Strip 175 -- First Seen: 2009-05-15
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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!

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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Re-establish the scene: Looking from above and behind the captive Young and Harris, Emily steps past Reggie to speak with Bert. We can also see Fiorella and her camera.

Caption: As the surviving member of the murdered Rose family, it is left to Emily to decide the fate of Admiral Harris and his weapons officer.

Emily: Sov. Guzmán, my guns were destroyed when my home ...

Panel 2
Medium close-up of Emily, pausing in a fight against the urge to cry. Her head is bowed forward, here eyes clamped shut, her mouth clenched, tears streaming down her face.

No dialog.

Panel 3
Same camera angle, now she's standing straight and wiping the tears away on her sleeve.

Emily: My guns were destroyed.

Panel 4
Two-shot of Bert and Emily. Bert is handing Emily his Colt 1911 (nothing fancy, although it does have adjustable sights).

Emily: May I borrow your colt?
Panel 5
Emily has moved towards Harris and now stands before him, the Colt gripped in both of her hands, pointed downward at the moment. Put her in the left part of the frame and Harris in the right. We also see Young in the far right of the frame, eyes as large as saucers. Harris is scornfully defiant as ever.

Harris: Is this supposed to scare me?


Panel 6
Close-up on Harris, laughing.

Harris : Hand a teenager an unloaded gun so she can psychologically terrorize me?

Harris (2): Don't try to teach your grandmother how to suck eggs.

Harris (3): Do your damnedest, little girl.


Panel 7
Two-shot from the side, Emily shoots Harris square in the chest. If room permits show Young looking on in horror.

SFX: BLAMM!!