What I Did on My Summer Vacation, by Jay (Age 33)

The closest approximation of Havok’s powers in the standard emoji set is concentric hearts.

I discovered this a few months back, texting with the amazing Tea Fougner. “It kind of fits,” I remember typing. “I mean, the movie version has very Care Bear powers.”

There followed a Step 3, with a series of question marks; but by the end of the conversation, we had decided to make and exchange Summers Brothers Care Bears.

(I also ended up making a tiny Captain America bear, which astute readers will recognize as a panel-accurate replica of the Captain America bear Cyclops canonically owns, which appeared for one panel sometime in the late ’90s. Jean won it for him at a fair. Comics are great, y’all.)

ANYWAY, here are some process photos and notes. ENJOY!

The only remotely appropriately colored Care Bear was Grumpy Bear. I feel pretty okay about that.

Eyes.

Care Bear eyes are riveted in. Fortunately, I had help from my friend Dave, who owns…

…a drill press!

Since the lights were smaller than the actual eyes, I threw on a few coats of red paint once we had ’em out.

Seriously, I have never identified more closely with Mister Sinister.

And here’s Cyclops Bear, reassembled!

Still not lasers.

The visor is part of a leftover container from Rite-Aid. The actual lens is cut from a ski visor.

Finished Cyclops and Cap bears.

The Cap Bear’s single canon appearance.

The Summers Bears united. Cyclops and Cap stayed in New York with Tea; Havok relocated to the Pacific Northwest with me, presumably to finish his dissertation. For some reason this photo WILL NOT display upright.

UPDATE: Tea just sent me a slew of Havok Bear process photos and notes, so those will be up next week!

Also, since I forgot to link it initially, you can see both bears in action in this video review!