Grizzly & The Bear Patrol #21

After several weeks, I finally got Issue #21 finished. While I enjoy working on the comic book, I do realize that it turns me into a temporary hermit. Needless to say, winter is a good time to work on the comic as the weather usually isn't conducive to outside activities.

I can't believe that I've cranked out 21 of these. Anyway, the full pages are behind the cut below. Enjoy!
























Issue Notes:

• This issue is slightly shorter than regular. While I enjoyed the last issue, I needed a bit of a break after a 30-page wedding issue. I hadn't planned for it to take five months, but the holidays tend to get in the way. So, I planned a shorter issue to get it out a bit faster.



• I've really wanting to do another origin story. I almost did this issue as a three-story issue, with each mini-story giving an abbreviated origin story of a Bear Patrol member. Once I started writing, I decided to stick to one hero and leave the others for future issues.



• The costume that Red Beard dons in the flashback story is modeled after the original costume I designed for Red Beard (see page 20). Originally, Red Beard was going to have acrobatic powers and a flaming sword (insert joke here). I decided that it really didn't work and did a re-design that you see in the stories.



• This is the first issue where none of the heroes are in their costume (minus the flashback story).



• This issue probably has more panels and backgrounds per page than any I have done to date.

Questions, comments, criticisms... I welcome them all. :)