The cover image depicts Gus in a therapist’s office.[4] He was also the subject of two children's books, Gus the Bear, the Flying Cat, and the Lovesick Moose: Twenty Real Life Animal Stories (1995)[14] and Gus: The Feeling-Better Polar Bear (2009),[15] a play titled Gus[7] and the song "Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park" on the 2004 album In Between Evolution by The Tragically Hip.[16]