Teddy Couldn’t Bear It!

Teddy Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot a bear cub in 1902 inspired a cartoonist to invent the Teddy Bear! The cartoonists name? Clifford Berryman! Weird bear true!

— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)
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International Team of Comics Historians
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Teddy Couldn’t Bear It!
Teddy Roosevelt’s refusal to shoot a bear cub in 1902 inspired a cartoonist to invent the Teddy Bear! The cartoonists name? Clifford Berryman! Weird bear true! ![]() — C. Yoe (in the funny papers) View the entire blogOne Response to “Teddy Couldn’t Bear It!”I.T.C.H is looking forward to your thoughts. Please, no flame. Thanks! |
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Stranger, but also true: teddy bears are now an alternative tourist attraction in Stratford-upon-Avon, England — for when the Shakespeare business goes into a slump, apparently.