This is one of my favorite pages. I love how fast things go back to bear hell. This page is also the page that gave me the idea to do Bearicatures, which are now sold out. Everyone on this page, besides Keller, is a friend of mine. The guy with the blond hair is based on my friend Eric Banscum. In the original version of Bearmageddon I based the main character on him. I changed the story so much I felt the main character needed a different design, and that’s where we got Joel. I promised I’d put Eric in for a small role to make up for it though, so here he is. Eric and his girlfriend recently made this series of short 10 second soap operas called “the Rain in Our Tears”. You should watch all 5 episodes, it takes less than a minute and they’re hilarious.
The guy who gets attacked first is loosely based on my friend Will, who is the front man for a band called the Eagle Rock Gospel Singers. They are actually doing a kickstarter campaign right now to raise money to record their new album. Please support them if you are into this kind of music and would like to see them make that recording.
And lastly, the guy in the back who gets bit in the head is my roommate Philip. He doesn’t have any cool stuff for me to link but everybody say “Hi Philip” even though he never reads my web comics.
Anyway, the next batch of strangers after this is when the Bearicatures will start showing up, which means I need to get to work drawing them!
Ethan
Awesome page! I like that Keller kind of looks like a goth Mexican chick.
yeah I didn’t actually plan on her being mexican, but the guys colored her like that and I liked it.
I pretty much just clicked a random spot on the Color Picker. The funny thing was that I gave her dark pink/purple hair even before I had the specific color notes for this page.
I thought she looked a little more indian to me haha. It is nice to mix up the skin tones a bit. Too many white boys in there! Sarge did and always does a great job picking flats. I am lucky to have awesome line art and not 1 but 2 awesome flatters helping me knock this out. Go Team Bearmo!
Thank you for this awesome and free comic. It is a high point twice a week. In the future, please refrain from being a much better artist than me, though. Thanks!
Ditto
haha well, thanks 🙂
Hi Philip!
I’m thinking only half of somebody is going to make it into the van.
Also, I’m liking the way any lull in the action is being limited to just a few pages.
naaww, you beat me to the first ‘hi phillip’ 😛
But still,
HI PHILLIP!
At least we can both follow instructions. Its only me and M.E., so far.
No no, she’s been named, she’ll make it at least long enough to dispense plot information.
I agree with Doodstormer. She’ll live a little longer. John Denver, on the other hand, is a goner.
Yeah, could be. Maybe a piece of that guy will make it into the van. Surely we can’t skip the “only getting a piece of corpse” gore gag. Oh wait, that kind of already happened with Gogs and the severed hand. Well, we haven’t seen the “while being pulled to safety” variation.
That gag never gets old!
I think she may get a bit mauled before getting in the van and maybe she’ll give some crucial plot information before she eventually bleeds to death.
The piece of the corpse gag doesn’t really work as well when you can see the victim though, but hey I won’t argue with more bear carnage
Few pages of calm and then BAM! more bears. Nobody is safe!
yes I wanted them to just come out of nowhere, I love how they totally interrupt the scene.
Bears are jerks like that.
“They are always annoying us by trespassing, interrupting our parties, and ripping our limbs off.”
Mmmmmm…hippies for lunch.
I absolutely love how bears just APPEAR out of nowhere. Invisobears!
Hi, Philip!
I think Burton might be a rodent.
First time poster.
I love how this story is turning out… Can’t wait to see the Freaky Bears come out to play!
Hi Philip!
Great page! Another female character, let us hope she isn’t as self righteous as Andrea! I’m wondering how good ol’ Dickinsen returns.
HI PHILLIP!
Read Your Roomie’s Comic! Or at Least Open the Page and Click Through! Man Has Bills to Pay!
So actually, it would be in his best interest to read the comic then…
Hi Philip ^^
The bear is eating that guys head 😮
Hi Philip! Watch out — nevermind.
Haha, vengeful much? jk
I’m not sure how many is everyone, but I’ll do my part:
Hi Phillip!
Agree with everyone else … the bear action seems to be coming at a proper fast and furious pace.
Hi guys!
Well, I’m not really THAT Phillip…
My name isn’t even Phillip, and nobody has ever called me that… I just wanted to feel loved (and bitten)… 🙁
Hi Phillip!
I can’t think of something witty to say so,
Hi Phillip!
The wait is unBEARable… I hate myself so much…
Don’t worry. I hate you, too.
Hi Philip!
Gruesome sound effect for the skull-munching! I imagine that it sounds about like a very crisp apple . . .
Also, for some reason, I cannot help but hope that poor Keller does not loose her glasses!
Hi, Everyone!
Thanks, Ethan!
– The Real Philip
This is what it takes to get him to read my comic. I have to shine a big spotlight on him for a day. What a bum.
Hi Philip!
Hi Phillip!
Burton’s got wicked beaver teeth!
Why would they hit a bear in the first place? What made them think that was a good idea? They’re definately not out of the woods yet.
I’m thinking the bear ran out in front of their car then when they got out to check it out, they started piling out of the bushes. They really aren’t going to have time to explain I don’t think.
I don’t know why, but I just kept picturing one of them literally smacking the bear.
Hi Phillip.
KRNCH!ed to death is a bad way to go. My condolences.
I’d say Hi to Phillip, but I don’t think he can hear me over the sound of the bear eating his head.
maybe saying “goodbye Philip” would have been more fitting?
^this
I’m just stoked I remembered to read the comic today! It got real busy and somehow I FORGOT. (Bye Phillip!).
Great panel, Ethan!
Hi Phillip!
…also, the rain in our tears was hilarious, saw it a bit back on Ryan’s facebooks
NOOOOO CLICKING NEXT YIELDS NO RESULTS DDDDD8
Also, I can see “Hi Phillip” becoming a catchphrase for this comic. 20 pages down, someone’s gonna remember and toss it in comments for the laughs.
Called it. Just sayin’.
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Is this the final bear, Ethan?
lol
Why isn’t this a movie yet??
Keller was the only one who got named! Noble blond-haired plaid dude is done for!
i hav no idea whats happening in last frame, is joel outside pushing people in?
yeah now that I look at it, the background on the right side of Joel’s head should be the inside of the van, not the forest. I missed that. The shot is from inside the van looking out the side.
I was going to ask about that, but I just assumed it was like both of the side doors were open.
Hi Phillip!
Hi Philip! Bye Philip!
This comic is awesome, I love the last panel so much it’s so full of amazingness haha.
And I just backed the Eagle Rock Gospel Singers – that’s the kind of music I like! 😀 thanks for that.
Hey Ethan,
I’m really lovin this comic! Keep up the good work. You inspire me to flex my own creative writing muscles more. So thank you for that.