Showing posts with label general philosophical statements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label general philosophical statements. Show all posts

Friday, January 1, 2016

COMMANDO BEAR, a comic-book about bear archery

Some time ago I wrote about a connection between "BearWay Archery" logo and the symbol of 22 Artillery Supply Company. I would like to add, that this true story about a bear serving in Polish Army during WWII also inspired authors of a cartoon in which Wojtek The Bear fight alongside legendary Jack Churchill, British Army officer with unconventional ideas about tactics and weapons of choice.
Meet COMMANDO BEAR!
This comic-book include bears, motorcycles, bows, swords and german nazis (and a lot of brutality towards the latter...).


You must see "The Historically Accurate Adventures of Jack & Voytek"!

Also, it'll be good to compare cartoon fiction with biographies of main characters: lieutenant-colonel "Mad Jack" Churchill and bear-corporal Wojtek.

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Wojtek the Bear

I'm quite often called The Bear, partly because of my name, partly because of my stature, and also because I like honey (especially in the form of mead). Therefore I would like to draw your attention to the extraordinary history of another bear, called Wojtek. He was a soldier (a corporal) in 22nd Artillery Supply Company in 2nd Corps of Polish Army during WWII. And he was a bear. A real bear, Ursus arctos syriacus.


You really should read something about him, for example in Wikipedia

BearWay logo is pattern after original symbol of 22nd Company, as a reminder that bears can know something about artillery (which was a word originally used in conjunction with archery, as it comes from the French arc tirer, to pull or draw the bow).
source: wikipedia