Tag: cartoon

  • Byron Rempel Zombies

    Byron Rempel Caricature by Bearman of Beartoons.com

    Zombie lovers like Mark Stokes of Zombie Boy Comics might like my latest cartoon and first ever Zombie.  The poor unfortunate soul with his head ripped off is one Byron Rempel, a zombie drawing loving artist I found on Google+.  (His site and his G+ Profile)  For the last many weeks, Byron has been on a race to zombify any and every Google+ user.  So I figured the tables needed to be turned.

    He has gotten so many requests lately that he set up some weird auction thing that I can’t figure out how it works, so you can be really really nice to him or you have exactly 4 days left to PAY to be immortalized by him.  Right now he is looking to put YOUR face on a tshirt.    For $25 you can have your face among the many on the tshirt he is designing and get a 5×7 watercolor of your mug.  Go to his Indigogo campaign before end of Saturday.

    Also I had the opportunity to do a guest cartoon for David Wilborn of Urban Jungle Webcomic.  Click the thumbnail below to see it fully on his site.

    Finally I have added some links on the right to some cartoon conglomerates that I am now a part of as well as some new people on the Beartoons Links page including Tomversation cartoons and Impersonals.   So check out the links page and support all the people who support me.

    Full circle – Mark you still owe me a banner ad for the links page.  Oh and as always let me know if you need an invite to Google Plus (its where all the cool people hang out…and me too)  Any Zombie lovers or haters out there?

  • Editorial Cartoon: Riots

    Editorial Cartoon on Riots by Bearman

    I had a hard time with today’s editorial cartoon.  I knew in my head what I wanted it to say and went through many different iterations using cartoon characters and not.  You’ll have the be the judge whether my sentiment came through and let me know whether or not you agree.  Love to hear all sides on this as always.

  • Editorial Cartoon: Man v. Food

    Bearman Editorial Cartoon: Man vs Food

    Today’s editorial cartoon is based on a reality show addiction in the Bearman household called “Man v. Food”.  The premise of the show is food junky, Adam Richman, travels all over the United States to show viewers pig out spots in different cities.  The last half of the show highlights a local restaurant with a food challenge (ie. eat a crap load off food or something really really spicy).   If Adam beats the challenge he proclaims “Man Won” and makes a hand sign of the letter “M”.  If he loses, he proclaims “Food Won” and makes a hand sign of the letter “F”

    The wife and I are enamored with the show and Adam’s ability to indulge to the point that he gets the food sweats yet doesn’t pass out, crap himself, or have a coronary.  We have noticed his waist line has increased over three seasons of the show.  So thankfully this season, Adam has passed the torch to average joes and just hosts the show.   Entertaining still, but not quite as much as wondering when the EMT’s were going to be called in.

    ***UPDATE***

    Our friend James from Obscure Gentlemen webcomic tackled this same topic.  Go check out his hilarious  version here.

  • Editorial cartoon – Bert and Ernie Gay?

    Editorial Cartoon Ernie and Bert Gay Sesame Street

    Today’s editorial cartoon stems from the unsuccessful movement to get Sesame Street to out confirmed bachelors, Bert and Ernie, as being gay.  While I am for gay marriage, I am with Sesame Street for saying “no”.  Thoughts?

  • Editorial Cartoon: Google Plus Gifs

    Editorial Cartoon poking from of oversharing of animated gifs on Google Plus from Beartoons.com

    This editorial cartoon about animated gifs on Google Plus came from my time on there over the past two weeks.  For those of you who engage with me on Twitter or Facebook, I apologize as I have been sucked into the world of Google + and though it has it’s limitations, I prefer it over both platforms.

    The Good

    • Take the best of twitter in that you can follow the message streams of anyone you want with the best of facebook that allows you to see pictures, links and more than 140 characters and that is the promise of Google Plus.
    • Being able to engage with people you admire and feel like your message isn’t lost.
    • The ability to put the people you follow into different circles that you create.  For example, I have a circle for people I folow that don’t follow me, webcomic people, art people, learning people, etc.  At any point I can only look at the postings from any individual group AND I can have a posting only show up to specific individuals or circles.

    The Not So Good

    • Unless you link your photo albums to Googles photo sharing site Picasa, the way it manages your pictures is horrible.   I would love to see a feature that allows you to choose “insert picture” and have you be able to choose a specific picture from a specific album.  I am hoping there is a fix for that soon or I am doing something wrong and someone will correct me.

    One complaint I hear from others that I am not so sure I mind YET is that some circles are so incestuous with the same people that 5 people can share someone else’s post and it shows up every time in your stream if you have all five people in your circle.  The one complaint you hear most about is oversharing of animated gifs.  Again, so far I don’t mind them but I love when someone says “I know people don’t like animated gifs but I HAD to share this one because it is so cool.”

    So is it ironic that I had to make this cartoon an animated gif in order to make a point of animated gifs?  Is it even irony?  I don’t know since all the “experts” said none of Alanis Morrisette’s examples in Ironic weren’t ironic.

  • Confidence vs Competence

    Confidence Vs Competence Cartoon

    As promised here is the cartoon inspired by the book The Invisible Gorilla by Dan Simon and Chris Chabris.  What does this cartoon have to do with the video I posted on Wednesday.  Nothing.  haha  I took my inspiration from a different part of the book.

    Charles Darwin observed that “ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge” In face, those who are the least skilled are the most likely to think better of themselves than they should – they disproportionately experience the illusion of confidence. (page 86)

    It is because of this behavioral trait that the Friggin Loon is able to constantly post a stream of stories on stupid criminals.  Their confidence in their ability outweighs their knowledge on how to actually pull off the crime.

