Comic #351 : Healing & Uncertainty - Website links here ~ Deadlines, expectations, chronic pain: I did some of my best work during that decade but it was in spite of, not because of how hard I was pushing myself. For the longest time, art was my only avenue for income when my anxiety was cripplingly bad, I hope not to reach that point again but who can say what life will bring?
Congrats Grazer on winning Fat Bear Week a second year in a row! She had quite the dramatic season and still came out the roundest 🐻👑 RIP to the cub she lost at the hands of her competitor.
Comic #350 : Said the Polar to the Grizzly - Website links here ~ Get you a man who sincerely compliments your bearish qualities xD (It's our 17th wedding anniversary today!!)
Comic #349 : The missing pieces - Website links here ~ I know much about myself; things I have always wanted, goals for which to aim for. However there are other aspects of my life which I am completely lost on, kind friends & family are always offering solutions which rarely work. I still try them most of the time 🧩🐻☁️
Comic #348 : Dad and the dogs he never wanted - Website links here ~ It's the cliche, your Dad never wants the new pet, but he really gets on board once you have it! 🎾🐕 My family were cat people since I was born but as a preteen I became obsessed with dogs & set about convincing my parents 🐶Neither of us have dogs anymore but we can still bond over them at a distance.
Comic #346 : The Goldilocks Zone - Website links here Never come between two arguing bears with your silly self unless you're ready to rumble!
Comic #345 : Cringy Teen - Website links here
I bet only a few people can return to the bedroom they had as a teen 20 years later! Not everything here is cringe, but they come together to paint a very personal picture of who I was/am 😳🤭 Also, just because my tastes changed a lot and I cringe at my old self doesn't mean it doesn't suit & look good on you 😉 so please don't take this as a judgement if your room looks similar before or currently!
Comic #344 : Lineart Frustration - Website links here
You ever get so frustrated you feel like you wanna tear your own skin off? :D Don't do it, draw it! 🐻
Comic #343 : Need a lift? - Website links: Here Pictured: Me (age 35), checking to see if Husburr is still strong enough to pick me up (He is!)
Comic #342 : Built different - Website links: Here Ok, maybe this is a bit too self depreciating but it's hard not to feel a little twisted with all your physical faults laid out in painful detail :P The most severe one I was born with anyway and has been causing me hell all my life, so nothing new there. Back pain ahoy! 🐻💬
Comic #341 : Romance Crimes - Website links: Here Romance novels are a slippery slope 🤭🥰
"Lessons Learned" - A personal painting I have been waiting excitedly to share for a year now 🐻✨ this was my last truly inspired to work on/complex artwork before burnout truly set in. My lovely patrons gifted me the time to make this back in Jan '23, just sharing publicly now.
Comic #340 : Imposing year of the dragon - Website links: Here A bit more sober continuation from the last year-change comic. Sometimes when you think you've hit rock bottom a deeper layer falls out from underneath you. I only hope that this isn't the case & that 2024 will have some lasting positive changes to my life & for yours too 🐻💖🐉
I hope you'll forgive me for doing a very different bear comic for this spooky season! I spent way too long on it, even though I'll never be able to group it with the others. Just like when I was experimenting with format last year xD
It is packed full of symbolism that is significant to me, interpret it however you like (just be kind)
Violence
Time to be a Zombear for Halloween! 🪱🐻💀🪦