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hey folks,i haven't updated in a while and i wanted to give ya'll an update on why.... well, things haven't been too great in my end of the world.the infection in my throat hasn't gone away, today i went to the hospital for the 3rd time, to deal with what's going on with my throat...the infection's moved into my jaw and the swelling is so bad, i cant open my mouth more then an inch. i haven't slept or eaten properly in weeks...i get to try out a new 4th antibiotic, and tomorrow i get to go to an ENT specialist to see if i'll need to get my throat and jaw drained!! yeah!
i have 4 or 5 pages in the works, but...with that going on with my throat and the burden of x-mas shopping on top of it, it's been very difficult to find motivation to finish anything...

so, please be patient... the bean men will return very soon, and i should have a few surprises too.
sean

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here's a sneak peek at a new sculpture i'm working on.

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still dreadfully ill... this infection in my throat has been terrible.

UPDATED LOGO

as you can see i've updated the bean men logo (or the header, depending on which circles you like to run with)
the bean men have evolved quite a bit for a comic that's only been around for 9 months. when i first started drawing them they didn't have any toes, and now their heads are larger in proportion to their bodies then they used to be.
as much as i love the original drawing (its hanging on the wall in my living room)....the truth is, it was done hastily in my pursuit to get the strip up and goin' online.

BEAN MEN STEP OUT OF THE COMPETITON

well folks, you may have noticed the lack of updates for the last few days. the reason for this is because i'm super sick right now, some sorta viral thing in my throat. believe me it hasn't been pretty.

apparently someone has found a way to cheat votes in the bean men's behalf, for the webcomic idol competition. so, i have decided to remove the bean men from the running. i have no interest in gaining a reputation as a cheater....nor do i have any interest in scolding one of my readers for doing it...i'm very flattered someone would take the time to go all out for my strip. but, cheating's just not my style.

so, i'd like to thank the guys over at bombshelter for the opportunity, and good luck to the rest of the finalists!

ROUND 3 VOTING!!!!

its time for another round of MOST EXTREME WEBCOMIC ELIMINATON!!!!!!!
thanks to YOU, the beans are still in the running to be crowned WEBCOMIC IDOL!

the competition gets harder each week, now that they have us take on 'webcomic challenges'. the bean men easily passed the first challenge of having at least one of our characters be 'in the nude'.
the next challenge...'have a character play with a donut and a banana', may prove to be too much for some of the contestants.

many of the finalist have begun to crack...insults seem to be flying everywhere. it's really a shame to see the whole thing get to this point....but if the competition can get past the sex scandal that rocked the first week of the contest, then i'm sure it can deal with the name calling.

so, SUPPORT THE BEAN MEN!!!!....by helping us stay in the competition! i wont tell you who to pick to get the boot....your supposed to choose the comic you feel least deserves to be the FIRST WEBCOMICS IDOL!!!!... there are links to all the finalist's comics on the voting page.


CLICK HERE, and DO NOT VOTE FOR THE BEAN MEN!!!!!

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the new page is taking longer then it would typically.... so, here's a breakdown of how yesterdays page was done using the computer.

#196 & 2ND ROUND OF VOTING FOR WEBCOMIC IDOL

the bean men narrowly survived the first round of voting for the WEB COMICS IDOL competition thanks to your help!!!!....THANKYOU!!!!

the polls are now open for the 2nd round of WEBCOMIC ELIMINATION!!! .....you know, just like that show SURVIVOR.

SUPPORT THE BEAN MEN!!!!....by helping us stay in the competition! i wont tell you who to pick to get the boot....your supposed to choose the comic you feel least deserves to be the FIRST WEBCOMICS IDOL!!!!... there are links to all the finalist's comics on the voting page.


CLICK HERE TO NOT VOTE FOR THE BEAN MEN!!!!!

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#192 & MAKE THE BEAN MEN THE WEBCOMICS IDOL!!!!

the folks at BOMB SHELTER COMICS are having the first ever WEBCOMICS IDOL!!! competition...THE BEAN MEN has made the cut into the top ten, but are in grave danger of not making it to the next round... for this first round of voting, they're having folks decide who will NOT be moving on to the next round. as i write this the bean men is currently in the lead to get voted out of the competition.

SUPPORT THE BEAN MEN!!!!....by helping us stay in the competition! i wont tell you who to pick to get the boot....your supposed to choose the comic you feel least deserves to be the FIRST WEBCOMICS IDOL!!!!... there are links to all the finalist's comics on the voting page.


CLICK HERE TO NOT VOTE FOR THE BEAN MEN!!!!!

final pencils on new animation

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animation tests

im going to work on animating #165 every so often, here's a pencil test of the work i've done so far...



this was a strip that was always intended to be an animation, but at the time i just ran out of time, or steam....depending on how you wanna look at it.

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page 180 is taking longer then i expected it to, so i switched gears and did a little card....but dont worry, the further adventures of smak & crew are coming up next.

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here's todays page, i'll have to finish it up tomorrow.

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news bits

hello bean men readers.... i wanted to share some small news bits on the bean men with you.

you may have noticed the ads on the top and right of this. i realize that they are a bit tacky and just sorta there in the way of things looking nice... but they are a way for me to make a few pennies, so if your feeling up to it, an easy way to support the site is to click on the ads.

the bean men have a strip appearing in october's issue of Zoinks! magazine. the issue can be ordered from their website or picked up at any of the major comics shops in canada.

a profile i wrote about the bean men has been put up on the comicon/pulse website...it's the same info that's on the bean men's myspace, but if you haven't read it, yet it does share some insight on how i approach the strip.

here's a great little bean men drawing that Mike Jensen of lonely fetus comics drew, that iv'e neglected to put up here for far too long. take a look at his webcomic!

and finally here's a bean men drawing by my pal DANK! featuring his character atlantis lad, he made while sitting next to me at fall-con...i should mention ive done a bit of embelishing on it.

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