Thanks to Noah for getting this page done even though he was feeling under the weather. Also, thanks to the readers for being so patient and understanding about the new one page per week schedule.
A couple things I’m selling on eBay… first this “be in Axe Cop” bid ends in two hours!
I’m also selling this charcoal/conte 18×24 Axe Cop illustration.
That’s all I have for now! Trying to keep up with it all as usual. Thanks for being an awesome audience, I always look forward to giving you a new page.
Ethan
*Flick*
Ew.
I’m just saying.
I JUST NOW realized that the guy is wearing a Webelos scarf. That’s awesome.
Heh. Yeah. I noticed that before I read “…do a good turn daily…”, so it was kind of doubly awesome.
It looks like a Bear scarf to me. Aren’t Webelos scarves red and green checked?
Also, is this a hint at Dickinson’s life story, lost in the woods on a cub scout trip? Assuming nobody has figured this out already.
Yeah, that’s totally a Bear Cub Scout neckerchief, which, of course, is awesome, given the story.
It’s also good to know that Killdeer is living by the Boy/Cub Scout way: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_handshake.
(Although, unless he buries his crap at least 300ft away from any body of water, I am pretty sure that he is violating the Outdoor Code!)
Also, you’re thinking Leave No Trace, not the Outdoor Code. One is a simple admonition to be responsible in the outdoors, and does not have terribly specific instructions pertaining to fecal matter.
The other is… http://lnt.org/
National organization, who do a lot with the Scouts. I somehow doubt Mr. Killdeer would get along very well with LNT trainers…
The scarf is blue, so that WOULD make it a bear scout scarf (which makes sense, and made me chuckle when I realized it probably was) but the slide DOES look like a Webelos slide. (The fleur del Lis). These are both Cub Scout ranks.
One thing though: ‘Do a Good Turn Daily’ is the Boy Scout Slogan, not the Cub Scout Slogan (of which there is none; the motto is of course ‘Do your Best’). The Boy Scout motto is, famously, ‘Be Prepared,’ which Mr. Killdeer certainly is. So all in all, he appears to be a mismash of various levels of scouting, which work quite well together in the context of the story.
Did he just flick his shit at Joel?
Not AT him, per se. I’d say more into the bush. Joel is just realizing he may need to wash his hands now.
I don’t think Bear Man realized as a child that he had to go to these extremes in order to get his Wilderness Badge. I blame the Scout leader.
Agghh! *did not have to*
Yeah, I didn’t have to fight bears when I got Wilderness Survival. It might be an optional requirement, though.
And that’s why you don’t shake with your left hand..
lol, what about left handed people? Us clack-handed folk wipe with our right hands…
Granted I don’t just use my hand in and of itself like mr. Killdeer is doing.
And that’s why left-handed people have historically been shunned >:)
Probably also has something to do with the Latin of left being the same word as sinister.
almost every language discriminates against left handed people.
Not sure why. We’re clearly better. We even attempt to adapt to an overly right handed society.
Loved Joel’s face in the last frame. Priceless.
So will page 70 ever be colored in?
Anyhow–never shake someone’s hand after they’ve been taking a dump.
“While”.
Holy…something. I just finished rereading the entire comic in one sitting.
Also the little-kid picture of Ethan on this page http://bearmageddon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Nicolleboyz3.jpg looks the spit of my little brother. Life is weird.
Looks like Killdeer forgot to “Be Prepared” for loose bowels.
If Joel’s dad has been a vet for a while would he be a veteran, animal veterinarian, marine veteran… a vet vet vet? What if he worked on ex-marine animals? A veteran, veteran animal veterinarian, marine veteran… a vet vet vet vet?
And if someone vouched for him, then he would be a vetted vet vet vet vet.
It took reading the comments to catch the wiping thing. But it may also have helped if I had reread the previous panel. In a book I wouldn’t have missed that. 🙂
There is so much context in this page that makes it awesome. Handshake and the flick! I LOLed. Didn’t notice the Webelos scarf. Good writing and scenics!
At least he shook Joels hand BEFORE wiping. very courteous
Great. Now Spider-Man Flicking web is forever ruined.
that hand shake is full of crap. i think that’s a foreshadowing for joel not holding up his end of the deal.
“He’s both kinds of vet” is a brilliant line and don’t let Gogs tell you any different.
i feel you favorite line yet
I dreamt about Bearmageddon last night, and it was one of the best dreams i’ve had
Suddenly I get the idea Malachai’s love of poop jokes is hereditary.
You’d thunk Killdeer would have developed some knowledge of the best two or three-ply leaves rather than rely on his hand. Perhaps a mixture of maple leaves with mint and aloe for a refreshing feeling and prevention of a rash.
A second bear recently caught in downtown Orlando Florida this morning. I’m assuming these are just scouts for the the coming Bearmageddon invasion.
the second panel was probably the funniest shit in bearmageddon yet if you can get past the bears.
I just noticed that Burton got tagged for being in this page, despite only a bit of his hair and clothes appearing in panel 2. That’s true slacker dedication. Only doing the minimum work.