Attachment Parenting Editorial Cartoon

Today’s editorial cartoon is inspired by Time Magazines cover story on what is known as Attachment Parenting and the controversial cover photo.  Here it is in case you missed it (Click image for a Time Q&A with the mom)

I guess this image has caused some controversy both from the side who think letting your almost 4 year old still breastfeed and the attachment parenting advocates who think that this does not show the nurturing aspects of the practice.  Forbes Magazine has a great round up of different articles on the subject.

So what are your thoughts??  Good idea, bad?  How long should a kid sleep in the same bed as their parents and/or breastfeed in your opinion?

Happy Mothers Day…in that honor I’ll share with you this ditty I posted on G+

 

Charity Challenge Update

Week 2 Breakdown:

$10 for Using ME in their Cartoon -

• Warren Frantz at Off Season Comic

$10 Blog about the Challenge

• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead
• Rachael Black at Yoyodine
• Red at Momma’s Money Matters
• Robert at Refrigerator Magnate
• George Ford at Addanac City
• Jande at Aedre’s Firefly

$5 Adding me to Blog Roll or Adding Banner

• Soma at Somkritya
• Cha at Dontchawannadream
• Sandee at Comedy Plus

$1 for ever new follower on Google Plus at http://googleplus.beartoons.com

359 NEW FOLLOWERS in a week.

Which gives us a week 2 total of ………$444 and a grand total of $926…Holy Crap I almost hit the goal.

PLUS:

I had 2 people donate money to Crayons2Computers in honor of Bearman Cartoons

Liz Krane - $25

Red – $25

So I will be matching those and last week’s donations with $105 of my own at the end of the month

Please let me know if I missed anyone and if you want to get involved click on the image below.

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.

Bearman Charity Challenge Week 1 Update

Just starting on Monday, I am very encouraged by the progess in the charity challenge so far.

Here is the breakdown:
$2 each for Nurse Myra and Bo Lumpkin following me on Facebook

$2 each for ThisFngJob, bonganisiza, Redsplanet, Toon_Characters, worcswarrior, WannabeHeroes, johnbintz, doublepumaLeo, Christofferl33t , jamesianburns, TommieKelly, WH_CPA, MrCuteEngineer, cwall8126 , Lady_Lara_Croft ,  afroditecomicS for following me on Twitter.

$10 for Robert J of Spilled Ink submitting the first cartoon for the challenge.  Chris Howard of Dressed for Success is also got several done.  He is just figuring out which one he wan’t to submit.

$5 to Lynn at Trippin with Rip for upgrading my link to an actual banner ad (and $15 more for letting me know how screwed up my banner ad page was)

$10 each (I raised it from $5) to those who blogged about the challenge:

• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead
• Laura at Delicacies
• Carlo at Callous Comics

Which gives us a grand total of ………$106

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.

Bearman Charity Challenge 2010

 

It’s back!!  Last year, thanks to your efforts you cost me $336 to charity.  Once again I am issuing a challenge and this year I am going for $1000.

This year 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.  The need is great this time of year because people tend to donate more during the holidays.

Anything donated above $500 to the max $1000 will go to support the Down Syndrome Association of Greater Cincinnati in their fundraising efforts.

I am issuing this challenge to help raise money.  I will donate the indicated amount for each thing that you do in the month of May:

• $10 - For the first 20 cartoonists who send in a guest cartoon (see below for what I am looking for).
• $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.
• $5 $10 – Blog about my challenge to your readers and link back to this entry in your post – http://beartoons.com/2010/05/03/bearman-charity-challenge-2010
• $5 – Send a picture of yourself wearing a t-shirt from our shopOR 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.
• $2 – Follow me via TWITTER updates. (if you aren’t already)
• $2 – Become a fan/like Beartoons on Facebook.

If you add me to your blog roll, add/upgrade your banner, include this challenge in a post, or start following me via twitter/facebook because of this 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.

Call for Cartoonists to provide Guest Cartoons

Taking some time off in June so looking for guest cartoons to fill the void.  Obviously I don’t have recurring characters but last years call to highlight your characters in new ways was well received.  So here is the challenge.  Replace the actor(s) in your favorite movie/television show with one or more of your characters.  Submissions can take the form of fake posters, single panel or strip.  Keep submissions within 600 pixels wide.  Here is just one example from the Family Guy (obviously doesn’t need to be that in depth).   If you need inspiration, check out my recent post on recreating 35 famous movie posters.

Thanks for your continued support.

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