    In group dynamics, especially at work, most of us have heard the cream will rise to the top.  But it doesn’t.  How many times have you walked away from a meeting knowing that the direction the group decided to take is the wrong way but you felt you didn’t have the power or the influence to change it.  Next time, you might need to jump out there and respond first.  In one experiment the authors did they found that a group trying to solve a hard math problem went with the first answer offered up 94% of the time.

    …group leadership wsa determined largely by confidence.  People with dominant personalities tend to exhibit greater self-confidence, and due to the illusion of confidence, others tend to trust and follow people who speak with confidence.  If you offer your opinion early and often, people will take your confidence as an indicator of ability, even if you are no better than your peers. (page 98)

    So how many of you “know” of superiors who are only in their position because of their own self confidence versus their skill?  How many of you think YOU should be in that position?  And then, of course, is your confidence in being able to do that job equal to your own competence?

    *** Side note:  I was so underconfident that I was spelling “competent” correctly, that I looked it up at least 3 times in writing this post.

    *** Side note 2:  I got rid of the Digg button below and added a Google +1 button for those using it.  For those who are not and need an invite, let me know.

     

     

  • What Would Dexter Do?

    What would Dexter Do in the Casey Anthony case - Cartoon (Yes Version)

    Editorial Cartoon What Would Dexter do in the Case of Casey Anthony (No version)

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    Today’s Editorial Cartoons started as one but as usual my better half disagreed so I created a second version and decided to run a poll among my readers to see your take.  First, I have to say that I am completely against vigilante justice and as pissed off as you can be about the decision in the Casey Anthony trial, calls for individuals to do harm to her outside the justice system is way off IMO.   Remember, Dexter is a fictional character that real people shouldn’t emulate.

    Some background for those not familiar with the series.  Dexter is a series on Showtime starring Michael C. Hall who plays Dexter Morgan.  As a toddler Dexter witnessed his mother murdered in a terrible way.  He was adopted by a cop who later saw serial killer tendencies in Dexter.   Dad must have been off as well because rather than seek help for his troubled son, he created a Code by which Dexter follows to determine whether someone should be executed by his vigilante justice.

    According to the Code:

    • Killing innocents is NEVER allowed
    • Always take time and make sure you have the right person-EVIDENCE
    • Be extremely careful with the killing and more importantly the PREPARATION
    • Remember: YOU control your urges to kill, they don’t control you.

    Once the verdict hit, several people started calling for a Dexter type judgement and this video popped up:


     

    Taking on the mind of Dexter, I say Casey Anthony doesn’t meet the code.  Like OJ, most of us are confident she did it but the evidence was sometimes murky and circumstantial.   As part two of the code states, Dexter won’t violate the code because he doesn’t have solid evidence (yet somehow he is able to find evidence that the “professionals” can’t).  My wife disagreed and therefore I put it to you all.  Go vote in the poll under the pictures.

     Oh…and get the fan art version of a Dexter tshirt at the Beartoons Store.

    Dexter T-shirt

  • Redneck Toenail Dryer

    Redneck Toenail DryerSo there IS a story behind this Nate Fakes original cartoon.  Nate Fakes of Mad Magazine, Break of Day and commenting here fame was having an ebay auction where the winner would get a custom cartoon created of anything they wanted.

    Well timing was good because I just had a cartoon worthy experience with the lovely wife.  My wife had just got back from a pedicure to scrub all the debris and fungus off her feet (just kidding honey – not that she reads my blog anyway) and went to get dressed for dinner with our friends.  She came downstairs looking beautiful in her black dress and yet was complaining that due to the humidity her toenails wouldn’t dry.

    The next thing I know this person, who hates the cold and keeps our house in the mid 70’s in the winter, was sitting on the kitchen floor for 10 minutes with her feet in the freezer!  After five minutes, I snapped a picture that subsequently made the rounds with all our friends and family.   Thankfully she puts up with me.

    But of course, I couldn’t let it end there.  When I saw Nate’s plea for bids I jumped at the chance to have it immortalized in cartoon form.  And this is the result.

    Nate is doing another auction this week for a custom cartoon so go check it out and follow Break of Day on Facebook to keep updated on new cartoons and future auctions.

  • Lindsay and Tony Caricature

    Lindsay was the winner of my Facebook caricature contest.  She didn’t make it easy, sending me four different pictures that show she changes her hair color more than Duncan changes his underwear.  But here is my result (including one of the original pics)

     I asked Lindsay what she liked to do and besides hanging with her kids, she said drink wine and procrastinate…thus the name on the wine.

    And just because I had some time last week, I went and caricatured a Beartoons regular, Tony McGurk (sans the beard in the pic because usually he is more manscaped than this).  Check out Tony’s own cartoon stylings at TMComics.

     

  • Free Caricature

    That’s right, it is back. You can win a digital caricature of you, a friend, your dog or your favorite celebrity.   This is an exclusive contest for those following Beartoons on Facebook.  Don’t worry for those of you who don’t have Facebook, I will be doing other contests soon.

    Here are the guidelines:

    • Go to the Beartoons Facebook Page and hit the Like Button
    • Add a comment there that you want to be included in the contest
    • Share the contest with your Facebook friends for an additional entry.  Let me know in the FB comments
    • Enter by Midnight Tuesday July 5.
    • Winner will get a free digital version of their caricature.  Use it as a gravatar, on facebook or however you would like.

    Entrants must allow me to use one of their source pictures in a blog post to show the results and as always my disclaimer is there is no guarantees that you will think the finished product looks anything like you.  But that is a better guarantee (and price) than those crappy street caricature artists give.

    Good luck