Is there a Correlation between Social Media Followers and Website Pageviews?

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Is there a correlation between the number of social media followers a person or brand has and the amount of visitors and pageviews that it generates on their websites?  The short answer – NO!  Well at least for me. Scott Jenkins and I were passing emails back and forth last […]

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Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2014

Bearman Cartoons Charity Challenge 2014

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 so I am continuing the challenge at the same level for […]

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When Blueheads meet Eggheads Cartoon

When Google Plus Blue Heads meet up with Twitter Eggheads

On twitter when you don’t have a profile picture attached to your account the default image is an egg thus those without a picture are known as “eggheads”  On Google Plus those without a profile pic are called “Blueheads” since that is the image of what shows up.  So today’s […]

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Anti Social Media Cartoon

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Ever get that WTF face when checking out Facebook or Google Plus like in today’s cartoon?   I do.  It is annoying as hell on Facebook because those are my “friends” I am commenting on their posts so it isn’t like I can dump them without hurt feelings.   Though […]

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Share This Post Or Else

99 percent of you will not reshare this post

There is an interesting trend that I have been seeing lately on social media.  People trying to draw attention to good causes like Cancer/Bullying but while doing so, actually bullying others to share the post. Typically the post will finish with words like “Share this if you don’t support Bullying” […]

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Google Reader should integrate with Google Plus

  So it was announced yesterday that Google will end operations of Google Reader in July of this year.  For those, like me, who utilize Google Reader to keep up with your favorite blogs this seems like an unwelcome move by Google.  Sure there are plenty of articles floating around […]

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Social Media Pariah

I have said before that as an artist, it can be frustrating to spend several hours on a piece of work that gets ignored or little attention on social media but I can toss up a picture of my cat and it get tons of attention.   So today’s cartoon […]

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Guest Cartoon: Stef Marcinkowski

Stef Marcinkowski of the web graphic novel Sarah Zero, surprised me with this parody send up of Metallica’s album cover from “Master of Puppets”.     The original can be found on Wikipedia Check out Stef’s blogpost that describes his process.   FIFTEEN HOURS, yes I said 15 hours to […]

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Social Media Copywrong

Today’s cartoon was inspired by some conversations I have been seeing more and more from cartoonists and graphic designers bemoaning the practice of companies who crowdsource graphic work.   The process of crowdsourcing is where a company invites anyone and everyone to submit graphic/cartoon work but only choose one or […]

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