Charity Challenge Week One Results

Week one is complete and we started out thing with a bang.

First though, let me thank the folks at the Webcomic Alliance for letting me hijack their site today and blog about the challenge.  If you are a cartoonist or interested in cartooning as a business, they offer a wealth of information, so check them out.  In addition, since several of their members are behind the Webcomics: What’s Cooking Book which is also raising money for hunger,  I promised to pay an additional $5 for every book they sold this month.  I’ll update at the end of the month on that tally.

Here is the week one breakdown:

$2 each for 11 new followers me on Facebook

$2 each for valerie_smith, drawntobewild, CincyCasino, DigitalAdhesive, ChewyHuman, Beefstu409, Wombie, CincyLiveMusic, manchesternova, InfctiusCharity, Foreman_8157 for following me on Twitter.

$10 each for including me in their cartoon:

• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead
• Bo Lumpkin at Gatorhead (yes two of them)

$5 each for those adding a link or banner to Beartoons on their site:

• Mel at Dummies of the Year
• Bill at Deyank’s Blog
• Tony at TM Comics
• Lisa at OCD Blogger Girl

$10 each to those who blogged about the challenge:

• WebcomicAlliance
• Mitzi at Bloggin Boots
• Lisa at OCD Blogger Girl
• Bo at Bo Lumpkin
• Duncan at The Mad Hatters
• Mach3 at Quarter Bar
• Mel at Dummies of the Year
• Sheila at Sheila Deeth Drabbles
• Writerdood at Sargastic Irrevalence
• Robert J at Refrigerator Magnate
• The Loon at the Friggin Loon
• and RT (I don’t know what else to call you) of College Book Renter who posted about the challenge on Facebook.

Please let me know if I missed anyone!!!

Which gives us a week 1 total of ………$204

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.

1000th Twitter Follower

So I hit my 1000th Twitter Follower a few weeks back.  In twitter terms that really means I probably hit 200 legitimate followers once you dump out the pornbots and the “social media experts.”

As I noticed I was getting near, I decided to make a contest where I promised a caricature to the 1000th Twitter follower.  Oh you aren’t following me on Twitter yet and missed out.  Now whose fault is that?  Follow me.

Anyway, I was happy to report that number 1000 is an actual person.  And like 1/2 my readership outside the United States, resides in the UK.  So congratulations Robin, you were number 1000.

Not only is Robin a real person but he is also somewhat of a philanthropist.  He spends many waking hours involved in walks, marathons, and ebay auctions all to raise money for the  Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.  Great Ormond is famous for being given the rights to the play Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie.  So check out Robin on Twitter and one his website, Twelveby12 and tell him I said hi.

Oh…and his caricature.

Editorial Cartoon: Bieber Fever

So it seems a few Belieber’s (Justin Bieber fans) are running amok because their demigod did not win the Best New Artist award at the Grammys (see here for the story and here for 10 of the vilest tweets against Esperanza I could ever read).

Now maybe there is a legitimate gripe that she shouldn’t have even been considered in the category.  However, how long and at what level does an artist have to be on the scene to no longer be considered new.  If new to the previous year, then Justin himself wouldn’t have been eligible since his first album hit in 2009.  And there has been a precedent set anyway.  Back in 1999, Lauryn Hill won after going solo but was already established as part of the Fugees (and Sister Act II).

This isn’t American Idol.  It is not a popularity contest. 

You aren’t in seeking reform in the Middle East.  This decision doesn’t truly affect your life in any meaningful way.

Justin isn’t going to marry you.  So please have some decorum.

And while you are disappointed with his loss as a fan, do you really need to threaten someone who had nothing to do with any of the decisions in the first place?  Why don’t you take a lesson from your idol and be gracious in your loss?

Twaggies

*** UPDATE: CHECK OUT MY GUEST TWAGGIE HERE (and make sure to leave a comment there)***

Lately I have been enjoying a newly found site called Twaggies.com.  “What is a Twaggie?”, you might ask.  Well to put it simply, it is a Visual Tweet.  The owners of the site scour twitter for interesting quotes by celebs and non that might strike a chord if it had a cartoon image to go with it.

I put together a guest Twaggie for them and sent it off.  Rather than using it, they challenged me with a different tweet.  I submitted that cartoon and it should be updating tonight or tomorrow (I’ll post a link when it does).   In the meantime, I present you with the original submission and it’s tweet that follows:

@BlackBook_Media  “People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it’s safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.” –Unknown

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