The following is from cartoonist Bruin (articles - profile) of Bear With Me: "Things are looking dire for Paul. Bad enough that his brother has organized a small posse to bash him, his own father has set him up for the attack. Will Paul escape? Will Andy get there in time? Stay tuned faithful readers!". Reading this comic lately has my blood boiling. It's so sad to think that some people could stoop this low... sometimes I forget it's a cartoon.

On a lighter note, the image today is a 'self-portrait' done by Bruin. Not sure exactly when he drew this, but it's at least a few years old, before he got his etching kit for his computer. He's just as cute in cartoon as he is in his pictures (as an aside - does anyone remember Bruin's very sexy dress pants and socks and shoes photo set he posted on a Yahoo! groups many moons ago. That man has a great set of legs).

Have you been following the Bear Degeneration chronicles...? I hope so because we are now up to #10 in the English series. See it here - page #1 - page #2 - page #3 - page #4. In this episode, Doctor Puzak meets up with DarkDom, the evil police captain of Fatterland. If he doesn't like you, you're forked.

Bear Degeneration is the creation of the ever so cute and huggable Italian artist Perdido (website - profile). He has been creating these cartoons in Italian and he's up to episode #17 (and his drawing technique have been changing and improving all the while). So if you're good in Italian, then check out this page from his Blog. When I saw the cartoons, I was seriously curious what the story was about, so I have been helping Perdido with translating the toon over into English, and so far we've done 10.

If you haven't read a single one of these, it's best you start at the beginning - episode #1 - episode #2 - episode #3 - episode #4 - episode #5 - episode #6 - episode #7 - episode #8 - episode #9... and for today's update - episode #10.

Jacques, aka PandaMontreal (galleries - profile) sent in this portrait of him that the cartoonist Bruin drew. I think this is the first portrait done by Bruin (altho I could be mistaken). The resemblance is uncanny, don't you think...? Actually, I think it's the cutest thing since sticky honey on a chest full of fur.

This gives me the opportunity to remind everyone that today being Monday is also the day that Bruin (profile - articles) updates his Bear With Me series. Andy's mom and son relationship is looking seriously rocky. Make sure to tune in.

Andy... is seeing red.

Ok this image is from last week's issue of Bear With Me, however it's just one of the coolest. Andy has definitely found his 'inner' voice over the years as well as his strength to confront the 'evil...' - also known as - his mother.

Make sure to follow Andy's adventure every Monday.

Things are getting really heavy for Paul, ever since he left Andy to go back home to his family. Looks like he's drowning in the meanness that is surrounding him.

From Bruin (profile) the artist of Bear With Me: "Remember the indignities of high school, the first time someone shouted, 'Faggot!' as they drove past? Bad enough when they came from classmates; imagine poor Paul enduring them from his own family! It's all beginning to wear on the big guy, and one wonders how long he can hang on. Fear not, faithful readers.  Help is on the way! Andy is mounting a rescue mission even as I write. Stay tuned. The fur will fly".

The following is from Bruin (articles - profile), cartoonist of Bear With Me: "Ever been in one of those situations where you work your butt off on a project, only to have someone else get all the credit? Seems like Paul's in one of those set-ups with his family. It's not that Paul isn't doing anything, but rather he's not doing the 'right' things to garner his father's attention and approval. Lucky Karl; as the family Jock, he gets all the acclaim, while Paul, relegated to household duties, gets diddly. How much of this abuse will Paul endure before he snaps? Is Andy going to mount a rescue, and if so, when? Stay tuned to the answers to these and other questions in upcoming episodes of Bear With Me".

Once again, put on your space boots and take a flight with the hot cartooned gang that make up Bear Degeneration. This time artist Perdido (website - profile) and I (Forrest - profile) have translated episode #9. In the last episode, we left corporal Slutton to deal with Reverend Beef and his fanatics, and now we follow Doctor Puzuk as he transports onto a strange planet that forks its inhabitants...

Check Episode #9 here: page #1 - page #2 - page #3 - page #4. This cartoon is more than great, and Perdido has already done 17 issues which you can see on his Blog however they are all in Italian, and we are working hard on translating them to English. The only setback is that we have not put all of the English episodes onto one page, so you're gonna have to do a bit of digging to get caught up, but I did my best to make it easy as possible to follow this most excellent adventure. If you've never heard about it before, then start from the beginning - episode #1 - episode #2 - episode #3 - episode #4 - episode #5 - episode #6 - episode #7 - episode #8 - and for today's update - episode #9.

The truly cute Perdido (website - blog - profile) has added another episode to his Bear Degeneration. This is episode #17. Now this is just to let you know this cartoon is in Italian, however we (Perdido and I) have been working on Englishifyizing (I made that up) his cartoons... in other words, we've been translating them, and I am working on #9 (coming soon). To see the others in English, click here (they are in the archives pages, so start from the bottom of the page)

Cartoonist Bruin (articles - profile) is back from the GALA that was in Miami, and he told me that his chorus Perfect Harmony rocked. He is now back and has updated Bear With Me, and we're now following the adventures of Paul.

