Strip 187 -- First Seen: 2009-06-02
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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
Interior of the Water Bros. Office. It's about 12x14 feet, has two desks with the usual futuristic accessories, some filing cabinets, a dart board, a sofa, two extra chairs positioned somewhat hap-hazardly. Walls festooned with photographs, plaques, etc. although not so many as in Reggie King's office. Most of the photographs are of the Ice Hammers hockey team and players. Show a hockey stick propped up in a corner. There should be a back door. (not everything has to be in this panel)

We see the brothers from behind, walking into their lair.

Ernie: Sorry about the 'Kessel Run' comment ...

Ernie (2): Last night I was in the total immersion VR re-release of Star Wars. I played the Han Solo role.


Panel 2
Medium 2-shot of Ernie and Bert. Ernie is his usual devil-may-care self, Bert is getting exasperated.

Ernie: Anyway, we got the gig.

Bert: Ernie, we don't have a ship, Millennium Falcon or otherwise.


Panel 3
Ernie holds his left index finger up in a classic 'aha!' pose. Bert has a hand on his own forehead like he's getting a headache.

Ernie: Yeah, but Reggie has a burner-tug that he rents out to newbies until they can afford to fab their own.