Yes, now this is a page. I know I made a big deal about last page, but this here is the page I was really excited about. There will be a lot of those from this point on. Last page we had our first living bear. Today we have our first multiple bear. Now we just count down to the first bear kill… then from there I guess we count down to the first mutant bear? We need to have unlockable achievements or something here.
Of course, I must remind you…
The big commission/sketch sale ends on Friday, or it ends when I get 100 orders. I am basically at 75 right now, so at the rate they have been selling I’ll probably come pretty close by the 25th. I’ll basically draw just about anything you ask for, barring environments and backgrounds (so mainly characters). Thanks so much to everyone who has bought these. I’ll be diving into the pile of work once the deadline hits. I like to do them all in one big marathon. International people, please make sure to click “international shipping”. And if you want your commission signed TO someone, please tell me who! If you already ordered one and forgot to tell me something, feel free to send me an email and I can update your order.
Alright, I’m excited. Bearmageddon is Bearmageddon now. I have been working on some of the upcoming pages today and they are a lot of fun, and a lot of work.
The bad news is that I am going to take Friday off for the Thanksgiving holiday, so there will be no comic that day. This will give the colorists some catch up time, and me as well, plus a little breathing room. I know we are only posting two pages a week on this thing, but as we are all working on many other things on top of this comic it catches up with us pretty quick. I know we couldn’t leave you with a more insane cliffhanger, but maybe it’s appropriate. Have an awesome Thanksgiving and I’ll see you back here next Wednesday!
Ethan
Had to read it a second time to see the bears lurking in the shadows, great stuff!
With so much happening, I had to keep looking over this page to see exactly what happened in the accident. After about the 6th time looking it over, I finally noticed the bears in the last panel!
If the big truck ran over Jack’s (Flute Cop) truck, how did Jack’s (Flute Cop) truck get out front?
I’d like to imagine that Ethan was actually playing with toy cars trying to figure out the physics of this scenario when he was drawing it.
I’d say it looks like the bottom of the trailer of the semi hit the pickup out from under it.
I’m guessing the truck continued to roll for a bit after the semi tipped over on its side.
I think, because the physics are not totally obvious, the only possible explanation is that it was an inside job.
Oldest trick in the bear book. Jump in front of a car so they swerve and hit a tree. Then rummage through the car and munch on their bloody carcasses.
Hitting the pickup launched the front end of the truck up in the air while sending the bed off-balance, pulling it over onto its side. After being hit by the cab, the pickup is thrown over one more time from the force of the accident ending up in front of the truck. The truck’s angular momentum tipping was enough to make it hit the ground fast enough to absorb with friction what forward momentum wasn’t transferred to the pickup. Is that a technical enough BS answer?
Johnathan, besides being a color flatter, I think you are hired as the official apologist for inter-panel speculation and doubt. I’m doubling your pay.
Regarding the alt text: We all know that Flute Cop’s name is Flutey Smartist.
(That’s the question I asked Mal at the Axeiversary Party Q&A last year. Is there going to be another party this year?)
Yep! Working on it already, should be right at the end of January again.
Ninja bears!
If they were ninja bears you wouldn’t have seen them
I imagine that if I was in car wreck and had at least 5 bears looking down on me, I would be terrified.
if he gets the chance to turn around, he will be too.
Due to that mouse-over-text I am now going to be stuck thinking of this comic as a movie or something with actors playing all of the characters. (more like the works of fiction from the Thursday Next books)
I think I like that.
DO you know HOW long it takes before the NEXT PAGE to arrive? You’re a bad man Ethan Nicolle … you’re a bad man… 😉
(I’m loving the living daylights out of this comic. thank you for this great work, you bad man)
Most comics only give you new material once a month. With this one you get new material TWICE A WEEK! Even if it is one page at a time.
Seven days of suspense! Soooooo long. About long enough for all of the folks in the trucks to have their life flash before their eyes.
I should really start reading these week by week. Then I’ll get two pages in one day!
Great comic Ethan.
I could feel the action!
Glad to finally get to the action part.
thanks, me too!!
This has got big budget blockbuster film written all over it.
That looks like a pretty solid pickup truck, and you know he’s got insurance. He should have just hit the bear. That’s my policy, “Just go ahead and hit the bear.” Probably why I love this comic.
Flute Cop’s fine–he’s been through worse.
In fact, judging by the red stuff dripping from the other guy’s forehead, it looks as though Flute Cop might just get lumberjack powers . . .
Oh man very well done with the vehicles, even if you do use that “Sketchup” thing or whatever it was you mentioned. I hate drawing cars so much and I think yours are great.
Also the bears are great, it’s actually managing to build tension with just two pages a week, you get pulled right back in every time you come here.
This is why they tell you not to tailgate people! :V
bears! 😀 so manny bears! oww people are gonna DIE 😀
You gon’ get ate.
Finally, bears!
Bears are gonna get you!
Ok, you made it, as you promised, you did put your characters in the worst situation imaginable before they get attacked by bears. They are tied to trees with chains and have no key. I’m really excited to get to know how you’ll get at least some of them out of there alive.
Bears be angry. Hope we find out where this rage is coming from along with the new skill of forward planning, although we already knew that in many ways bears are superior. This was bound to happen.
HEEEELLLL YEAAAHHHHH
I know they’re lethal killing machines, but these bears still look so cute.