Grizzly & The Bear Patrol #18

[kybearfuzz]

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.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

WOW! Excellent story telling! I could see this issue as a movie script. I see you integrated Ottawa into your story line....

[notmypresident.livejournal.com]

Any questions, comments, or criticism?

Err... umm... well, since you asked...

I think there's been some real growth as far as panel placement and such. I guess that's to be expected as you grow more confident.

I remain, however, a bit disappointed with the flat backgrounds. I see here that you did some marvelous coloring effects in some panels to help alleviate this, but most of the backgrounds remain flat and uninteresting. I'm guessing that this is a time issue, since it would obviously up your time drawing. Still, with Photoshop layers, I would think it might be a little easier for you.

A fun issue, but I was confused by the panel where Gaymer is transferred into the data storage device because I thought the bearded image was a member of the Bear Patrol!

[barak.livejournal.com]

Wedding planning = Valentine's Day issue? ;-)

I'm curious what other twists you plan to throw in there!

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

Great job Mark. It was fun hearing from an old villain again.

[champdaddy.livejournal.com]

An interesting villain for sure… plus great artwork.

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

Love it, but - ack, cliffhanger! ;)