Today’s cartoon is for the environmental movement and what I consider a failure of public opinion.   Many of my friends on social media are sharing this article which asks the question why people can’t believe in Global Warming if the majority of scientists do.  On one post by fellow Cincinnatian Craig Froehle I wrote the following:

I think the Environmental movement made a grave mistake years ago when pushing the Global Warming agenda.  Not saying it is true but even those who believe in Global Warming will point to history of it happening on earth and question whether the current climate change is man made or natural.

Pollution seemed to be something people could grasp as it was something visual they could see and see the effects of making better choices.   IMO many of the strides we made years ago to fight pollution are being stalled as people debate Global Warming.

Pollution and the impact of it is a visible thing.   So when we clean our rivers or our air, we can see a visual impact of our efforts which in turn helps decrease issues with Global Warming.   But now we are hung up in a debate whether it is man-made or naturally occurring.

What do you think?

Charity Challenge Update:

Thank you Thank you Thank you.  I once again stepped up the goal and you once again helped me deliver.

Include Bearman in a webcomic – $10

• Red at Momma’s Money Matters
• Joe at Control Your Offspring
• Julian at Undead Llama
• Dave at Slightly Off Topic
• Abba Studios at Nerds and Geeks

Blog about the Challenge – $10

• Nate at Nate Fakes Blog
• RJ at Refrigerator Magnate
• Peter at Wombania
• David Hurley at Don’t Pick the Flowers
• Damian Sanchez at Mobile Internet Anonymous

Adding Beartoons.com to Blog Roll or Banner Ad Addition – $5

• Damian Sanchez at Mobile Internet Anonymous
• Dave at 8 bit nerds

New Followers on Google Plus – $1

450 new followers – $450

Giving us a weekly total of $555 and a month to date total of hitting the $1500.  Thanks to all

For the remainder of the month I am still counting new google plus users and donating that money to the Red Cross.

Today’s cartoon is in honor of Dialogue Free Comic Day, which actually is this Friday but I am early because I will be out of town.   Thanks to Noel Curry who started it and has kept it going.

This represents just another day in the Bearman Household.  The only thing different is that my wife doesn’t know how to use the the window lock.  So typically it is me driving, her releasing an SBD (Silent but Deadly for the uninformed) and waiting with a smirk on her face until the gas cloud wafts over to me.  Of course I begin choking.  My payback is in the winter when I roll her window down to release the fumes and lock it so she has to freeze.   Oh the fun we have in our house.

Ladies do you fart in front of your significant other?  Men does your woman fart in front of you??   We have friends who don’t fart in front of each other and we personally find that weird, so don’t judge..haha.

Midway point in the charity challenge and love all the new and old people that continue to step up.  Thanks and keep it coming.

So you may be wondering why I am “eating crow” this week.  My wife and I tend to not argue about the big stuff, but rather the stupid stuff.  One ongoing argument was how to end this childhood chant.

We always said Diarrhea, Diarrhea.  Some people think it’s funny but it’s really BROWN and runny.  My wife said it was “WET and runny”   So I put it out to Google Plus and those losers (I say it with love) sided with her 11-8.  I didn’t say who thought which but I would eat crow if I was wrong so here is me paying up my bet.

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Charity Challenge Update

Include Bearman in a webcomic – $10

• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead

Blog about the Challenge – $10

• Bill Murphy at Casually Employed Webcomic
• Jande at Aedre’s Firefly
• Julian at Undead Llama Webcomic
• Brandon G. Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Foundation

Adding Beartoons.com to Blog Roll or Banner Ad Addition – $5

• MJ Logan at Saturday Sunshine Blog
• Valentine Logar
• Julian at Undead Llama

New Followers on Google Plus – $1

551 new followers – $289

Giving us a weekly total of $354 and a month to date total of $1020.  Thanks to all

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Finally my friend and uber talented artist Christina Wald is the illustrator of a book called Wordsworth and the Dragon.  Check out more and consider helping to fund the book printing in their Indiegogo campaign.

Sometimes a caricature just comes together quick as in the case of Cleveland Hero Charles Ramsey.  He was the neighbor of the guy that kept three women captive in Cleveland for 10 years.   So I figured he deserved his own cartoon tribute along with this classic line he told the reporter interviewing him after the rescue.

I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man’s arms…either she’s homeless or she’s got problems.

This is what I love about not having a set schedule as I can pull these things off quickly to react to news of the day.  Must have struck a cord because I shared this on Facebook last night and actually got some shares from that damn site.   Seemed to be a hit on G+ too.

Week one of the Charity Challenge is rocking.  Thanks to all who have been involved.  If you want to get involved, since it goes through the end of the month, please go here for more information.

