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!

Cleaning…

Mar22
by on March 22, 2019 at 9:23 am
Posted In: Urp!

This strips a reprint of an old one but it caught my eye as I did it last year at around the same time. Sadly, the very same things happened the other day when I did the vacuuming.

And hey, it’s bad luck to leave Christmas decorations out after a set time, right? Does this count?

(RE)-Introducing Urp!

Mar17
by on March 17, 2019 at 3:51 pm
Posted In: Urp!

So it looks like it’s not only Lloyd and the Bear that has gone through an update! With Urp! I decided to take him back from being on the excellent site Tapas and keep him in-house and allow for a bit more to happen on this page.

And what have I updated? Well, the background now has a rotating shade/lighting colour scheme going on (akin to Garfield if I’m remembering correctly) and I’ve also shrunk the size of the window.

Why with the window? I found the bigger size screen kept jutting out from whatever speech/thought bubble I had going on but I still really wanted something there. I’m a big fan of Star Trek The Next Generation and always loved scenes where they’d have characters talking away and you could see stars zooming away in the background. I thought that was awesome.

So yeah! Urp! is back! I love this guy paranoid miserable little guy! (What? He’s not me, who said that? Now I’m sad…)

The reviews are in!

Oct10
by on October 10, 2018 at 5:30 pm
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So Volume 3 of Lloyd and the Bear went off to the printers at the weekend after a super long time of being put together! The last few weeks I’d been on the look out for potential reviewers who would like to submit an early review of volume 3 so I could add their (hopefully positive) comments to the back of the book. As it turns out I had mov vgive a review that I would then post on here and he did (and it was positive too! Whew!)!

Jack Nabbs says;

“I love Lloyd and the Bear so much! I read it every night and It’s my favourite comic book. I have volume 1 and 2 and can’t wait for volume 3 to come out! Lloyd and the Bear rule and Gibson you rock!”

Sooooooooooooooo happy with this! See here’s the thing, it can be tough juggling a job, personal life and also putting together the adventures of Lloyd and the Bear (these guys in to a lot of trouble, right?)! Buuuuuuuuut, it’s also SO MUCH FUN and what makes it all that more great is when I hear cool things like this!

And coincidentally enough, my dedication in the third volume goes out to all you guys who visit this here website, the social pages, email me, stop by our table at conventions or simply pick up one of our books from either the online store or Comixology!

So yeah, spoiler but here’s that there dedication!

And I really mean it as well. You guys are so astoundingly awesome!

BIG thank you to Emma for getting in touch and an even BIGGER thanks to Jack for your kind words! Well made up!

More soon! Bear hugs!

PS. Issue #12 was also submitted to Comixology at the same time as the book went off to print so fingers crossed it will be accepted and available digitally soon!

PPS. I rock. I have it in writing so it’s true. Yay!

The parodies that never were…

Sep09
by on September 9, 2018 at 11:34 am
Posted In: Lloyd and the Bear

So over the years I’ve put together a whole load of parody prints but it got to the point that I started running out of ideas (or at least not as many ideas)!

I began taking suggestions from people who contacted me or stopped by my table at conventions and got a whole load of great ideas! The thing is that with finite time and display space I couldn’t use them all and now I feel kind of bad for not using all of these puns.

My answer to this? Well, I’ve gone and listed ideas below that I haven’t, and most likely won’t be, using along with a few comments on each one;

American Bearwolf – I love this one but figured it might not be that well known. Am I wrong?
Zoidbearg/Furturama – Great idea for a great show but yeah, not my favourite character so…..
Furinstones – I love this one but just couldn’t get a good idea for it! Sorry!
Lex Lufur – Okay, I’m already re-thinking my decision on this and may yet use it!
Beareth of the Wild – I did a Hairule Warriors print before. Is this game not a bit dated now? Okay, admittedly I was given the idea a while back so maybe that’s my fault….
Furout – Another game idea and I LOVED Fallout but again feared it might be dated.
The Good, the bad and the cuddly – Awesome idea but would it gain a lot of interest?
Bear the Wild Things Are – Another great idea but I struggle with trying to bear up animals. People is one thing but yeah…
Furank Castle – Furenemy of the state – I did a Furank Castle one before but FotS is a great shout! Again, one I never used in time and figure I’m a bit late to the party now…
iZombear – Really awesome idea and I can totally see it but how strong is the fanbase?
Secret Paws – Secret Wars (the original and the latest) series were awesome. I would love to do this but don’t know if the fanbase is there plus I don’t like having too many characters on a print.
Space Invadebears – I tried coming up with a concept for this and use it as a t-shirt design but it just didn’t work. Sorry!
Conan – The Barbearian – Great use of a pun but still facing trademark infringement on ‘Conan’….
Bearekfast at Tiffanys – Really nice one but it’s another one that I feel lacks a fanbase.
Bearekfast Club – Now this has the fanbase for sure (or at least I think so) but I just don’t think I could get it to work!
Lock stock and 2 smoking bearells – Great idea but another dated one. Again, more my fault…
Furrest Gump – Brilliant idea but one that I don’t think would be very eye-catching.
Diamonds are Furever/Fur your eyes only/Octoteddy – Who knew James Bond movies were so punable? I just can’t come up with a good idea on any of them though….
Fight Cub – Great one but one I’d already used as the title to issue #4 of Lloyd and the Bear!
Grrroot – Much like bear-ing up animals I have the same problem with plant based aliens it seems!
Furiends – Excellent idea but I’d struggle getting them all on the page. Is anyone else amazed that this show is still being shown on telly?
Big Bang Furry – The show that’s bigger than Friends was? Well, I figure at least but yeah, I have the same spacing issue as with Furiends.
Clawverfield – Fantastic idea but I have NO IDEA what I would do for a print!
Pawcific Rim – I was totally going to do this and even had an idea of what the print would be but then Pacific Rim 2 came out….. Hmm…..

But yeah, so many great ideas! And hey, if you can think of something that hasn’t come up yet drop me an email or post on either Facebook and Twitter and I’ll see if I can come up with a parody print!

More soon! Bear hugs!