From Bruin: "Paul is back home with his brother and father, but the welcome is a mixed bag: He's immediately slugged on the shoulder by his brother, and gets a less-than-supportive reaction from his father when asked about his flower shop. It's becoming clear why Paul has self-esteem issues".

Monday signifies Bear With Me updates, and in this episode, with Mo's help, Andy has pinpointed where Paul is, however Andy needs to understand why Paul has left, so he chats with Mo a little, asking her if his social status could be the reason why Paul left ('am I a snob', he asks her). Mo says definitely not... and with a little deduction, Andy realizes why Paul has left.

From Bruin (profile - articles), the cartoonist: "As Andy and Mo mull over the reasons Paul left, the penny finally drops, and Andy comes up with a name. It seems he's on the right track, but what will come of it? I have the feeling things are going to get very interesting".

In other news, Bruin will be participating in the GALA choral festival in Miami from July 12th thru the 17th.

With Mo's 'hacking' expertise, she's helping Andy zone in on Paul. Read today's Bear With Me to keep up to date.

Bear With Me is a cartoon drawn by Bruin (profile) and his toon as well as his website is updated every Monday. Check past articles written by PlanetBears to find out more about this cartoonist and his art.

So what's been going on over in the Bear With Me world? Andy seems to have recuperated at 100% however after getting the 'Dear John' letter from Paul, he was seriously down in the dumps. However, watch Andy as his 'Bearifies' himself in this issue... I believe this is the 1st time we actually see one of the characters morph from human to Bear... and now that he's 'Bearified' himself (I like the word), he's off to find Paul. Stay tuned.

'Bear With Me' is a cartoon drawn by artist Bruin (TubeBear profile - articles). Bruin has been recently interviewed by the Bearotic (profile) site - see the interview here.

Once again it's time to visit the husky brothers of the Deep Dark Hole as their misadventures continue in Bear Degeneration, a cartoon drawn by the Italian hunk Perdido (website - Blog (Italian) - TubeBear profile which he recently updated his photo gallery).

We are now at episode #8 in the 'English' version of Bear Degeneration. Check it out here: page #1 - page #2 - page #3 - page #4 ~ however if you're fluent in Italian, you can click here and you'll be able to read up to #16. Perdido and I (Forrest - TubeBear profile) have been translating his work over to English... we'll catch up soon.

Instead of spoiling the story, why not read the series yourself. Follow these links and you'll be caught up too: episode #1 - episode #2 - episode #3 - episode #4 - episode #5 - episode #6 - episode #7 - and here's today's episode once again - episode #8.

The last time we visited Bear With Me: Andy was being brought to the hospital because he fainted; his mother Constance had a talk with Andy's boyfriend, Paul, telling Paul he's not good enough for his son; Paul had a breakdown due to the fact, threw his cellphone out the window, got in his van and left. As we catch up: Andy fainted due to his blood pressure dropping and he's fine; Constance finds out that Paul has left, and; Andy's secretary, Mo, is having a darn old time trying to contact Paul. So that's where we are. This week, looks like Andy got a 'Dear John letter'. We're just going to have to wait until next Monday to find out what's going to happen next.

In other news, Bruin (TubeBear profile - articles) was recently interviewed over at Bearotic (TubeBear profile - articles). You can see the article here.

All is not well in Bear With Me land. Firstly, Andy has been taken off to the hospital in a stretcher by ambulance. He had an attack and his new assistant Mo did the only thing that made sense. Meanwhile, Paul is packing his stuff, tears in his eyes. It's all kinds of bad that's going on in one of my favourite online Bear cartoons, drawn by Bruin. The good news is that Bruin has added a photo to his TubeBear profile, now you'll be able to see just how cute this silver Daddy is (and I remember way back when Bruin posted some great photos of himself in some Yahoo! groups in which you got to see those great hairy legs of his... wonder if he'll ever post those again.. or post new ones... not that I'm trying to hint to anything here).

PS - just to let you know how much I dig Bear With Me... check out the articles I've posted about this 'toon since I started PlanetBears... and I used to post his stuff back in the bear-pics days as well.

Usually there's a month delay, sometimes 2, before the translated versions of Bear Degeneration are up and available on PlanetBears. However this time took us only 2 weeks to put up the latest episode. It's once again time we followed the adventures of the burly crew that makes up the Deep Dark Hole.

