Pages like today’s page make me so happy this comic ended up being in color thanks to the hard work of Noah, Matt and Johnathan. Seriously. This page wouldn’t be nearly as terrifying without the color. A lot of people have been commenting how the art in recent pages has improved rapidly. Well, it was around when the protest started that I put Bearmageddon on the shelf because Axe Cop happened, so the stuff that came after the protest all comes after a year and a half of Axe Cop. Also, I think that I got more excited to draw this as the bear attacks got closer and became more passionate. These scenes you guys are in the middle of right now are ones I had in my head for months and was really excited to finally draw. I put a lot of love in these lines.
I’m going to share another batch of some of my favorite commissions with you as a bonus to today’s page…
Artist's choice. They got a Beartrout.
Asked me to commission Wexter, octobear, and a mention of his dog named Wexter.
Two headed Chihuhua at the request of Noah, Bearmo's color ninja.
Artist's Choice. It's a beaver/tiger/panda/demon
octobear. I liked the Sumi brush energy on this one.
Rocky Dog.
Bucket o' Taft.
It's Mr. Carrot bunny! (Artist's Choice)
And there you have it. I actually altered a few of these so that people who may have ordered them as Christmas presents wouldn’t be mad at me. If you enjoyed these, I also posted some Axe Cop related commissions over at AxeCop.com under yesterday’s page.
Also, as I have mentioned, I am joining James and John every week on Nobody’s Listening, a clean comedy podcast about funny stories from life. If you tune in live on Tuesday’s at 6:30 pm pacific time, you can watch me draw art inspired by the show as it happens. It’s a lot of fun.
If you need an awesome gift to buy someone for Christmas, there is still time to order one from my awesome store that is mostly Axe Cop but some Bearmageddon too!
Alright. See you on Friday as the bear gets even closer to everyone.
Ethan
Pfff, burton’s still out of it, I like that.
I have been hit refresh on the site all morning until the new page finally popped up. Well worth the wait!
I was so excited, in fact, that I forgot to proofread my first comment! Whoops!
haha well you know it posts at 9am pacific time right?
Holy Crap! Foolish stoner! You’ve killed them all!
Seriously, I thought this comic would be longer, but its apparent they’ll all be dead in the next two pages. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.
Beartrout should feature in the comic at some point. Just saying.
Also, the pinnacle of bear genetic mutation is surely a bear centipede… that’d make a good movie.
oh man, I don’t know if I could survive drawing that.
THIS IS ALL NIGEL’S FAULT! HE’S GOT TO SHIT THAT KEY NOW!!!
I don’t think Nigel will have a problem with that. The trick is catching the key as it rockets past them.
I think he’ll shit out his heart if this keeps up. lol
It’s cool guys, I’m sure the hippie will taste terrible and the bear will leave the rest of them alone.
Bucket o’ Taft seriously just made me pee a little.
Also, I believe we’re overdue for some new character profiles! I actually really enjoy reading them, so I’m wondering when you’ll have some for Andrea and miscellaneous hippies.
Yeah I need to do that. So much to do in life!!
It’s not the most crucial part of the comic, but I do enjoy it. It was one of the little details I liked about Ratfist, too.
That Sumi brush, singing OctoBear is the sickest commission I’ve seen yet (though the Wexter you’re proud of posted on AxeCop is the second most sick!), and it’s posted on the sickest page so far! I love that bear-profile pic! RAWRR!
I guess “Grizzly Man” was one of those movies that they slept through and never saw the ending.
I’m considering putting an “in memory of” for Timothy Treadwell in the Bearmageddon book when it comes out.
Awesome page, right down to the borders of the panels with the bear… calm, straight line border while eating calmly, then the violent border when he roars. Amazing work dude, looks great! Can’t wait for more!
Also, the commissions look SO cool.
Quickly! Scoot away!
I bet that chihuahua could take that bear . . .
… about half a second to eat.
Haha!
Are there tree branches growing through the bear in the lower right panel? No wonder the bear is so angry and hungry.
No, the bear’s breaking them, silly.
That shot of the bear in the fourth panel makes me think of Jurassic Park. Very raptor-esque.
Because of this comic, I’m going to be terrified the next time I’m surrounded by bears.
Especially if they start eating hippies next to me and I’m chained to a tree!
This comic now counts as “edutainment.”
Cue the “Yakety Sax” music as they all start scooting around the tree.
Hee hee hee
Bucket’o’Taft
Classic.
wow this could be a quick ending of a comic series
hope they can get out of there
The dead guy’s intestine seems to have retreated back into his corpse in the last panel.
But I am loving the detail on that bear’s face in all those close-ups.
The bear is slurping the intestine up like spaghetti during the two middle panels when you can’t see it’s mouth.
Is the spittle and blood in panel 5 down to Noah, Matt and Johnathan?
Out of the f-ing park guys, seriously…
My favorite panel 5 with the big muzzle coming at you. It makes me think that when Bearmageddon hits theatres it will have to be 3D. Great drawing.
thanks guys! I am really proud of this page. And yes, the spittle and blood splatters are all Noah.
Seriously, each page ramps this up immensely! How can you handle it! I can’t… sheesh! Also loving you and the boys on the NL podcast!
Also, funfact, the font used on the bear’s “RAWWR” is a font I designed called “Devil Pig” for the Satan-possessed pig in Chumble Spuzz volume one.
Why do I get the feeling that our heroes may not survive the next few pages?
“scoot” isn’t exactly the most intense word, but i can’t really see any other option..
Now this is getting awesome!”Oh shit there’s a bear! Could you hand me that shotgun, buddy. Also that chair? We’re fighting a bear. Now your life’s in grave danger and you don’t even care.” I swear that needs to be the comic’s themesong or something.
That’s some pretty bad poetry you have there.
It’s not mine–it’s from a Tenacious D song called “Friendship”
Oh man… how the hell are they going to get out of this?
Ethan, just to let you know that I am enjoying this comic tremendously! It’s great to see your art works as well with the bizarre plot twists of Axe Cop, as with a more ‘realistic’ story line!
nice coloring
Bears make a great horror story, no doubt about that. but I wonder what a Wolfmegeddon would be like.
“it was not just any bear, it was the god of all bears”
It’s 11:00 on a Friday! Where is the new page?? I need my fix!!!
Not sure why it didn’t auto post. Had to go I and manually post it. It was ready to go. It’s up now.