Licensable BearTM is a post-ironic satire comic book shipping in November 2003. This first issue of an intended annual series features seven stories, all written by Nat Gertler and drawn by a variety of artists, including Tone Rodriguez, Mark Dos Santos, Filip Sablik, Alex Grecian, and Rusty Haller. What follows is the very first story, four pages illustrated by Mark Lewis (Big Bang, cover co-artist of JSA: All-Stars)

Copyright 2003 Nat Gertler and Mark Lewis