Strip 273 -- First Seen: 2009-09-30
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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
Medium ¾ shot of Reggie, leaning back against the table behind him. He has a very slight smile.

Reggie: Okay, I get it.

Reggie: Back in the day, commercial and military pilots saw lots of strange things in the sky.

Panel 2
Wider shot, including side-view of Reggie and some of the students, who are starting to relax a bit. They are figuring out Reggie doesn't think they're crazy.

Reggie: Those that honestly reported what they saw, were taken off flight duty.

Reggie: Their bosses didn't want to have 'crazy' pilots in control over heavy armaments or the lives of hundreds of passengers.

Panel 3
Looking at Irina and some of the other students, looking back at Reggie with growing appreciation and trust.

Reggie: Of course, the law of unintended consequences made sure any pilot – crazy or not – who saw something out of the ordinary 'kept mouth shut' too.


Panel 4
Medium shot of Reggie, in a thoughtful pose.

Reggie: Okay, tell me about the music.