I just saw a comment on the last page that I’ve only posted 19 pages this year. Well, here’s 20! Pretty pathetic, I know. The good news for me is that I won’t be commuting like I was at least in the near future, so my 2+ hours spent driving every day just might be able to be commited back to drawing comics.
Though there have been some unhappy customers in the comments recently, overwhelmingly you guys have been amazingly supportive. I really appreciate it. I wish I could crank this thing out at a faster rate.
If you have kids or are a fan of Veggie Tales (or just great cartoons in general) check out NetFlix on November 26th to see the show I have been spending so much time working on over the last year. Around that time my wife will be giving birth to our daughter, so I also have that on the horizon!
Thanks for sticking with me on this thing, and thanks to Kailey for keeping it in color! There is still so much more Bearmageddon to tell. I’ll probably finish the last page on my death bed at this point.
Ethan
YES.
WOOO! It’s back!
Huzzah! Thank you good sir.
I’ll take 20 pages of a free webcomic a year if it means I get to watch one of my favorite content creators get to graduate into professional work. It’s similar to when Homestar Runner went on that hyper-extended hiatus because the Brothers Chaps got jobs with Disney making Yo Gabba Gabba and Gravity Falls.
You hear that, Ethan? You’re one step away from working on the next Gravity Falls. Be excited. We’re excited for you.
Even if it takes 20 years for this to finish, I’ll still be the first one to snap up the hardcover copy off amazon. 🙂
Lovely to have you back, good sir! Regarding the unhappy customers you mention, I think the main frustration people have (or, at least I do, anyway) is the lack of the occasional post from the artist along the lines of “It’s not dead folks. Still tied up with *insert whatever*, but I’m looking at about *insert rough next page date guesstimate*”. Just one little sentence would do it. I think most decent people completely understand that life intervenes, and the free webcomic descends to the bottom of the pile. Especially with something as high quality as your work–which you clearly can’t dash off in a day or two. In my case, anyway, I’m too much of a Luddite to find info on the twitter or the deviantart or what-have-you. So, I can think of several titles in my bookmarks that I diligently keep checking, but in some cases there hasn’t been a peep for months. And in a few cases I’ve surmised that the artist has moved on with their life and hit delete.
Hope that didn’t sound like complaining, because Thank You. For entertaining me with your smashing comic. But as you hadn’t made a comment since August, I was inching toward a dire assumption. Sure glad I held on.
You should look into RSS feeds. It’s really easy to set up, and it tells you when a website has new content. I read so many webcomics, it would be hard to keep up otherwise. Also, instead of repeatedly checking for updates and getting frustrated, instead I’m delighted when a comic I haven’t read in a while gets an update. Personally, I use Feedreader online but there are many different options.
A NEW PAAAAAAAAGGGGGEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
This is awesome. So happy to have this back. I’m dying to know where this story goes. 🙂
Happy!
Glad to see you back!
This is unbelievable! A new page. 🙂
I’m sure plenty of comments were made when the propane was first mentioned but
got dang would Hank Hill be proud and horrified of this.
Ethan if your baby is a girl, have you and your wife thought of a name for your baby girl yet?
Just noticed you’re back. Yay!
Just now found Bearmageddon and it was HIGHLY addictive! Caught up to this page in a matter of half a day from beginning to now!
As a fellow comic creator I can say this is “incredible work”! Can’t wait for more pages to come out!
Yay bearmageddon is back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiL9Tm-BqQk I had to share this with everyone. The Preacher and the Bear sung by Guardian. The video has rampaging teddy bears.
Ah, I see someone placed a filter on Cyriak’s Cycles.
And now I’ll officially stop bothering with this comic. Two months (which has become far too common) with nothing. Loved this comic, I really did but half your posts are you pushing other crap and not actually anything Bears related. Good thing I found better web comics to read and support.
It was so good, it is sad but I am with you.
Try pouring a whole lot into the Patreon
If he never updates again, then you won’t have lost anything
That’s your choice and I respect it. I wish I had the time to put into this project but I just don’t these days. There is a new page getting colored right now and I have been chipping away at another one, but I have a highly demanding job at the moment and a newborn child. Life gets full.
