URSUS SOPRANO
posted by Jim Woodring at 11:04 AM
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
About Me
- Name: Jim Woodring
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
I was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California and enjoyed an exciting childhood full of poetry and paroniria among the snakes, rats and tarantulas of that enchanted realm. I eventually grew into an inquisitive bearlike man who has had three exciting careers; garbage collector, merry-go-round-operator and cartoonist. Some of my work is collected in THE BOOK OF JIM, THE FRANK BOOK and SEEING THINGS (all published by Fantagraphics) and in various toys, fabrics, prints and urban legends. Thank you for your interest.
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15 Comments:
Ya just cant buy entertainment like that on cable. Hooray for natural entertainment!
Poor Corvus!
I wish to Christ I'd seen that happen.
I'm surprised that I haven't seen such a spectacle.
I have three kids under five and live in a small town, whose only notable feature is a large, popular zoo (which we visit regularly).
I guess we just haven't been lucky. Dare to dream...
Whoever did this thing...
You can bet that the crows are planning revenge. That bear won't ever eat or drink anything that doesn't have bird crap in it.
Ex-Corvus, you mean.
Here's something...I was Googling reference for mules and came across a series of photographs documenting a pack mule, in complete harness, KILLING a mountain lion (in self-defense, not for the thrill...although the mule did look serene enough. Are there Zen killings?).
Just do an image search on "mule".
Sometimes predation just plain backfires.
We all have to eat crow on occasion.
He has unfinished business to attend. Good old Bearhog!
But one day he'll wake to find his eyes pecked out.
Wow! Eating crow, indeed. That bear better sleep with one eye open. The crows won't forget and will probably be willing to risk their lives to some extent, just to bring some torment on him.
About that killer mule — apparently he did not actually kill the mountain lion, but attacked it after it was already shot dead. Still, these are some pretty wild photos. Snopes gets the story straight here:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/mulelion.asp
The bear shall soon find out the reason a gathering of crows is called... a murder.
Now, if the bear had eaten a raven, then it would have been just an... unkindness.
Maybe, if it had been a raven, the bear would have confined himself to a scathing remark.
I'm absolutely intrigued
Let me guess- you drew this at the L.A. Zoo when we were kids? You shoulda been there when J.D. and I showed up for the feeding of the Boas (babybchicks).
It was beautiful!
Jay Tee
I recently say your crying bear. It's an inexpicably potent image. It mines the sort of territory that Stephen King mines in "The Shining" There's something about it that get's to you.
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