Include “Bearman” in a webcomic or Bearman Fan Art – $10

• Kim Belding of PicPak
• C. Glen Williams of Frighteningly Pretentious Comix
• Christopher L did this fine bit of fan art

Blog about the Challenge – $10

• Christopher L of Anything Wiki
• Duncan of Madhatters
• Friggin Loon
• Rachael at YoYo-Dyne
• Marti at Marti’s Geneology Adventures (and Brandon’s Aunt)
• Katrina Szatmari at Ravings of a Lunatic

Adding Beartoons.com to Blog Roll or Banner Ad Addition – $5

• Andro
• Chris L
• Rudy
• Cha
• Marti

New Followers on Google Plus – $1

551 new followers – $551

For a week one grand total of $666.   The devil is in the details.  Thanks to all for helping.

Bill Cosby was one of the first actors considered to play the part of Doctor Who in a Warner Brothers film based on the famous BBC television series.

Prior to any trip via car/plane I need reading material.  So for this trip I picked up the 25th anniversary edition of Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader.  One of the stories talked about how during the dead times of the Doctor Who franchise, the BBC sold the film rights to Warner Brothers.   In the late 80′s/early 90′s, Bill Cosby was Americas favorite dad and doctor.  So WB supposedly approached Bill who turned it down.  The film was eventually made in 1996 but not by WB and it starred Paul McGann.

I tried to find some additional evidence but so far only thing I could find was an obscure reference to an Entertainment Weekly tidbit from an edition prior to them posting anything on the web.   Either way, Doctor Who fans would probably be up in arms.

Love the book though.  It is like my on the go edition of the Friggin Loon and Madhatters ie information that is interesting but really doesn’t make you any smarter haha.  Check out their website at http://bathroomreader.com or buy the book.

Uncle John’s Fully Loaded 25th Anniversary Bathroom Reader (Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader)

Don’t forget, the Charity Challenge continues through May.  Thanks for all that have participated so far.

This is the Fifth Year I have done this so far donating $2806 ($336 in 2009, $630 in 2010, $690 in 2011, $1150 in 2012) and it will run until the end of May.

Many of you know that I do this challenge each year to raise awareness of my blog while giving money to charities who need it.  Historically, this has been the majority of my advertising budget for the year so if you enjoy Bearman Cartoons, please help by spreading the word on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, etc and/or thumbing up on StumbleUpon or Reddit.

I have decided that this year I will divide evenly the amount of money donated between three charities up to $1500.  The fact that we hit the goal last year made me want to do more this year:

The first being the  Cincinnati FreeStore Foodbank. This charity does great things not only to feed those in need but also to help families get back on their feet in other ways.

The second charity is the Brandon C Gromada Head and Neck Cancer Foundation.   Many of you know that my friend Brandon passed away last year leaving his wife and six month old daughter.  His family set up this foundation to direct funds to research for better treatments.  This rare type of cancer also took the life of one of Brandon’s idols almost one year ago today – Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys.

And the third is of course one of my favorite charities,  Crayons to Computers.  It is a free store for teachers allowing them to stock up on school and art supplies for their students/classrooms.

But that is not all.   Once again, I am going to match dollar for dollar anything you donate to Crayons to Computers up to a max $500.  When donating just make it in Honor of Bearman Cartoons and they will know how to notify me.   So that is $2000 of my own money I am will to put up to get the word out about these causes.

I will donate the indicated amount for each thing that you do in the month of May:

• $10 – For any cartoonists who uses ME in a cartoon in their strip.  Use “BEARMAN” somewhere in the toon.  Maybe it’s a character’s name, a name on a bar sign in the background, integrating my green haired gravatar into a background character or even loosely as “Check out that Bear, man!”  Be sure to link back to this post so I know to include you in my tally.   I know some of you work with a buffer so if you plan to post after May just contact me and let me know and I will add it to the list.
• $5 – Add http://beartoons.com to your blog roll (for those who don’t already have it)
• $5 – Add a Bearman Cartoons Banner Ad (found here) on your site or if you already have one upgrade to a larger size.  Link it to http://beartoons.com
• $10 – Blog about my challenge to your readers and link back to this entry in your post – http://beartoons.com/2013/04/30/bearman-cartoons-charity-challenge-2013/
• $5 – Send a picture of yourself wearing a t-shirt from our shop OR send a picture that showcases that you are a BEARMANiac. Photos will be showcased in weekly updates and also appear ongoing in the BEARMANia section.    See below for my favorite fan pic from Lynn.
• $1 – Circle/Follow me on Google Plus – http://googleplus.beartoons.com.   Currently I have 29,130 followers.

If you add me to your blog roll, add/upgrade your banner, include this challenge in a post, please indicate in the comments. I’ll post a weekly update of the money raised and who did what to raise the money with links back to your site if applicable.

Thanks for your continued support.

So here is my continuing efforts at trying new things related to drawing. This is my caricature version of Peter Dinklage, known to Game of Thrones Fans as Tyrion Lannister. You can see the beginnings as a simple pencil sketch, then I added watercolor and ink to the image and finally pulled it all into Photoshop to color it.

This is probably the longest I have ever worked on one image, only because I am learning some new techniques as I go. Might tweak the color some more but here is where it stands now.

Just experimenting with line work other than black.   The “Love Bug”

Today’s cartoon was done for another friend who started Project Blue Collar that raises awareness and encourages people to adopt rescue dogs.  Might have a few more coming soon.