Tag: Bo Lumpkin

  • RIP Bo Lumpkin

    RIP Bo Lumpkin

    11-26-13-Bearman-Cartoon-RIP-Bo-LumpkinThere are some people you meet in life that will have little impact on you.  And then there are those who you never meet face to face that have a great impact.  Bo Lumpkin was one of the latter.  Bo was the purveyor of Gatorhead and I’ve Been Thinking, where he most recently began posting his jewelry that he sold locally.

    Bo’s encouragement and consistent commenting not only on my site but all over the webcomic sphere was very much appreciated and his nuggets of wisdom will be missed.  Here is one of my favorites.

    Bo Lumpkin fertile-mindsI recall an email conversation where he lamented about the lack of visitors he received to his sites.  To which I had to explain to him that for all it seems, my numbers weren’t much better haha.  But somehow that didn’t stop him from consistently visiting others site to drop a bit of Bo Wisdom.   And then something amazing happened.   Bo Lumpkin grew into his own character that others wanted in their webcomics.

    Barry B made a YouTube animation using Bo as the main character.  Michael Pohrer did his own version of Bo’s Creatures of Habit feature.  George Ford had Bo make an appearance or two at Addanac City.  And then you have JP Keslensky of Bug Pudding who named his recurring character of an alligator, Bo Gator.  Michael Phelps of Life on 66 also named a character after Bo and even modeled the look on the real guy.   I am sure I am missing others but you get the idea.

    I know if there is something after this world that Bo is jabbing away at anyone that will listen bragging on his family and dropping some wisdom.   If so, Bo put in a good word for those of us who can never live up to the example you set here in this world.

     

  • Mail Bag

    Know what happens when you visit other people’s websites?  You tend to win stuff just for commenting.  I am so good at it, that people throw prizes my way.  Ok kidding about that but I did happen to win some contests put on by two friends.

    And as luck has it, I got two of those prizes just last week.  First up was some earrings from Bo Lumpkin.   Loyal Bearmaniacs may know Bo from his Gatorhead Webcomic and Bo Lumpkin sites.   Well in the past several months, Bo has realized his talent for making custom jewelry and is becoming a celebrity on the local swap meet circles.   He has been showcasing much of his work on the Bo Lumpkin site.  As the winner of one of Bo’s contests, this is what came in the mail for me.

    Bo Lumpkin Jewelry

    Not to be outdone, Oskar van Velden AKA Skar from Mojo Comic also has contests ongoing on his webcomic.   As last months winner I got a custom cartoon of Ben (one of my favorite characters…mainly because he tends to end up the butt of the jokes).   Here is my prize.

    Skar Cartoon from Mojo Comics

    Thanks to both of these wonderfully creative guys.   Anyone else want to send me gifts, feel free.

     

  • 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.

  • Bo and Corve are BEARMANiacs

     Bo Lumpkin is a beast.  Not only does he work on two different cartoons, Bo Lumpkin and Gatorhead, but he is also visiting and supporting more webcomics than George and I combined.    His wit has me jealous.  Here he has Buster and Shirley showing their BEARMAN love.  Thanks Bo.

     Bo Lumpkin BEARMANia

    And Corve DaCosta who is the voice of Jamaica blogging about everything cool there is to do, see, eat, and even be pissed about the beautiful country of Jamaica.  Thankfully in his BEARMANia picture he didn’t show me up and show off his abs but ladies he has been known to do so on his own blog so you may want to check him out. (The Friggin Loon has been known to troll over there)

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