Tag: humor

  • Editorial Cartoon: TSA Pat Downs

    Editorial Cartoon: TSA Pat Down

    I have noticed over the last week a sudden uptick in visitors looking at my previous Body Scanner cartoon.  So I thought I would delight them with what turned out to be one of my own personal favorites.

    For those of you who are unfamiliar with the creepy old guy depicted, he is Herbert, the creepy old guy from the Family Guy cartoon.  I was going to have him say something about excusing his shaky hand but thought this was better.

    And of course, I had to jump on the bandwagon with my own “Don’t Touch My Junk” shirt.

    Don't Touch My Junk T-shirt

    Plus right now is a good time to buy this as you save $10 on orders of $50+ in my shop during the CafePress Friends & Family Sale November 20-23.  So shop our store, wacksack.com and use code: Friend10.

    CONTEST:

    Now since our friend Brit is out there with a contest trying to get followers by offering cookies, I thought I would try my own.  The first person to buy the “Don’t Touch My Junk” t-shirt and gets video of themselves going through airport security wearing it will win a $50 Cafepress Gift Certificate that you can use on my store or any other Cafepress store.  (Update: So the wife had a point that it might be against airport regulations to take pictures at security so as not to get anyone in trouble I’m switching things up.  If I get at least 5 people to buy the shirt and send me a picture of them wearing it in a funny situation, I’ll have my readers pick their favorite and that person will win a $50 Cafepress Gift Certificate.)

  • Guest Cartoon For Bo Lumpkin

    The hardest working man in webcomics, Bo Lumpkin, has burnt himself out trying to manage two different cartoon websites:  bolumpkin.com and Gatorhead.  I love his one shot takes on life that he tends to post on Gatorhead.  It’s stuff you don’t think about but when you read it know it is so true.

    So I did a cartoon for him as a placemark while he is on his break.  Check it out.

  • Editorial Cartoon: Facebook and Email

    Editorial Cartoon: Facebook, Email and Privacy

    Here is a potential real FAIL for you.  Facebook has announced that they will now offer email service for it’s members allowing you to send emails to people outside your friend list.  With all the controversy surrounding privacy issues with Facebook, I think I’ll take a pass.

    What embarrassing things could Facebook reveal to your “friends” if this happened?  C’mon you can tell us; it won’t get past this blog.

  • Editorial Cartoon: Pam Anderson and Topless Jewish Men

    Bearman Cartoons Pam Anderson Israeli Fur

    There are times when my humor tends toward a side that may lean toward vulgar; so for those of you offended I apologize.  HOWEVER, in my defense, I use my wife as a litmus test of things that are funny or too risque.  She was all about this cartoon idea when I explained it to her.  So any complaints I will be happy to forward to her.

    It seems PETA spokewoman, former Baywatch star and Playboy model, Pamela Anderson is out to use her “powers of seduction” on the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men of Israel by trying to get them to not block a bill currently being floated by Iraeli lawmakers on banning the trade of fur in the country.  Seems the traditional hat worn by Hasidic men on the holidays is many times made of fur.

    And yes, before the responses come, I know that beavers still have fur.  But saying from “mink to beaver” just wasn’t as funny.

  • Editorial Cartoon: What if Prop 19 Passed?

    Editorial Cartoon on Prop 19 Marijuana California

    So Prop 19 in California FAILED at the ballot.  This was the ballot initiative that would have legalized and regulated marijuana in the state.  The idea being that decriminalizing it would bring in much needed tax revenue and decrease the prison burden.

    Young voters in California appeared to overwhelmingly support the measure, however, they must have been too high to actually go and vote on the issue.

  • Editorial Cartoon: Chili and Schmidt

    Bearman Cartoons - Surya Yalamanchili

    So right here in Southern Ohio, there is a former contestant on the Apprentice and former Brand Manager of Procter and Gamble, Surya Yalamanchili running for Congress against the incumbent Jean Schmidt.  Now I don’t have anything really against Schmidt but in her time in office, I can’t think of one thing she has done except lecture six year olds on abortion.

