And there you have it. Forget boarding up the windows. Forget the seige. You have a bearmole in your floor and God knows where it dug it’s way up from. What is really terrifying about this creature is it’s really not far off from an actual star-nosed mole, just a lot bigger. It amazes me, the animals that God chose to be small instead of huge. Mosquitoes. Tardigrades. Humming birds. Crabs. Fleas. If any of those things were huge we would all be dead. Seriously, have you ever seen a close up of a flea’s face? Literally looks worse than any drawing of Satan ever. No concept artist can surpass the horrors of actual reality.
I’m working on the rest of this scene. I have not gotten Kailey her next page yet, but am trying to get it in time to keep things rolling for next week. I apologize in advance if I leave you hanging on this page for two weeks. We’ll do our best.
You know, out of curiosity, when I googled “Bear Mole” nothing like this came up. Google images needs a good result for Bear Mole. Please, share this image and this page and make this THE google image search result for bear mole. We can do it.
Ethan
I have some very strange news: you are not the first to crossbreed these disparate animals to horrifying effect. http://ofpaperandponies.tumblr.com/post/2599179979/you-know-the-star-nosed-mole-i-posted-the-other
Google images will always show you the most horrific looking things. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked for reference and upon pressing enter I scream “Nope! Never Mind!” And close the window before its done loading.
YES.
This was more magnificent than I had even dreamed.
Star nosed molebear! Called it! Don’t make any sounds or vibrations and you should be fine, as it’s blind.
Also, wow. Any chance this will be available as a poster?
Creatures that are small are small because their bodies will not scale up. For example, insects breath via diffusion; if their bodies are too big this cannot happen fast enough. There are also all kinds of square-cube relationships.
of course there are some gigantic crabs, but thankfully they’re mostly thin and harmless.. the big spindly crabs..
but there are some pretty big thick-style crabs with pincers that could take off an arm, whos ebodies are like.. the size of a beachball
That is beautiful. A star-nosed mole-bear!
Are there plush animals? I bet this one would be EXTRA cuddley. 😀
Oh hekk yeah
The perspective on this page… gorgeous…
I second that. As well as the blending of the two anatomies. It’s almost as good as the Bearilla.
Are any of them dermatologists? They would know how to remove a mole.
Sorry.
BUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Thank you for the pun.
This is by far the best page of art so far. I love the vision blur.
I also like the fact that Gogs is so terrified of the bear that he doesn’t notice Keller crushing his leg.
Oh man, the look on Joel’s face. I love it so much. 🙂
Here we go round the molebeary bush all day long.
I did place a hint that no one seemed to pick up on, probably because the page was not in color… but there are giant mole hills when Gogs goes walking out to punch the bear head in the morning: http://bearmageddon.com/2013/10/02/page-112-practice-makes-perfect/
Ah, now I see them! I originally thought they were just general rubble, probably because of the color issue. But yeah, this page is awesome 😀
OH MY GAAAAAAAAAAAAHD
Absolutely LOVED this page!!!
Now THAT is a panel! Love the perspective on this and the vicious energy.
Pages like this are what make waiting through missed weeks worthwhile. I’ve been following this comic since before they quit Wow Mart and I can’t wait to see where the story goes next! Also…there should be time release locks on the pages when this comes out in book form. Something about waiting to find out what happens next makes the story so much cooler.
I hope Ethan at least has a strategy for which pages are verso and which are recto.
And hey, I can see Louie!
My commission critter!!!
OUT. STANDING.
The coloring job makes this so glorious! When this story is finished, I have a feeling this will be the page that stands out the most.
I love the bear mole!
Dear lord!!!! Thank GOD that he didn’t ever create actual bear moles!! This is one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen.
Now how am I supposed to sleep at night? Oh wait, I live on the second floor.
I reckon if this webzone has the most concentrated amounts of “bear mole” per allocated space google images might pick up on this image quicklier.
…bear mole. Bear mole.
Bear mole. Bear mole.
It’s not working, guys! It’s time to GET SERIOUS.
*HIRES INFINITE MONKEYS ON INFINITE KEYBOARDS*
BEAR MOLE
BEAR MOLE
BEAR MOLE
the bear mole works like Betelgeuse right?