Strip 142 -- First Seen: 2009-03-31
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What Comes Next

The war is over, but This Means War has a ways to go. Novo Paolo/Bubbleopolis is still in a nebula/stellar nursery, no one knows what happened to the planet Sharen (center of the Intergalactic Council), and the status of the now-surrendered Invaders is yet to be resolved. What will they do when they learn their homeworld is basically destroyed? Will Alyss and Li be re-united? How about Diana (the real one) and Otto?

These questions will be resolved in the next few weeks, before This Means War part 3 wraps in late May.

After that, I plan to go BACK in time about 400 years, to when Alyss and Li left their home in the Sol System to colonize a new world on the far side of the galaxy. As one might expect, hijinks ensue. New subtitle yet to be determined, start date sometime in around the start of July. Stay tuned!

A Little House Cleaning

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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
On the Bridge of the Gamma Conqueror, the Weapons Officer looks over towards Admiral Harris with a concerned expression. Harris looks forward with eyes narrowed and jaw set.

Weapons Officer: Sir, there's a minor fluctuation in the beam. The impact area is expanding.

Harris: Complete the firing sequence.

Panel 2
In the cafe, looking at Billy in the comm screen over Emily's shoulder.
Emily: Quit fooling around, Billy.

Billy: I'm not! It's ---

Panel 3
As close in on the screen as you can get. Billy is being boiled alive in the energy beam fluctuation. Make this as grizzly as you can imagine, pull out all the stops – I want an image that will haunt readers in their nightmares.

Billy: EEEEEAAAAAGGGHHH!


Panel 4
Reverse view. Emily has fallen back in shock into Babbette's arms, who is shocked enough herself. Emily still holds her comm-arm up shakily, the screen now a blank white.
No dialog.