Tag: editorial cartoons

  • Editorial Cartoon: Ron Paul Social Security Hypocrite

    The Cartoonist Studio Editorial Cartoon Contest continues and I made it to week THREE!  Thanks to all for voting.  Click the image above or here to go to the voting.  You should do a search of “Bearman” and my cartoon will come up front and center and then vote.  Some people were clicking the link and then accidentally voting on the first thing that popped up.  Unfortunately no way to direct link to my cartoon.  Again, as long as I stay in the contest, there will be two editorial cartoons a week to vote on – Mondays and Thursdays.   Oh and you can vote multiple times in each round if you want (resets every six hours) until EOD  Tuesday.

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    So Doctor, Senator and Presidential Candidate Ron Paul was in the news last week about his seemingly hypocritical stance on Social Security (see article).   Seems with one breath he states that Social Security is Unconstitutional but with the other admits that he accepts Social Security.

    In the editorial cartoon I used “Hypocritic Oath” instead of “Hippocratic Oath” (pledge of doctors).  See what I did there?  Pretty clever huh?

    I am torn though.  One one hand, he did pay into the system so he has the right to get paybacks.  YET, he makes the claim that he puts it in the same category as roads  where he has paid into them so he should enjoy the benefits thereof.   It would be very difficult to NOT drive on government roads.  It would be very easy to take a stand and not cash your Social Security check or at the least protest by donating the checks.   Thoughts?

  • Best of 2011 Recap

    If are new to Bearman Cartoons, you can save yourself time digging through the archives by reviewing the best of 2011.  If you aren’t new, take a trip down memory lane with me.

    Top Posts (by Visits)

    Top Posts (by comments which is more Important to me anyway – even though half are mine)

    And finally the reason I do this is for the interaction.  I am so lucky to have all of you take the time to read and keep coming back for more.  So without further ado, in order, the top commenters of 2011 (there should be an even ten but I am still waiting for a banner ad from Rent Textbooks)
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  • Health Care Cartoon Caption Contest

    Healthcare Bill Caption Contest Cartoon

    Ever since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi stated so eloquently about the Health care Bill, “…we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it…”, I have been questioning what exactly was in the bill.  Now that it is passed of course the add ons are coming out.   Included is a rider that now effectively eliminates the banks as a middle-man for student loans.  Instead the loans would be provided by the government.  Again this was in the Health Care Bill!

    So what else do you think will come out that was hidden in the Health care Bill?  Are you funny?  We like funny?  Submit your thoughts in the comments section.  Next Monday I’ll post my favorites for all my readers to vote on.  The winner will get a signed copy of the final cartoon and have their banner ad posted to the right for at least 2 weeks.

    If you don’t have a banner ad already on my links page, why not?  Send me a link or the banner (125×125).  Don’t worry if you have a blog/site but can’t make the banner.  If you are the winner, I’ll also make one for you.

    Bonus points for people who promote this contest on your own blog, facebook or share via one of the social bookmarks below.  (just let me know in the comments).

    Remember, your entry doesn’t have to be anything related to health care.  Also anyone know what is meant by a “Hidden Mickey” (the title of the toon)??

  • At Hope Kids – Editorial Cartoon

    1 19 10 Bearman Cartoon At Hope Kids

    It used to be that kids without money were “poor”, then they became “disadvantaged” and then most recently “at-risk”.  Well now a well intentioned state senator from California wants to call them “at hope” kids.  “Democratic State Sen. Rosa Franklin says negative labels are hurting kids’ chances for success…”

    Now I get the intent and I am all for raising the self esteem of all kids, especially those who aren’t born with the same advantages as others.  However, I think this label does nothing more than to sugar coat the problems.  Kids are  NOT considered “at-risk” so they have a descriptor of themselves.  They are “at-risk” as a wake up call for the rest of us to get involved to make sure they continue down the right path and get the tools they need to be successful.  Changing the name IMO to “at hope” doesn’t change anything but make some people feel good about their word choices.

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  • Avatar and Sci Fi Conventions

    1 14 10 Bearman Cartoon Avatar Sci Fi Convention Avatar

    My first encounter with anything close to a Sci Fi Convention was when I worked at a movie theater and we were doing a Star Trek marathon of the first four movies back to back.  People were dressed as Klingons, as Kirk, as spock and as other random characters.  However the one that made me actually laugh out loud was the 4 foot 10 inch woman dressed like a tribble.

    Now with Avatar taking the world by storm will it also take over Comic-Con and other Sci Fi conventions?  I am foreseeing alot of blue body paint being sold this year and some of the models won’t be so pretty.

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  • Mark Fiore Animations

    Being someone who likes to draw editorial cartoons that poke fun at both the left and the right politically, I have come across someone who does the same but with animations. (I think it is Flash but not sure…boy I would love to learn that but first there is the $500 program and then trying to learn it so that might be more money for a class…) Anyway, here is one that I enjoy. See them all at his website

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  • Retro Cartoon: Fuck Global Warming

    As I am nursing my back from shoveling snow and preparing to shovel ice and snow today, it reminded me of a cartoon I did back in 2007 when it was hot as hell out. I know, I know…they don’t call it Global Warming anymore…it is now “Climate Change.”

    8 24 07 Global Warming Bearman cartoon.

  • Newsweek Magazines Best 2008 Editorial Cartoons also sucks.

    In case you missed my post about editorial cartoonists not happy with Time Magazine’s pick for top editorial cartoons of 2008, now it is Newsweek’s turn.

    The Daily Cartoonist reports that Association of American Editorial Cartoonists president Ted Rall has now penned an even stronger letter to Newsweek Magazine for their picks of Best cartoons of 2008.

    a. Rall seems more irritated that Newsweek would continue to print “safe” cartoons rather than controversial or more thought provoking. But this is an argument to make about all the cartoons they run throughout the year not just their “best of” because,
    b. Newsweek seemed to only pick from what cartoons they ran during the year so it only seems right that those would be the choices.
    c. With all the cartoonists being put out of work, isn’t it nice someone is still printing anyone’s work?

    The article doesn’t link to Newsweek’s choices so I am providing it here.

    Newsweek Magazine Best Cartoons of 2008

  • Bearman Cartoon: Freestore Foodbank Blogger Challenge

    Remember, the first 10 blogs to add this site to their blog roll, I will donate $20 per to the Freestore Foodbank in Cincinnati.

    Bearman Cartoon Freestore Foodbank Blogger Challenge

  • Hello world!

    Welcome to my own little world on the internet.  I am a self proclaimed hack cartoonist.  Sometime my gags are better than my drawing and sometimes my drawing is better than my gags.

    I plan on using this blog mainly as a repository for the editorial cartoons I create for The Cincinnati Beacon (www.cincinnatibeacon.com) along with my Flickr account.  I will periodically update the site with things that strike me as funny/interesting as well.

    Click on the Flickr link on the right to see some of the editorial cartoons, I have done in the past 2 years.

    Let me know if you link to this site and I’ll reciprocate (assuming I like what you have to say)