Strip 262 -- First Seen: 2009-09-15
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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
Two-shot of Reggie and Dr. Peña. Peña is still looking hostile, but is listening.

Reggie: In the late 20th Century there was a 'psychic' who claimed to be able to bend spoons and perform other miracles, with only the power of his mind.

Panel 2
Flashback panel. The psychic in question (make him lanky, with a long, clean-shaven face, large nose, and give him black bushy hair) is sitting in a chair with electrodes taped to his forehead and various circa-1975 technical gear and some very intent-looking scientists.

Caption (Reggie): 'When scientists examined him, they looked for what forces in nature could be at work.

Caption (Reggie): 'The idea that this guy was actively misleading them, never crossed their minds. They were mystified.

Panel 3
Medium shot of James Randi, the famous paranormal debunker, sitting in an audience with a few other men of various ages, with his arms crossed, one eyebrow raised (Spock-like), and a smirk. The other men also have similar (but not identical) expressions.

Caption (Reggie): 'When professional magicians watched his performance, they immediately saw how he did it.

Caption (Reggie): 'And brother, it wasn't his mind. It was no more than a very primitive sleight of hand.'

Panel 4
Back to the 'present.' Reggie spreads his arms as he makes his point.

Reggie: Great magicians headline at the Rio in Vegas, mediocre ones become 'psychics.'