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About The Last of the Polar Bears

The Last of the Polar Bears is a work-in-progress graphic novel about a mother polar bear and her two cubs as they struggle to survive in the warming Arctic of the near future. Pages are posted two at a time, like a book spread, as they are meant to be viewed. I look forward to introducing you to Ursula, Stella, and Nanook, and hope you’ll join us on their epic journey across the harsh environment and into maturity.

Update Schedule

New pages will be posted as time allows. In between comic page updates, I post daily animal sketches and graphic novel related tutorials. Follow the RSS feed and/or join the mailing list to be notified of new updates!

Why the webcomic format?

I started working on The Last of the Polar Bears a year ago, researching, plotting the story in detail from beginning to end, designing the characters, and working on the sequential art. After storyboarding the first chapter, I determined the complete story would be around 500 pages. I strongly believe in The Last of the Polar Bears and its message, so rather than keeping the project hidden for the next several years while I work on it, I’ve decided to make the pages available to readers as they are created.

About the Creators

The Last of the Polar Bears is a collaboration between Lindsay Cibos and Jared Hodges. They write the story together, then Lindsay illustrates the pages. (Lindsay also maintains the website, and occasionally speaks in third person, like right now.)

Lindsay Cibos and Jared Hodges are the creators of the three-volume graphic novel series Peach Fuzz (Tokyopop), which has been published internationally, and syndicated in newspapers. Peach Fuzz placed as graphic novel finalist for the ForeWord Magazine 2004 Book Of The Year Award and won grand prize in the second Rising Stars of Manga competition. They have also authored several how-to art books, such as Digital Manga Workshop (HarperCollins/Ilex Press) and Draw Furries (Impact Books). In addition, Lindsay has worked as a penciler on Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie Comics), Domo: the Manga (with coloring by Jared), and several 4-panel strip comics on Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie Comics).

You can see more of their art on www.jaredandlindsay.com.