Grizzly & The Bear Patrol #3

[kybearfuzz]

Sorry for the multiple posts on this. I'm not milking it, really, just putting together the full issue in a public post so I can refer non-LJ friends to it. It is wild to see all 22 pages together finally. I estimate that it takes over 120 man-hours to do an entire issue. If I didn't have to work for a living, I could actually crank out one a month I think. Oh, if those lottery winnings would only appear.

Anyway, here is the cover and behind the cut is the full issue! Large colorful pages, so it might take a while to fully load. And it is work-safe in a PG sort of way.


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Fourth issue? Not sure when or if, but then... I always say that. :)

Comments

[qbear.livejournal.com]

Tim Barela exhibited at IBR in 2000 or 2001 and was selling original pages from his books. We purchased the page from Domesticity Isn't Pretty where Leonard actually says it. You can see the pencil draft lines and everything, and Tim signed it at the bottom. Steve had just gotten a bonus at work, so we invested in art.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

That is so cool! I do wish he was still publishing L&L.

I know I'm not remembering the quote exactly (well, I know it involved lemon zest), but I haven't read the book in a fair while.

[qbear.livejournal.com]

Actually it's where Leonard says "Domesticity isn't pretty" while holding a toilet brush. But I really love the recipe swap one, and wish we had that too---

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Ah, you're lucky! I found a matted/framed original page on eBay years ago and bought it. The page from Domesticity Isn't Pretty where they are sitting in the back yard waxing philosophically over picked oranges.

A couple named Tim and Rudy bought it and another, had them both framed, but ended up selling one of them. It's definitely a prized possession! I'm glad another page ended up in good hands :)

[qbear.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we love it. Of course, we have your characters framed in our new house--the first original art there. You'll have to come see them!