Grizzly & The Bear Patrol #18

My last issue was out back in May. Sadly, because of a very busy summer, I had to put my comic book work on the back burner for a while. Once things got back to normal for me, I started working on the next issue of the comic. It's taken quite a bit, but I finally got Issue #18 done.

The rest of the comic book are behind the cut below. There are issue notes for the comic below as well.

• This book marks the return of The Gaymer, a villain based on LJ'er martini_tim. This marks the second time so far that I've re-used a comic book villain I created. I usually like to create new villain, but sometimes there is more to tell of an established one.


• The original idea I had for the cover was the Bear Patrolers being bound to chess pieces and attacked by a holographic knight. As I was drawing the issue, I inserted the knight, but found that robots were a much larger part of the story, so I redrew the cover.


• Inking took much longer this time around than usual for some reason. Each page was about 90 minutes when they usually took me an hour. Not sure why.


• Polar Bear's daughter Anna appears in this issue again, out of costume this round. It hit me on my car ride home from work on Friday that I have a character named Anna with ice powers, pieces of which sound like they are from the Disney movie "Frozen." Luckily, my Anna appeared long before the movie. :)


• In this issue, we learned a bit more about Polar Bear's work. He works for Aurora Communications. In the Grizzlyverse, I think of him as having a lot of technical and computer skills (which is not uncommon, bears are rampant in the IT industry).


• We also get a bit of a look at Gabe and Jerry planning their wedding. I love vanilla bean and chocolate mocha flavors. The wedding issue is looming soon.

Any questions, comments, or criticism? Please let me know.