Webcomics: What’s Cooking

For anyone that has been around a while they know that I do a Challenge each year whereby I ask you to get your friends to follow me on facebook and twitter and in exchange I donate money to support the local Foodbank.

Well long time Beartoons supporter Byron Wilkins of 1977 the Comic has teamed up with Kurt Sasso of TGT Webcomics  for a cause near to my heart – Fighting Hunger.  They have collected food related cartoons and recipes from various artists and are in the process of putting them together a cookbook collection.   The proceeds of the book will support Food Banks in the United States and Canada.

They are now working on getting pre-orders for the low, low price of $20 anticipated the first run will be made around Thanksgiving.  So click here and pre-order yours today.

I know many will ask if I am in it and the answer is “No”.  I did submit a cartoon/recipe but it didn’t make the cut.  HOWEVER, several of the ones who are in the book are well known to regular visitors here so that along with the cause is well worth you shelling out some bucks.

Always a Critic

A group of cartoony folks do something on twitter called #tuesdaysketch whereby someone sends out a topic and people sketch a cartoon under the theme.  

This week the topic was “muppets”.  Sometimes I wish I could be as honest and Waldorf and Statler. Check out all the entries at the Flickr Group.

Come back Friday for something I am postive will “A-Peel” to you.

Bearman Cartoon: Print Cartoonists vs Web Cartoonists

I am a fan of cartoons. Given my chosen decision to do editorial and pop culture cartoons as my muse makes me love learning and knowing what is going on in the industry.  Webcomic Planet and Webcomics.com are great sources for those starting out or trying to move forward with their webcartoons.

But to get overall industry information, one of the best sources that I visit often is the Daily Cartoonist.

But it seems there is plenty of animosity between traditional print and editorial cartoonists and webcartoonists.  About every six months a pissing match between the two entails.  And recently this post which now boasts almost 300 comments, shows the feud is alive and well.

Here is the cliff notes version. Print cartoonists lambast webcartoonists for “giving away product for free” thus cheapening it for all or not being able to make a living under a web based model. Webcartoonists in turn think print cartoonists are old and set in their ways and are only lashing out because newspapers are dying and they want someone to blame but themselves.

No matter what the medium I am both envious of and inspired by anyone who has the opportunity and skill to do what they love on a full time basis. Me on the other hand, have to go back to work tomorrow.

or help share the post by clicking below…

Bear Webcomics

Given that many a folk will shorten my name, Bearman, to just the friendly “Bear”, I thought I would honor all those that I know of with webcomics that include the word “bear” or have main characters that have a bear.  Anyone have or know of any missing, let me know.

First I want to highlight two frequent commenters here:

Unbearable Bears Presents by David LaMason – Oskar the Bear stars along with his bird friend Bainbridge and their musings on life in the woods.

Arctic Blast by Alfred Laird – comic based on the friendship of a Polar Bear, Seal, Inuit and a lost Flamingo and the adventures they find themselves involved in

Others I follow:

Ice Cubes Comics  by Leroy Brown with Pekinpaw the Polar Bear
Imagine This by Lucas Turnbloom with the “cute” Teddy Bear Clovis
Bear Nuts by Alison Acton

And others I found.
Bear and Tiger
Wally and Osborne
Bear vs Zombies
Bennie and Boone
The Devil Bear

Next Page »