We are now at episode #7 when it comes to the English version. This time, Corporal Slutton landed on an unknown planet and his mission is to find his lost compatriots. He meets up with Reverend Beef who has completely changed his vows; since the only way to survive the Bearg attacks is by having hot and saucy male to male sex, Reverend Beef and his brothers have been indulging in a new form of prayer. Corporal Slutton becomes his captive and the Reverend takes it upon himself to save this Bear Cub's soul... and this is where we are at. To view the cartoon, click here, or if you would prefer to see it page by page: Page #1 - Page #2 - Page #3 - Page #4.

If this is your 1st time hearing about Bear Degeneration, the master mind behind these cartooned adventures is named Perdido (website - TubeBear profile - articles). He originally makes Bear Degeneration in Italian so if you can read that sexy language, click here to see all 16 episodes (Perdido just recently added a new episode on April 7th).

What Perdido and I (Forrest - TubeBear profile) have been doing is we've been translating them over to English. What Perdido does is that he sends them over in a rough English and I just do my best in smoothing out the dialogue (no I'm not able to read Italian but ever since I've been working on these cartoons I'm starting to understand the language a little bit, and since I know French the languages are kinda similar).

So... again... if you're new to Bear Degeneration, it's best if you start from the beginning - Episode #1 - Episode #2 - Episode #3 - Episode #4 - Episode #5 - Episode #6 - and in this update - Episode #7.

Has it ever happened to you that - something bad is happening to one someone very close to you and you're able to feel it, even though you can be miles and miles away? Well this is what is happening to Andy of Bear With Me. It's best I let cartoonist Bruin (TubeBear profile - articles) explain what's going on (and his explanation relates to this weeks cartoon as well as last weeks strip):

[Concerning last weeks cartoon] "OK... we're done with the cat fights between Mo and Constance, and we've said goodbye to Ralph's mother.  It's time we got back to the central relationship everyone wants to know about: Andy and Paul. Andy and Paul were established early last year. We've been treated to glimpses of the romance between the two of them, and we'd be hard-pressed to find a reader who's heart hasn't melted at the sight of the two of them in a heart-felt embrace. Everything looks quite rosy for these two lovebirds... but now, Constance, who has tried every trick in the book to throw a spanner in the works, has set her sights on Paul. What bedevilment is this woman up to? What ploy will she devise to separate our two heroes? Nothing else she has tried has worked; is Paul safe, then?"

[Concerning this weeks strip]: "This week, we see Constance's plan put to action as she shares her concerns with Paul. While she seems to care, we know she's merely using Paul's insecurities against him. Trouble is, it seems to be working. What will Paul do? Will Andy be able to intercede before Paul does something drastic?".

It's been awhile since we posted a cartoon by the cute and cuddly artist known as PIBear (articles).

This is his 11th cartoon he's sent and you can see it here. To see all of his cartoons, check out his TubeBear profile ~ and you'll also see a recent pic of him sporting some leather... all I can say is wow, PIBear has changed over the years. He's also lost 100 pounds in the past year or so. I could show you some pics of him when he was at his biggest however he'd probably not want me to so I won't, however I know it would turn on all your Chubby Chasers because even with all that extra weight, he was extremely handsome, however he's just as good looking now in his slimmed down version.

It's time to catch up on the latest adventures from the crew of Deep Dark Hole. It's the English episode #6 of Bear Degeneration by Perdido (website - Blog (Italian) - TubeBear profile - and if you can read Italian, then click here to see all 15 episodes).

So what's gone on... in the last episode, the crew had to make a quick getaway... real quick or else they would have melted like ice cream on a hot day. The doctor sent out a message into the dark letting the universe know that the only way to survive the Beargs was to have good old fashion sex with the closest Bear you can get grab your hands on. Once the message was sent, the ship they were on was set to self-destruct, so they made their quick getaway in a small spaceship... however the blast from the explosion did something that was before only proven in theory, and that was: they were shot into the future. Now their job was to see if anyone had survived the Bearg attack in the 8 years they lost.

And that brings us to Episode 6 - page #1 - page #2 - page #3 - page #4. Perdido is truly a professional cartoonist and Bear Degeneration is absolutely the best science-fiction Bear toon material anywhere in this universe.

If this is your 1st time hearing about Bear Degeneration, then it's best you start from the beginning - episode #1 - episode #2 - episode #3 - episode #4 - episode #5 - and of course today's edition - episode #6).

Wow what a surprise this week over at Bear With Me. It was like seeing my little cartoon characters almost come to life.

Best let cartoonist Bruin (TubeBear profile) explain it: "This week, Bruin gets to take a break and posts a piece of art a fan sent him, all the way from Rio de Janeiro. The artist uses the penname of ByM and has his own website showcasing his art. This is the first piece of fan art I've ever received, and I'm pleased to see my characters realized both faithfully, and with a high regard to detail. If other fans of BWM feel so moved, please submit your work via email. If there are enough submissions an 'art annex' to the main Bear With Me site may have to be constructed".