Grizzly & The Bear Patrol 9

I was debating on holding on to this issue until Monday. I was worried that LJ becomes quite the ghost town on weekends, but I hate to leave this sitting over the weekend. This is probably the quickest turn-around for a comic issue I've ever done -- two months. This idea has been brewing in my head for a while. The Grizzly origin is tacked on to the end for those who have not seen it. There are 27 color pages behind the spoiler cut below, all work safe. I put a few issue notes at the end.

Enjoy! :)















































I've included the Grizzly Origin pages as a bonus "reprint" for those who are new to the comic.












Issue Notes:

• Again, this is my quickest turn around on an issue. I was surprised how quickly this one came together. I think I may take a break before doing the next one.
  
  
• I included the Grizzly Origin because this story has Grizzly's parents, Thom and Jay, visiting. Since they are his biological parents, I didn't want to have to keep re-explaining how.
  
  
• Stormy LaQueef went through several changes in the story writing. Originally, she was going to put on defective make up and become a giant drag queen called Dragzilla. Imagine my surprise when I did an internet search and found a movie short where this has been done already. Next, she was going to become a snake monster called "Serpentine," but I dislike snakes, so I wanted something more fun. One day at work, I was doodling during a conference call and wrote down the words "weather wig" and it was a "Eureka" moment for the character here.
  
  
• I've always wanted to do an origin story for Colour Cub. I was going to make it where Jerry gained his Colour Cub powers after meeting Grizzly. It went against the origin story I originally wrote up for his character profile, so I decided to make it the origin of how Griz and Colour Cub met.
  
  
• I tried to put a bit of humor and some character development in the story, as requested by gotmoof. I wanted to show how Griz interacts with his dads and how they react to hearing about some of his escapades.
  
  
• This story has me trying a few different "camera angles" and some different inking. I need a bit more practice.
  
  
• After chatting with a handsome California bear who works in a movie theater, I decided the cover should be a romantic movie poster, of a sort.

Any questions, comments, or criticisms? I welcome them all.