Last year I had a bash at trying to do some comics in my free time, but it quickly spiralled into something that was just too difficult and time consuming to maintain, and stopped after about 20 pages. It turns into a chore, especially when there are other things that demand your time. I respect you continuing with the story, especially with such high priorities such as work and a newborn (congrats by the way). I don’t think people understand the sheer work behind art, especially when it’s so easy to digest and binge on. Ignore the ingrates that suck the joy out of a labour of love.
As much as I’d love to see more, it’s entirely understandable that it’ll take a long time to get to the end of a first book, but if/when it does, I’ll be buying that book as soon as it’s published.
All the best
Wow, entitled much? “The Little Red Hen” is the story of the Internet: a horde of people who do nothing to pay for or produce the entertainment they enjoy, yet act as though they have a right to that entertainment and are quick to turn to insult and injury when they don’t receive it. “Nope”, would you be so kind as to provide a link to your cornucopia of online and televised works that you’ve created, free of charge to the public? And until you do, would you please keep your undeserved sense of entitlement to yourself? Devolving to insults because you have to wait for a free cartoon is childish.
As a society, we NEED to get over the idea that we DESERVE the things that are handed to us for free: we can enjoy them, we can appreciate them, but we cannot build the expectation that they will always be there, or that they are OWED to us. Especially when the person(s) producing the things we enjoy are forced to choose between small side-projects and their paying job. The Internet is full of completely unsolicited insults and tirades against good people who’ve done nothing wrong except for fail to meet another person’s unreasonable expectations. Let’s not be that unreasonable person: yes, it will require us to bury that gut-level childish response of “I want something and I didn’t get it so I’m going to be mad now!”, but for God’s sake people, we’re not children. Just because the Internet affords us anonymity, it doesn’t absolve us of immaturity. For hose of us who tear others down for our own selfish purposes, let us never ask “What’s wrong with society these days?”, because the answer is “us”. We can be better than we choose to be. Let a little love and understanding into your lives, before mankind just becomes a group of animals biting at each other’s necks over every perceived insult and minor offense. We have far greater potential for reason and understanding to fulfill toward our fellow (wo)man, and a moral obligation to fulfill it.
Ethan, you just keep doing your thing, man, and disregard the vocal minority who hide behind blog posts. There are a heap of fans out there who appreciate and support you. Keep putting those talents of yours to use!
^^ HERE HERE!!
I’m not sure if I’ve agreed with a blog post more than I agree with Mooshka’s post. Yes, we all love this comic. Yes, we all wish it would update more often. No, we’re not entitled to anything because of those details. I actually check this site almost daily, on the off chance that there’s an update. Sure, you can call that a waste of time, but it seriously takes about 3 seconds out of my day while I sip my coffee. My life isn’t ruined because of it, and when I’m surprised with a new page, I practically hit the roof with excitement. My day isn’t ruined when a new page doesn’t show up, but it is definitely improved when it does. That might seem ridiculous to some, but I like to appreciate the little things in life.
So, like Mooshka said, just keep doing your thing, Ethan. One of the big reasons why you’re taking your time with this is that you care about it and you want to do it right. The quality of your work here is spectacularly good, so there’s no need to compromise our artistic integrity just to rush things.
If there’s anything else on top of the patreon that your fans can do to support your work here, let us know. Whenever you get to a point in your life where you are able to warm up the engine of this project and get it moving again, let us know and we will be happy to get the word out and support. Until then, do what you’ve got to do and forget the naysayers.
Waaaaah! I want more free stuff! How dare you put your wife and paying job above a free webcomic that I read sometimes. Waaah.
What about those of us who have paid?
Totally your choice, I appreciate it, but I only get money if I post a page. I can’t make a living off of the current pledge, nor can I afford to ditch my current duties to crank out this comic.
Whatatwist, you only pay when a page is created, per the Patreon business model. You’re not paying for pages that aren’t generated.
If you donated and feel like the current state of things isn’t fair to you: Pretend that you live in a day and age where you actually have to pay for your comix and quit complaining.
Gave you vegie tales show 4 5 star rating doubt that’ll help but just wanted to let you know you have fan support on multiple fronts