I remember hearing at work, and from an issue of Gamepro that there was a site called Nuderaider. Well that got me interested in erotic cartoons, so I looked up a bunch of stuff with a search engine. To this day I still don't remember what site I found a certain piece of art, but it was done by a Tekka Maki, if memory serves me correct. So I went to his host site and saw the BEArchive Webring logo, the picture of the woman in pink with breasts overflowing her blouse.

Some stirred in me. I was hooked. I had to see what this BEArchive was.

So I clicked on, and Lo! And Behold! The Archive in all its glory. I remember calling into to work sick the next day, just so I could have all day to browse through all the galleries. I don't remember how many there were, but it wasn't the vast enormity that it is today. The User Gallery had about 30 to 50 pages of 15 a piece, and The Bust Artists' gallery was brand new, so now that I think about it, that was back in '99. Damn I feel old.

So when I sat down to write this article, I wondered how everyone else happened across the BEArchive. I was told there used to be a FTP site that some people consider the original 'BEArchive', and when it shut down everything was moved to here. So I guess I'm gonna ask for a poll of sorts. Just go to my Forum area and leave me a bit about how you found out about the BEArchive. When enough people have posted, I'll put up the results.

To all the sea monkeys out there in Wonderland, this is Grizzly Bear