Bearman Cartoon: Bengals Beat Steelers

Sorry for my focus on American Football toons as of late but the Cincinnati Bengals have not beaten the Pittsburgh Steelers at home in eight years. Sunday they finally won and my friends in Pittsburgh deserve a little payback for all the years that they beat on us. For the […]

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Bearman Cartoon: Part Timers

The latest editorial cartoon was inspired by the budget issues in my home city of Cincinnati, Ohio. It seems like many cities, the economy is affecting city services. So now there is talk of having to lay off over 100 police officers. Funny we have a part time city council […]

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Bearman Cartoon: Wizard of Odd

Christopher Smitherman is a former Cincinnati City Council Member and the current President of the local NAACP.  As a public figure (like many others) there are many times that I agree with him and times that I don’t.  But at least I tend to understand what he is saying until […]

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Editorial Cartoon: BERDINinG the Tax System

Just another “only in Cincinnati” event. Cincinnati City Councilman Jeff Berding is looking at all angles to attack aggressive panhandling in the city (which I applaud).  However his latest proposed tactic (read about it here and here) would actually charge a commercial tax to the homeless who panhandle. Then again, […]

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Beartoons Charity Drive

No this isn’t one of those things where I ask you to support my site with a donation or buy raffle tickets Readers from early on here will remember back in November I reported on some local bloggers (Cincinnati Blog and Cincinnati Beacon) throwing down challenges to other bloggers to […]

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Bearman Cartoon: Bar-Be-Q the Organist

Its seems in the small Town of Reading, Ohio (near Cincinnati), Kenny Tessel was having trouble drawing in patrons to his barbecue restaurant (KT’s Barbecue). So he bought a busty mannequin online, named her Bar-Be (Q being her last name), put her in a baseball hat and bikini top and […]

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Bearman Cartoon: Shadow Hare

There is a phenomenon going on over on this side of the pond. Much like the Watchmen (see my toon if you haven’t already), there are people getting together who have no superpower, dressing up as a unique superhero and patrolling the streets. In fact there is an entire World […]

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Bearman Cartoon: Finney and Smitherman

This editorial cartoon is going to need some background for all my non-Cincinnati readers and those who are from Cincinnati who don’t know what is going on.  I apologize for the length.  *** The short explanation *** If you don’t want to read it all the simple background is the […]

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Jerry Dowling Published Book on Pete Rose

When you think about Cincinnati cartoonists, most people think of recently retired Jim Borgman.  But for those of us who have a Jerry Dowling  original hanging in our house or eat at Arthurs on occassion, Jerry also is a Cincinnati cartooning icon. For years he worked at the Cincinnati Enquirer and has […]

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