As the banking industry continues to stumble given the latest earnings reports, their stock takes hit after hit. I thought at what point could I just take my meager earnings and buy one of them out. End result…this editorial cartoon.
Tag: cartoon
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Obama Presidency Cartoon by Michael Leunig
It is a frequent occurrence that I get an email from someone I know with a cartoon attached that they think is funny. Too many times there is no reference to the original artist or their website. I’ll post soon as to what this could mean to intellectual rights of cartoonists.
I got this cartoon this week due to the inauguration that was done when Barack Obama was elected..
Once again there wasn’t any indication of the cartoonist except for their signature.
So in honor of the inauguration and a cartoonist getting full credit for his work, here is the link to his site – Michael Leunig, a well known artist from Australia.
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Bearman Cartoon: Kevin Bacon bilked by Bernard Madoff
Drew this editorial cartoon after reading on the Huffington Post that Kevin Bacon was one of the unfortunate victims of the Ponzi Scheme of Bernard Madoff. (see here and here for other accounts)
My dad always said to be skeptical of anything that seemed too good to be true. This guy was pulling in unprecedented returns year after year and none of his clients were suspicious. At the very least the lesson learned should be don’t invest all your dough with one entity. Some of us aren’t talented (or lucky) enough to make a couple million for 6 months work on a movie set.
Anyway, those familiar with LinkedIn know that it is a professional networking site. If Bob is connected to Jill, they are one degree of separation. If Jill is connected to Monica, then Bob and Monica are two degrees of separation. It is much like the old college game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. So I figured Kevin might have something to trade for some work.
BTW, Kevin is on Linkedin (at least someone claiming to be him) and I am 3 degrees of separation.
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Tom Richmond Caricature Tutorials
One of my new favorite places on the web is visiting Tom Richmond’s blog. Tom is a freelance illustrator who does a lot of work for Mad Magazine.
I marvel that with his workload he consistently publishes pretty much daily, with tips, news info, and caricatures he has done.
He even has a section where he has highlighted several of his caricature drawing tutorials. Of course even reading his stuff doesn’t make my crap look any better but it definitely helps you look at the drawn image differently. I especially like how he explains the “Law of Constant Mass“.
Whether you enjoy cartooning or enjoy seeing a great cartoonist…check it out.
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Bearman Cartoon: Larry Flynt wants a Bailout
This week Hustler Magazine Publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild guy Joe Francis announced at a press conference that the Porn industry needs an economic bailout. See Here, here and here.
Well my latest cartoon thinks if Larry takes a certain angle, he might be able to get it. Insert your own joke here (ex “these hard times”, “flaccid economy”…etc etc)
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Bearman Cartoons Popping up on the Web
I have found my cartoons popping up in various places around the web. Most unfortunately don’t do the right thing and link back to mine to show my ownership of the cartoon. But two posts this week I found got it right.
The first is at Queer Cincinnati dealing with the Gays in the Military. He actually “half-heartedly” blog rolled my site during my challenge to bloggers to help the FreeStore Foodbank in Cincinnati. I love that…”half-heartedly” Is it my drawing or my personality?? ha ha
The second is the website 2012news.com. They picked up on my first cartoon dealing with 2012 conspiracy theories. Trust me I am sure there will be more to come.
Shout out to both of them. Thanks for supporting my little part of the universe. Remember if you use my toons in your blog please refer your readers back here. If you are looking to use in any form of paid web or print publication or any other way that you will make money, please contact me to discuss usage.
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Retro Cartoon: Gays vs Felons in the Military
Speaking of Newsweek, in the most current edition they have an article about the potential end (but seemingly unlikely) of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy when it comes to gays in the service.
This was interesting because in 2007 I was reading articles about the number of “Moral Waivers” were on the rise. Essentially someone convicted of a felony could get a waiver to join the military. I found this odd that the military was OK with felons but not homosexuals serving openly in the army, navy, air force, and marine corp. So back then I drew the below cartoon that was published in November 2007 edition of the now defunct Cincinnati Beacon monthly paper.
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Bearman Cartoon: 2012 and the End of Days AGAIN
Daryl Cagle has coined the term “Yahtzee” to refer to when 5 or more editorial cartoonists do the same gag. One he has ragged on in the past is using the “I’m with stupid” shirts on a cartoon. I have no idea who he is referring to..he he. In honor of that, I like to coin my own new phrase “Blue Ribbon.” When a cartoonist is the first to latch onto a new topic.
I did a 20 second search of google and haven’t found anything poking fun at the next set of conspiracy theory doomsday predictors – 2012. I saw the movie trailer this past week and thought it was well done. Then I made a trip to the bookstore and noticed all the books on the subject (even one that is a How To Survive 2012 book).
The basic gist is that there is a belief that because the Mayan calendar ends in December of 2012 that somehow they predicted the end of the world. One theory is that we will have a major catastrophe caused by the shifting of the North and South poles. I have even heard Nostradamus’ name thrown out. Didn’t he predict the end of days before during the turn of the century…didn’t come true. Sadly I think this will become worse than Y2K.
So if you see a 2012 editorial cartoon online somewhere that was published before mine, let me know and I’ll gladly hand over my Blue Ribbon.
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Bearman Cartoon: Congressional Raises
Once again Congress will allow themselves a “cost of living” increase while their approval ratings and the economy are in the tank. This cartoon pretty much sums up the attitude.
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Bearman Cartoon: Marvin Lewis & the Press
Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis got into a tiff about the team’s performance with a local Cincinnati Enquirer reporter at his weekly press conference. At one point he told the reporter he wasn’t going to respond to his questions.
