Bearmofos! Thanks for your patience as we took a Christmas break. I admit, I said we would take off one week, but we took two. Most schools do, so I guess I didn’t feel too bad. It’s good to be back. Also, I understand Noah and the guys needing more time for this scene. These pages on the bridge took a long time to draw and I’m sure coloring them was a chore as well.
I was working on these scenes when I talked with Doug T and Jason Brubaker on his podcast Making Comics in our second interview. It was another fun and in depth conversation about all sorts of things. At one point Doug asked me why I chose to put all this work into the art on this comic when it is really not making me any money and I said it really is just the vision I had for it. I wanted it to feel like a movie. I wanted it to be epic, apocalyptic and feel real. I could have gone all cartoony and saved a lot of time, but I just wanted cinematic. So I’m 86+ pages in, I can’t change the style now.
One of our color flatters, Jonathan Mastron is working on this new web series called Geek Love. He is doing the graphics for it and it’s an interesting look into the weird world of geek romance. Check it out here.
Also, there are two new desktop wallpapers in the donate section. One Bear Crab and One Bearadactyl. Thanks to everyone who pitches in a few bucks!
Well… life is crazy on my end. I am starting a new Axe Cop story online. Gearing up for another Axe Cop print series. The Axe Cop TV show is moving along nicely. Working on Bearmageddon still. Oh yeah and planning a wedding while I take on a new life, morphing into a step father and husband. Never a dull moment. Thanks for tuning in, giving me traffic, friendly comments and giving me a reason to keep making comics. See you next week!
Ethan
ohhh no oh no oh no
if they could back up quickly enough….
Dude this shit is so rad! I would love to have your babies ethan! youre so damn good at writing comics!
ha! Well thanks. I get a lot of compliments for drawing, but compliments on my writing really feel good because that is where my insecurity really is.
I never read comics for the art. There are galleries for that shit. I come for the writing, and this one has a great mix of comedy and horror.
I gotta see some bear-hybrid stuff wreck some shit next week, man. Last panel looks so BA. Can’t wait for more stuff, you never let me down.
~Overlord
Ethan! Marriage AND being a stepdad?? AWESOME. Congrats, dude!
Also wanted to let you and the color team know (as an owner of a Nexus 7 tablet since Christmas) that inks and colors look @#$%^&ing ALSO AWESOME on it.
Thanks for being badass bearmofos, the lot of ya!
Wait, does Killdeer have a psychic link that warns him when bears are near? Seems to happen a lot when the bears are around.
hmmm, mayhaps you hit the nail on the head there? Nifty Theory!
Yes, flatting all these cars is quite tedious.
And highly appreciated!
Wow! Looks like things are headed up for you!
I wonder if you get along with kids…(just kidding.)
THIS IS THE BEST COMIC!
my guess is as joel’s character developes, he will slug nigel and take command. but i don’t think nigel will get whats coming to him from a bear. some how, i think he’ll survive. and not learn a lesson.
Fool, no one can outrun that many bears!
I’m sorry, but you set yourself up for this.
They don’t have to outrun the bears, they have to outrun eachother.
No, there’s more than enough bears to go around. They can’t rely on that trick.
Just discovered this comics, i love it!
My prediction for today’s update (1/16/13): Joel steps up.