    Yalamanchili knows people might have trouble pronouncing his name so instead he goes by “Chili” and his website is VoteChili.com.  Now of course, I don’t agree with every stance on the issues  Surya makes but here is one thing that impresses me.  He has refused to accept any money from corporations or PACs (political action committees) in his bid for Congress.  So many politicians talk about “corruption” caused by corporate donations yet not one does anything about it…until now. 

    I also like the fact that just because he is a Democrat, he doesn’t seem to be the type to toe the party line.  In fact, in his debate with Schmidt he said “I’m on the side of the voters of the 2nd District…Both parties have failed America…It’s a system that’s corrupt.”

    Too much of the impasse in Washington is due to line drawing.  Wish you luck Chili (you’ll need it facing an opponent with 5x as much money and who is the incumbent)

  • Guest Cartoon: Zorphbert and Fred

    Zorphbert and Fred

    There are many cartoonists who I am jealous of for their talent.  One of them is Dawn Griffin of Zorphbert and Fred fame.  The depth that her cartoon has in mere gray scale is amazing and her line work is tops.

    Well Dawn is getting married and she is going to be busy for a while so she created a guest registry for cartoonists to depict different wedding scenes.  She is starting at the bottom with mine on “Breaking the Glass”.  So go check it out and leave her many comments to show what I lack in talent I make up in a loyal fan base.

    And keep checking back over the next month as you will see many other Bearmaniacs joining in the fun including Bo Lumpkin on Friday, Ken Drab, Todd McElmurry and Byron Wilkins.

  • Rejected Readers Digest 2 – Starving Africans

    Here is the second in a series of light-hearted cartoons that are so bad they are good.  Here is the first in case you missed it.

  • Why Editorial Cartoons Have no Shelf Life

    So the above is a reason why Editorial Cartoonists can’t create a buffer of cartoons to keep on hand to post at a time when they have nothing else to post or are busy with real life.  I created this one right after the Cincinnati Reds won the National League Central Division and went to the playoffs for the first time in 15 years.

    Of course there was celebration of beer, champagne and cigars in the team’s clubhouse.  Well, the state of Ohio has a smoking ban for public places and it seems some concerned citizens felt it their duty to report this violation to the authorities.  Not a smoker, nor have I, but I thought this was just petty.  I bet they were Philly fans.

    Well after the highs of that week came the following week which led to this cartoon.

    The next weekend the Reds were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cincinnati Bengals lost for the second week in a row to teams they were supposed to easily beat.

    I would have posted them on their dates but other news items seemed more relevant and noteworthy at the time so these kept getting pushed back.

    Now they seem somewhat dated.  So instead of creating cartoon buffers, I am left to post nothing if and when I ever get writer’s block.

  • Karen Owen Powerpoint: Editorial Cartoon from George Ford

    Editorial Cartoon: Duke University Karen Owen Powerpoint

    One good turn deserves a comeuppance.  As a thank you (or payback) to my guest cartoon at George Ford’s Addanac City, he has created a guest editorial cartoon for me.

    Seems a little coed at Duke University has created another sex scandal at the University.  Little Karen Owen bedded 13 athletes at the university between her sophmore and senior year.  She then decided to turn those exploits into a thesis of sorts in Powerpoint form showcasing pictures and graphs of the sexual aptitude of each of the men.   She titled the presentation “An Education Beyond The Classroom: Excelling In The Realm Of Horizontal Academics” but it has been referred to as the “Fuck List”  Well what started as a joke among a few of her friends has of course spread across the internet.

    So now there are rumors flying of both lawsuits and book deals.  What a crazy world.  Hey if anyone wants to pay me for the rights to a book on my lack of sexual exploits in college, I am standing by.

    Love how George included his main character Hank as the water boy.  Any other webcomic artists who want to jump into the editorial cartoon realm with a guest cartoon here (when it doesn’t fit what you are doing on your own site), just let me know.