Storm Bear

Email Address: storm@bilerico.com

Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Project Contributor Since: April 2007

Entries by this Contributor: 289

Town Called Dobson's creator, Storm Bear, is just as shocked as you that the strip is so popular. After starting as a small art project, TCD has grown to be one of the most read independent editorial webcomics today.

Storm Bear is living proof everyone makes mistakes that can only be attributed to youth. His first big stumble into adulthood occurred during his first trip to the voting booth - when he voted for Ronald Reagan. Thankfully, he was an alert young man. He quickly ascertained that Reagan's notion of "trickle down" economics was just a polite way of saying "look out below!"

Since then, Storm has been questioning authority and disturbing the political peace on a regular basis. He got beat up at a Klan rally just for questioning the Grand Dragon's use of high thread-count satin in his robes. Oh, and there was the time he was in a public restroom with Jesse Helms - as the Senator took an explosive dump, Jesse was singing "What a friend I have in Jesus." He even has a UFO cult on his ass.

But Stormy didn't start out life as a cartoonist, he first went to engineering school and hated every bit of it. After graduation he instead went into filmmaking (Indie Zombie/Vampire flicks) and that job morphed into advertising.

Now, during the off time from his big shot advertising gig, Stormy gently crafts cartoons. He believes he is less likely to get arrested that way.

We doubt it.

• Black History: The First Klan

  - Storm Bear

• Update roundup: Larry Craig loves DADT, FRC's mad at rudeness, PEPFAR reauth passes the House

  - Alex Blaze

• It's a joke, until someone ends up dead

  - Mike Rogers

• Ptown GPS

  - Kate Clinton

• Sally, Get Your Gun and Elaine? Keep Talking

  - Sara Whitman

• Gay in Iraq: Stories of Terror

  - Waymon Hudson

• Jared Polis: You can't spell 'Equality' without the 'T'

  - Waymon Hudson

• Is Batman gay? I give you- the Batusi Dance!

  - Waymon Hudson

• Anti-queer violence & spiritual/community protection

  - Gina de Vries

• A disgrace to the Man Race

  - Alex Blaze

• Cloaked in Bigotry and All Wrapped Up in Pearls

  - Steve Ralls

• Queer Time

  - Paige Schilt