Head on over to BearFighter's website (articles - profile)... even if you're a Buddhist complete with pacifist intentions, the inner beast in ya will enjoy looking at the great photos that BearFighter has taken. From Vikings to Pirates, Wrestlers and Warriors, even smoking Dads and brutish Bears, his photography is excellent and unique and a lot of fun to look at. Make sure to pick up a tshirt as well.

Some news from BearFilms: "Thank you for an awesome 2008! To show our gratitude, we are offering free ground shipping on all of our products. Order any DVD, tshirt or calendar and get free ground shipping (when checking out use coupon code 'HOLIDAY08'. Offer valid for orders placed by January 5th).

Secondly - 2009 Calendar on Sale for $5.95. Our lowest price of the year! Get your copy now. Why spend a whole year looking at photos of sunsets or beaches when you can enjoy 12 of the hottest BearFilms models on your '09 calendar? The BearFilms.com 2009 Bear & Cub Calendar features our steamiest Bears, baring it all for you! No matter whether you like Cubs, furry Daddies or the big guys, you're sure to enjoy the whole 365 days. Each month features a different model with multiple photos and an inside look at what makes each guy go".

"Once upon a time a Bear wanted a special t-shirt... and Fat 'n Furry was born. This site was designed with Beary blokes in mind..." and so begins the Beary Fairy tale of this new site which designs t-shirts for Bearish men. Right now, the shop isn't open up quite yet. They are working on making sure everything is in order. However if you want to know when the site is open for business, email them and they'll let you know.

Make sure to check out Britain's Next Bear Model episode #3 and you'll see a 'Fat 'n Furry' photo shoot with the 8 contestants. On their main page you'll see the shots taken from that shoot. I'm hoping they will post more pics of those cute UK models and in a bit more higher resolution.

It was just a couple of days ago that I mentioned that the Bear Boutique was about to go live. Well it's alive, kicking, and it's a bouncing brand new baby Bear boy.

This online shop is direct from France, and it's maintained by a very handsome couple - Axel (Thorn on TubeBear) and Pascal (Pakko). As I mentioned in the last update, Roger and I got to meet them and we took a few pics while we were in Chinatown (here). So head on over to their site and take a look at the t-shirts and baseball caps (coming soon) they have to offer. Roger was wearing one of their shirts the other day ~ which read 'Woofez Moi' ~ and more than one person asked him what it meant and where he got it.

Voulez vous Woofez avec moi, ce soir...?

The Bear Boutique website is not quite ready... yet... but they are planning on opening up shop really soon (as in the next few days). This online shop is run by 2 hot gentlemen who live in France ~ Axel (profile on TubeBear - Thorn) and Pascal (Pakko). They have come up with a real cute design for t-shirts and baseball caps and, realizing that there is no one in France working on Bear goods, that they would take the initiative and start something up.

Axel and Pascal were in Montreal not too long ago, and we (Roger and I, Bob Forrest) met up with them for an afternoon. We headed into Chinatown, ate, and had a few laughs. The visit was short but we did take a few snapshots (snap #1 - snap #2 - snap #3 - snap #4 - snap #5 - snap #6 - snap #7) of our afternoon together, and Roger is going to model some of the t-shirts for their website, and I'll add the pics up once they are ready.

Brent D. Marr has one truly beautiful website which parallels his equally beautiful erotic drawings of Bearish and blue collar type men. Brent is a strong handsome looking Cub in Portland, OR and he has a great profile here over at TubeBear. You can purchase his work from his site (and he also does commission work) and now you can buy his stuff over at his CafePress page. He has tshirts, houseware, hats & bags, stickers, buttons, magnets and calendars.

If you have your own CafePress page which you think that is an interest to Bears and Bear admirers, and you wish us to mention it here on PlanetBears and TubeBear, then just email us or use the submit News Form and we'll be glad to post it.

Loren J. Macias has been doing Bear and leather men drawings for years now. His stuff is classy and super easy on the eye, a lot like Loren himself. Ah - there was a time when Loren had a ton of juicy pics of himself up on his website; him bare foot and in a suit and tie as well as shots of him in jocks and socks - yet since he's updated his site it seems he's removed that section. You guys should truly pester him to put that section back.

However, do check out The ButchDick Collection. There's his originals works as well as new pieces. He is offering 2 sizes of prints now: the usual 8 1/2" x 11" and now 13" x 17" high-res (even the archival prints of any images on the site). There's originals for sale, tshirts and more. So head on over to the San Franciscan based artist's site and, as he mentions on his front page: "then get out some lube, enjoy the show. when you've wiped off, buy something, dammit!".