Welcome to Bearrito Publishing!

Mar17
Featured Post
by on March 17, 2019 at 8:11 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

Welcome to the home of Lloyd and the Bear, Urp, and all things Mac & Cheese related!

Every weekend I plan to post an update on how I’m getting on with Lloyd and the Bear or what related project I’m currently doing!

I’ll be dropping Urp! strips at random intervals when a thought enters my head. Is Urp me? Um……. maybe (not?)

And hey, I LOVE Mac & Cheese and I’ll be dropping my reviews of new dishes and eateries I come across along with recipes and facts every now and again!

Scroll down to check out our different posts or click on the blog buttons to the left if you’re after particular posts!

My new project!

Jul05
by on July 5, 2020 at 8:19 am
Posted In: Fenton Hud

So back at the end of 2018 I posted on Twitter the first sketch of a new project I was working on. I’ve been having this idea  to do another book, one that I would work on in my spare time during lunch breaks at work (which with our current situation isn’t a thing just now) and it has since slowly been worked on and rejigged in my mind and then on to paper (yes, actual paper! I’m drawing and more bizarrely inking now!)

I wanted to try something a bit different and work with hand drawn pieces and for a slightly older audience (more with the ideas and stories that I’d be putting out rather than the use of violence or dirty words) and I was going to be a lot more relaxed when it came to how the artwork looked and was laid out in the panel.

And now we’re at a point where I can start telling you all about this new idea! So what’s it called? Well, it’s…

Who is Fenton Hud? What is F.A.C.T.? What’s my plans with this? Man, I’ve got so much I want to tell you (but y’know, not all at one go!)

And hey, I’m still telling the adventures of Lloyd and Bear! Man, I’m not stopping that! I’m just enjoying the change of styles and flipping from one book to the other as it feels like I’m giving myself a little break even though it just means I’m doing other artwork!

More soon (and that’s a F.A.C.T.)

Bear hugs!

Finally! (And it took how long?!?)

Jun28
by on June 28, 2020 at 7:12 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

I’ve been doing some more work on issue #16 while also working on my other project (more of that very soon!) and after 370 pages(!) I’ve finally got Bear back with his brother Griff! Yay!!!!!

Hey, I get there in the end! 

Now don’t let that brotherly hug distract you from the crazy weaving of speech bubbles in the two frames above! I knew it was going to be a mess as I was putting it together but I really liked how it turned out!

But, yay! Bear and his brother are back together! Everything’s going to be all sunshine and rainbows now, right? RIGHT?

Keep watching to find out! More soon!

Bear hugs!

Getting on with issue #16

Jun13
by on June 13, 2020 at 8:34 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So with a week off to relax and have a great lockdown holiday (yay?) I’m back working on issue #16 of Lloyd and the Bear.

I’m now seven pages in and here’s a look at the first five!

What do you think? I’ve not got much to add on this one other than that I have REALLY got to sit down and plan out the other pages! With these ones I knew what needed done and how many pages I’d need to use but yeah, I need to plan out the rest of the book!

And with that, more soon!

Bear hugs!

MCM (not) this weekend!

May29
by on May 29, 2020 at 7:28 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So it’s MCM London this weekend and we… aren’t there!

We’ve been at MCM for (I think?) 8 years now and this is the first time we’re not going but the thing is we didn’t have a table anyways! It was our 10th wedding anniversary last week and this weekend we were to be going away on holiday! That being said, that wasn’t to be until the Saturday and I still had the Friday off to at least visit MCM for the day and get to try my hand at Cosplay.

And hey, just in case somehow I didn’t forget that MCM (and our holiday) were cancelled Facebook was kind enough to send me a wee reminder this morning!

But yeah, it’s not to be, or any conventions this year. Or holidays for that matter…. Humph!

Due to all this I’ve gone and updated the website and our store at BigCartel which now has our prints on sale (and many reduced too)! This was always something I intended to only have at conventions but, y’know, with no conventions on the go…

Please do check out our store and also our digital books at Comixology if you haven’t already (don’t forget that issues #1 and #15 are currently free to read at Issuu too!)

But no matter what you do this weekend I hope you all stay safe.

More soon, bear hugs!

PS. Here’s me at MCM last year with my new hat. I like my hat. (This year I was going to do a matching Lloyd one too – next time!!!)

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Trying to find a silver lining…

May24
by on May 24, 2020 at 1:42 pm
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

I think we can all agree that the first half of 2020 hasn’t really been that great. Personally I’m really thankful that among other things I’m able to immerse myself in artwork and stories and get lost in space battles and awesome friendships.

And with that, and lockdown, I’m able to get my work done super quick – what with a real lack of (admittedly potentially awesome) distractions. With me already a fifth of the way through issue #16 I’ve decided to go and release issue #15 for free on issuu (as hey, without lockdown it wouldn’t have been ready anywhere near this soon!) and you can see it here!

You know, back when I first started out I was giving away the individual issues for free as I just enjoyed making them but with the cost of conventions and running the website I needed to start looking for extra cash. It feels pretty sweet going back to using issuu and I hope you guys enjoy the book!

Oh, and don’t forget that issue #1 is also available to read from there! Check the link at the top of the page to see it!

More soon! Bear hugs!