Chapter 4 Page 29 (Patreon)

Finally, here's the page I've been wanting to do for a long time. I think I even managed to do it justice this time.  This page was all about acting with Io leaving me cues like "some complicated mixture of disappointment and resignation " so I spent a lot of time getting that right. Panel 6 took me at least 4 or 5 takes before I settled on something.

Anyway, here's a close up for that totally not creepy photo I decided to paint:

Whether the little boy is gently hugging the bear or strangling the shit out of him...we'll never know.