Artist Christophe Jannin (articles - blog - profile - website) sends in some updates as he plans for his upcoming exhibition in Lyon (France) which will be taking place at 'Le Station B' from July 25th thru August 15th (flyer).

From Christophe: "Winter is here in New Zealand, bloody freezing, stormy, rainy, haily. I am now counting the days before I leave to go to France for the holidays. Taking off on Tuesday night and landing in Paris on Wednesday 8 in the evening. About 22 hours flying, roughly a 30 hours trip with the stop in Singapore.

I have just finished my latest drawing entitled 'The Rite of Spring' (full image). A drawing full of optimism and very pastoral, the format is in the 'Italian way', meaning horizontal which is very unusual for me since I prefer a vertical format. In fact, physically it's two drawings, composed as a diptych but reunited with the colour version".

Parisian artist Guy Thomas (website - profile) is going to be showcasing his excellent material in Madrid for the very first time. It will be at the Hot Bar from July 4th thru September 15th. The exhibition is called 'Bearroco' (flyer). Guy states that this is going to give him the opportunity to pay a tribute to the Golden Age Masters of Portrait as well to his favourite subject of painting Bears which he has been doing for 10 years professionally.

In other news ~ Guy, after many years drawing mostly in monochromatic, states that he is rediscovering the joy in doing oil painted portraits; "I enjoy the strength of oil colours, sometimes on a golden background - like the Middle Age icons, of course to represent Bear-Icon... in my way".

There's some old legend that Bears once roamed this planet in the company of Wolves - great looking husky Bears mingling with somewhat leaner, somewhat starker and darker Wolves - the 2 wild beasts glaring at each other as dusk arrives. And this legend comes true every night over at the Wolf Bars. There's a Wolf Bar in Paris (France - website here) and there's another in Beirut (Lebanon - website here).

Here's a little description about the Wolf Bars from their site: "The 'Wolf Bars' concept is a concept of bars for men around the world: Bears, Wolves, Cubs, Chubbies and Daddies. The Wolf association was set up in the autumn of 2005 to organise a Wolf and Bear scene in the world, the 'Wolf Bar' became known by the same name as the association. But the Wolf does not live alone - he lives in packs enjoying good time with others! 'Wolf Bar' seeks to organise a range of activities open to all who wish to participate in trips, dinners, fun nights hammams sauna dancing, etc.". For more info, contact Wolfer (TubeBear profile).

Artist Christophe Jannin (website ~ blog ~ TubeBear profile) is getting ready for his Parisian exhibition entitled  'A Bear's Life' which will be taking place at the Blue Book Paris bookshop from October 1st thru the 8th. The opening party will be on October 5th. In today's article, the drawing is called 'The 1st Architect' (click here to enlarge), and here's a couple of pics of the very cute artist Christophe - pic #1 - pic #2.

It's time once again to surf the net for them sexy Bear voices... let's go pick up some podcasts done by Bears and made for Bears, shall we...? It's been a month since I last mentioned the podcasts (article here) so get your download finger ready.

Starting with BearPodCast - Nard (TubeBear profile) has been really busy since the last time I posted about the podcasts. The last time I mentioned his show, he was at #140. He has done 9 shows since then. The man is a machine. Head on over to his site and listen to his shows from Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin.

Grab a plane and fly around the world to Australia, or just visit the Bears in the City website. Since the last mention, they have done 2 shows - episode #12 (download here) and episode #13 (download here).

And have the Bears of BTalkworld slowed down since they lost one of their hosts? Nope, no way. Since the last mention, they have added 4 more shows - episode #95 (download here) - episode #96 (download here) - episode #97 (download here) - episode #98 (download here).

Now how about some AmericanBadBear... these guys have a show called BearZero (TubeBear profile) and they make video podcasts. They are now at episode #7 (download here).

And... the FoulMonkeys (TubeBear profile)... they have posted a ton of shows as well since my last post - 6 shows - bringing them to 113. Just head on over to their page and dowload them all.

If you have a podcast show and you want some Bears to listen to it... then email me or message me - Forrest (TubeBear profile) or use the Submit News and I'll add your podcast to the news. 

Who is Christophe Jannin? Well you can first find out who this excellent artist is by visiting his website, then discover even more intimate details about this handsome husky drawer by taking a look at his blog (in French), and you can even scour the archives of PlanetBears to see what we've had to say about him (and here are some pics of him - pic #1 - pic #2 - and make sure to also check out his TubeBear profile).

Christophe has recently finished a new drawing. From Christophe: "Soon the Rugby World Cup will begin in France. I thought - and some told me too - that doing an illustration based on this event would be a good idea. So here it is. It is called All Black. It's not a portrait of a any of the players, simply an idealisation. I hope you'll appreciate it".

Christophe is also announcing that he has an upcoming Parisian art exhibition which will be happening from October 1st thru the 28th at Blue Book Paris Bookshop. He will be later posting the date to the opening party when you can meet, chat, have a drink and look at his drawings.

It was just a little while ago that I posted news about Christophe Jannin's newly designed website. Since then he has completed one of his most erotic drawings ever entitled Icarus ~ or the 1st Lost Feather. It's not often a drawing can turn me on but this one definitely did.

Christophe is also announcing that he has an upcoming Parisian art exhibition which will be happening from October 1st thru the 28th at Blue Book Paris Bookshop. He will be later posting the date to the opening party when you can meet, chat, have a drink and look at his drawings.

What's more romantic than Paris in spring? How about a room full of chunky hunky Bears... in Paris... in spring...? Yes, much more romantic. Check out the ParisBears website and work your schedule around their upcoming BearWWW weekend which is happening from June 1st thru the 3rd. They plan on visiting the Louvre museum, a sauna, then it's fun at the bar. This is a great way to practice your French kissing, I would say.

Alors une soiree avec des Ours en Paris, ça c'est une bonne idée, oui...?

Do you think all those French classes you took in school might pay off for one night in Paris while you hang out with the BearWWW crowd? The beauty about Bears is that we don't need a spoken language to communicate since we have the 'grope', patented and copyright by Bears. So if you happen to be in Paris in spring - April 21st to be exact, then check out what BearProd and BearWWW are doing for their 2nd Paris BearWWW Night ~ you might finally get to loosen that French tongue of yours yet (and here are pics from their 1st evening they had last November).

Arabian men are hot, doncha agree? There's just something about stocky men with great tans. Now if you happen to be in Beirut, Lebanon today then you should head on over to the Wolf Lounge Bar because they are having a Full Moon Party (and there's something about snow... in Lebanon... you've got me). They are also opening a new Wolf Lounge Bar in Paris France (website) which will be opening its door on March 1st.

Now don't let the word Wolf scare you because - from their site: "The 'Wolf Bars' are concept bars for men around the world: Bears, Wolves, Cubs, Chubbies, Daddies"... so guys like me which are wolves (I see myself more as a German Shepherd actually, but that's for another day)... as I was saying... wolves like me become the star of the evening in such places... I'm packing my bags, here I come.