Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2012

Yes it is that time of year once again.  The Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge, where you do stuff and I donate money to worthy charities.  I have been extremely fortunate that both my wife and I are gainfully employed during this tough economic times so I am upping the ante this year.

This is the Fourth Year I have done this so far donating $1656 ($336 in 2009, $630 in 2010, $690 in 2011) 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.

As in previous years, the first $500 raised will once again go to 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.   Anything donated above $500 to the max $1000 will go to support the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati.  I have a relative with Down Syndrome and this organization does an incredible job working with the families of those afflicted.

But that is not all.  Some of you know I donate 100% of my commissions directly to Crayons to Computers.  It is a free store for teachers allowing them to stock up on school and art supplies for their students/classrooms.  So 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.

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/2012/04/29/bearman-cartoons-charity-challenge-2012
• $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 13,218 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.

Charity Challenge Week 3 Results

Here is the week three breakdown:

$2 each for 12 new followers on Facebook.  I hit 200 and then someone decided to take it back so I hover at 199

$2 each for iPeed, 700BillRinehart, Midtoon, Dustyad, astoreisgood, roystoncartoons, kaazaah, Malvinagp19, NetworkingLeads, Promote_Cincy, AddictionHealer, AlfijsLacis, sightsoblind, CincinnatiDealz, sjaakbewaak, CultureROI, edycott, RexMayBaloo, Learning3point0, ItsDRecord, newt0, TMComics, weirdnews, askyeshuaonline, animaticpress, learningcouncil, Dorino_rGUN for following me on Twitter.

$10 each for including me in their cartoon:

• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead
• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead (yes two of them again)
• Nef at Midtoon
• Lisa at OCD Blogger (for her picture of my bastard twin sister on Facebook)
• Jason at Perk at Work

$5 each for those adding a link or banner to Beartoons on their site:

• Planet Ross

$10 each to those who blogged about the challenge:

• Duncan at Mad Hatters
• Duncan at Mad Hatters for spreading the work on Facebook as well.
• Nate Fakes of Break of Day Comics
• Peter at Wombania
• Delirious Divine at Delirious Devine
• Thorne at Tears and Pain Comic  (Go see my guest cartoon there too)

Please let me know if I missed anyone!!!

Which gives us a week 3 total of ………$193

 If you want to find out how to get involved just click the image above to go to the post that explains it all.

Charity Challenge Week Two Results

Here is the week two breakdown:

$2 each for 0 new followers on Facebook  (That is zero for you math buffs)

$2 each for @francisbonnet, @robbieandbobby, @JonCDraws, @bobbyjkane, @ChickenChunkie, @Tim_the_Sheep, @CupcakeGothic, @caricaturekerry, @claytoonz, @costa_kout, @mikeroth, @brewsterrockit, @Neogrupo, @manninschool, @SalesmanTrainer, @EdwardLHeld, @RichardC, @robotfriday, @Tiffanyls36, @vipercomics, @AMAnet, @BogartsShows, @guyhodge for following me on Twitter.

$10 each for including me in their cartoon:

• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead
• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead (yes two of them again this week…it is his mission to make me go broke)
• Tony at TM Comics

$5 each for those adding a link or banner to Beartoons on their site:

• Duncan at The Mad Hatters for upgrading banner
• The Lamest
• Jason at Perk at Work

$10 each to those who blogged about the challenge:

• Bo at Bo Lumpkin
• Nate Fakes of Break of Day Comics
• Skar of Mojo Comics
• Tony at TM Comics
• Peter at Wombania
• Ahmnodt at Ahmnodt Heare
• Jason at Perk at Work
• Jande at Eccentric Orbits

Please let me know if I missed anyone!!!

Which gives us a week 2 total of ………$171

Now this may be upsetting to some that it isn’t more but in 2 weeks we are close to surpassing what was raised in year one so I am pretty happy.  Let me know if I missed anyone. If you want to find out how to get involved just click the image above to go to the post that explains it all.

BONUS:

Been doing some guest cartoons of late that have published so make sure to check them out at Tooned In, Mojo Comic, and check out all the entries for Dialogue Free Comic Day.

Webcomics: What’s Cooking II

So back in October I spoke about a project called Webcomics: What’s Cooking.    In it I told you

…long time Beartoons supporter Byron Wilkins of 1977 the Comic has teamed up with Kurt Sasso of TGT Webcomics  for a cause near to my heart – Fighting Hunger.  They have collected food related cartoons and recipes from various artists and are in the process of putting them together a cookbook collection.   The proceeds of the book will support Food Banks in the United States and Canada.

I am not in the book but I promised those who asked that I would publish my recipe once the book was in print.  My Monkey Bread Recipe is the best you will find out there.  Some people call it “Pull Apart Cake” but Monkey Bread has a better ring to it.

Anyway, I got my copy this past week and love it.  Regulars here including George Ford (Addanac City) and Dr. Carlo Jose San Juan (Callous Comics) are in there with great entries. 

But I have to say the two that made me laugh the most was Dave Reddick of Legend of Bill and our own Aidan Casserly of Scapula.   Bill is a Barbarian so Dave’s recipe was “Big Barbarian Burgers”  First ingredient – “Beef”.  Second ingredient “Beef”.  Third ingredient – “Beef”.  Just like a real Barbarian.  And Aidan had Scapula performing community service by teaching us all how to make a pot of coffee.

So order your own copy and support the hungry.

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