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.
December is going to be another busy month and I am taking time off around Christmas so I’m putting out a call for guest cartoons. This is a great way to promote your cartoons to my readers using YOUR characters. Since I don’t have recurring characters I tend to choose ways for your to use your characters in unique ways. I’m adding a second option for those who don’t have recurring characters or who want a different choice.
WHAT?
Option 1: What if one of your characters was cast instead of the original actor in your favorite tv show, cartoon, or movie?
Option 2: Use ME in a cartoon. Use “BEARMAN” somewhere in the toon. Maybe it’s a character’s name, a name on a bar sign in the background or even loosely as “Check out that Bear, man!”
How Big
Size matters. Width no greater than 500 pixels. Length doesn’t matter.
When
From now until December 20. I might post some early depending on response and my own schedule but will let you know.
Bio
Especially for those I am not familiar with give me a short paragraph on your cartoon/blog.
Send to bearmancartoons ((AT)) yahoo (DOT) com.
Thanks and spread the word.
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.
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.
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)
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.
As promised (or threatened), I am posting all of the signs I made for the live WWE Raw taping on Monday night. I can now say that my work has been seen on worldwide television as they made it all over the telecast (see below for links).
With the exception of Orton and Sheamus, I aimed to focus on those who tend not to have many signs made but who I could guarantee would be there. Here they are with explanation of who they are for the non-wrestling fans:
Made for the female fans (and held up by a female), Randy’s finishing move is called the RKO. Here is the sign and a shot of him from ringside.
The first Irish born WWE Champion. Hated by the crowd and loved by me, he is called the Human Jar of Mayonaisse by fans and fellow wrestlers because of his whiteness as he goes against type and does not spend time in the tanning bed.
Less known for his in ring action and more for his comedic bits, Santino is a fan favorite but you don’t see many signs of his. He wrestled in a match for Thursday nights airing of Superstars so remains to be seen if this sign made it. There is a group of newbies that go by the name Nexus. The slogan on the back of their shirts is “You’re either Nexus or against us” ergo:
One of the most underutilized wrestlers today. Has won the Worlds Strongest Man contest and while he was a “bad guy” was unstoppable. Now as a “good guy” he is lost in the shuffle.
Ringside play by play announcer for the WWE. Michael tends to get little respect from the WWE universe but I think he is great and wanted him to get his due props. One of his classic lines during any match is to say “Vintage ______ (fill in wrestler’s name here)” So I created this:
I then cut out a rectangle and attached a round piece behind it with different wrestlers names so it could be fitting for many different matches. See what I mean with this image:
(the crowd silhouette, I got as free stock from somewhere but can’t find where I wrote it down. If someone comes across the source, let me know and I’ll add it)
For an official WWE pic of the Orton sign click here and go to pic number 12 of 17.
For an official WWE pic of the Mark Henry sign click here and go to the last image (number 19) and look behind Edge’s left elbow
See the Mark Henry sign in video action here and go to 1:54. You’ll see it right behind Edge.
Got some work and personal stuff going on the next week or so, therefore it is time again for a contest.
WHEN:
Now until noon US Eastern Time on Sunday September 12.
WHAT:
Get yourself and as many of your friends on facebook to go to my facebook fan page (http://facebook.com/beartoons) and hit that “Like” button and then tell me that they are now following me because of you. They can tell me via this post or via facebook. You can also just click the “like” button on the Facebook widget on the right.
For every person that is added as a fan (including yourself) and credits you will earn you an entry into the drawing. And for those already a fan…no you cannot unlike me and then like me to earn another entry.
HOW:
Use your blog, facebook, twitter and get the word out. For example you might post on facebook.
I want to win a caricature of myself. So do me a favor and go to http://facebook.com/beartoons and hit the “like” button and tell Bearman I sent you.
PRIZE:
Your choice of either a caricature of your face (or someone elses) or select your favorite design from the store and I send you a t-shirt.
I will select at least one winner (assuming I get at least one more fan). I’ll have two winners if the number of fans goes over 175 and three if it goes over 200.
CAVEAT:
a. The caricature, if chosen, will be a 8×10 image of your head only and will be in my style so…
b. It may look like you, it might not. Depends on what you look like. I make no promises that I won’t make you uglier or better looking than you actually are.
I’ll be online some but not posting again until I announce the winner. I’ll make comments here when I can and try to make my usual blog rounds on occassion.
Good luck.
UPDATE: Blog about this on your site and I’ll throw in another entry. Just let me know in the comments if you do.
A group of cartoony folks do something on twitter called #tuesdaysketch whereby someone sends out a topic and people sketch a cartoon under the theme.
This week the topic was “muppets”. Sometimes I wish I could be as honest and Waldorf and Statler. Check out all the entries at the Flickr Group.
Come back Friday for something I am postive will “A-Peel” to you.
This was actually based on a conversation I had with someone about the proposed Mosque to be built a few blocks from Ground Zero in New York. Unfortunately, as the media tends to do, they keep referring to the proposed center as the Mosque AT Ground Zero. When I asked the person if they would be OK if the Mosque were built a few blocks away, she said yes. I said, “well that’s the plan anyway”. Then she backtracked and came up with more reasons why it shouldn’t be built. To which I replied, “How far is far enough?”.
Matt Sledge of the Huffington Post did a nice article that showcased that you can’t see the proposed site from Ground Zero and even if you came via the subway, you would have to go out of your way to see the Mosque. So for all the arguments against it, which I am open to discussing, can we at least agree that the Mosque will not be AT Ground Zero?
For those concerned about the impact of a sixteen story Mosque that close to ground zero, I have a simple solution. Build a seventeen story Synagogue and an eighteen story Church right next door.