I could only find that damn list.

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Charity Challenge Final Results

Cartoonist using “Bearman” in their cartoons ($10 each):
- Jon Esparza at Jon’s Crazy Stuff
- Cha at Dontchawannadream
- Christopher L
New Google Plus Followers ($1 each)
- 284!!
Week 3 Grand Total of $314 which once again puts us at the max payout of $1500. Pulling out the checkbook now.
June 3, 2015
Snail Teeth Facts
When I talk about snail teeth it is indeed a “slow” news day, but I am knee deep in a secret project that I hope to announce next month which has been taking up lots of my non work time.

So who knew that snails had so many teeth. Over 1000. That can be one huge dentist bill. And just this year they knocked off spider silk (sorry Spiderman) as the now strongest known natural material.

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Charity Challenge Week 3 Results

Thanks again for supporting the charity challenge and spreading the message. Full Details Here.

Cartoonist using “Bearman” in their cartoons ($10 each):
- PJ at Flatt Bear
- Warren Frantz at Off Season
- Abe at Gulls Comic
Blog about the Challenge ($5 each):
- Red Dwyer
New Google Plus Followers ($1 each)
- 209!!
Week 3 Grand Total of $244 and running total of 1269!! Almost there.

Let me know if I missed anyone.
May 23, 2015
Skin Cancer Awareness Month
Today’s fun fact is courtesy of May being Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Other than humans, pigs are the only animals that can get sunburned. OK, astute readers will point out the fallacy of that as their folliclly challenged dogs or cats can get burned but this makes for a funnier “fact”. I know many of you like your bacon fried but don’t fry your own bacon. Use sunscreen. Find at more ways to prevent skin cancer this month at Cancer.org.

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Bearman Charity Challenge NEW MATCHING Donations.

You all know by my announcement last week that I will match donations up to $500 to Crayons 2 Computers by simply making your donation in honor of Bearman Cartoons on the donation page. Well someone has stepped up to match donations made this month to the Brandon C. Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Foundation. So if you donate this month to the Foundation, send an email to bcd.headneckcafdn@gmail.com saying it is in honor of the Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge and your donation will be matched!! COOL!!

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Charity Challenge Week 1 Results

I am always humbled by the response to the charity challenge so thanks to all of you for your efforts in spreading the word about these great organizations.

Cartoonist using “Bearman” in their cartoons ($10 each):
- Edward and Wade of Rabbitual Offender
- Kim Belding of PicPak
- Dan Butcher of Vanguard
Blog about the Challenge ($5 each):
- Paul Spoerry
- Bill Murphy at Casually Employed
- Laura Worley at Glitterball Lifestyle
- Christopher L at Nerd in a Nutshell
- Katrina Szatmari at Ravings of a Lunatic
New Google Plus Followers ($1 each)
- 545 (wow)!!
Week 1 Grand Total of $600!!

Let me know if I missed anyone.
May 8, 2015
Cthulbacca

Cthulbacca. What is it? It is a mashup of what happens when my mind starts wandering before bed. It is the combination of Cthulhu and Chewbacca. No, there are no drugs involved in coming up with these things beyond a Zyrtec.

Cthulhu – A deity created by writer H.P. Lovecraft in 1928. Cthulhu’s anatomy is described as part man, part dragon, and part octopus. (wikipedia). He is further described as a “pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings.” (wikia)

Chewbacca – The most famous of Wookiees as highlighted in the Star Wars franchise.

Surprisingly (or not) I figured someone had already done this mashup but a quick good search revealed nada. So here you go my friends. Live long and prosper (oh wait that is something entirely different).

April 27, 2015
Lilly Pulitzer: Ugliness at Target
Shopping at Target the other day got ugly as hoards of women vied for pattern print designs from Lilly Pulitzer. Both online and in-store, the line which was expected to sell out in weeks, instead sold out in hours. Face it, a brand that typically sells for $200 an item is going for $40 and it is no wonder there was a rush to the store.

Now I am not a fashionista (but my wife is and she agrees with me), but unless you are planning on spending time in Hawaii, in a beach town, or at the “club”, my opinion is this is not at all an attractive look. Others tend to agree with my opinion saying things like:
- “Target stores across the country were mobbed with shoppers, not protesting the ugly patterns and nauseating colors that is the Lilly brand” (source)
- “I’ve always had a sneaking fondness for Lilly Pulitzer’s clothes. Not to wear, mind you, because they are ugly as sin; I have never seen a woman wearing Lilly Pulitzer who would not have looked better in a ratty flannel bathrobe.” (source)
- “The clothes are, upon close inspection, not so terribly attractive. Actually, they are rather unattractive. And that is part of their charm.” (source)
Don’t get me wrong, there are a few items I have seen that aren’t bad but as a whole I would return anything my wife bought from that brand (not that she would). But if it were a choice between flowery Lilly Pulitzer and flowery quilty Vera Bradley, it would be Lilly all the way.
April 22, 2015
Why AJ Lee Quit the WWE

Why AJ Lee Quit the WWE. Well she didn’t really quit but rather “retired.” That is the question on the mind of wrestling fans this past week. Forgive me those of you who don’t subscribe to the soap opera fanatics that is professional wrestling.

Former Divas (Female) champion abruptly retired after Wrestlemania (the biggest event of the year for the company). Some have speculated that since coming back, the WWE didn’t have a plan for her storyline and other’s that the travel schedule became difficult on the newlywed and she wanted to spend more time with her husband and also former WWE Champion, CM Punk who quit the company last year. Unlike Punk’s departure from the company where little to no mention was made, the company posted a message on their website and brought it up on air which means that the departure was amicable.

Typically this type of departure is due to continued injury (ala Edge) or in a rare case, for a female wrestler, pregnancy (ala Kharma). Given that the departure seemed on good terms, can it be that AJ is actually retiring because of CM’s sPUNK? (ok that is gross but oh too fitting with that name)

April 8, 2015
Ohio Tourism Board’s Campaign to Attract California Visitors

The Ohio Tourism Board has a new campaign to attract visitors from California. RAIN and WATER. Ok not really but they probably should.

How many of you plan a vacation and say “Hey let’s go to OHIO!!” Probably not many unless you are coming for a specific event or maybe a regional trip to Kings Island or Cedar Point. Other than that, Ohio just doesn’t get the respect that other states do when attracting conventions and visitors.

This can all change with the recent news from California, that due to the extended drought conditions, Governor Jerry Brown introduced mandatory water use restrictions. Ohioans complain about the long gray winters and rain filled springs. But I think we need to make that our advantage. Sure there is flooding today but that means more fresh water for all you Californians to consume.

So come to Ohio!

April 3, 2015