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Strip 360 -- First Seen: 2010-01-29
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What Comes Next

The War is Over. We Won.

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
Large, flash-back sort of panel. A younger (but still quite large) Arana is in a wood-carving studio. He's working on one object; on shelves behind him are several other beautiful Maori carvings – see reference photos provided by Sandy. In a small cameo-panel overlooking the scene, we see Reggie, talking.

Reggie: Arana showed early promise of artistic ability, especially with traditional Maori wood carvings.

Reggie: He studied under a master carver and produced some beautiful sculptures.

Panel 2
Back in the present, Reggie is talking to Doris and Fiorella, who are turned to look at him.

Reggie: When we're all back on Ceres, remind me to show you several exquisite pieces I bought early in his career.

Panel 3
Looking past Reggie toward Arana at his desk, a bitter expression on his face.

Reggie: So what did your great talent earn you, Arana?

Arana: Bubkes, nada, zip, zero.

Panel 4
Another flashback panel. We see Arana, from behind, standing in front of a mirror, posed so that we can't clearly see his reflection. He's pulling something down over his head.

Caption (Reggie): 'So he decided that if art critics and fanciers weren't going to take him seriously, he wasn't going to take them seriously either.

Caption (Reggie): He looked around, saw who was getting attention – and money – and decided to create the most flamboyant deceit in the history of art.

Panel 5
Focus is on Doris, but above her head is a cloudy-bordered space in which appears the image of the masked 'Mysto.' It's a full-face mask with some bizarre design. Go nuts.

Reggie (OP): He put on a mask and …

Doris: MYSTO! You're Mysto!
Panel 6
Looking past Doris at Arana, who is half-risen from his chair and taking a deep bow.

Arana: Congratulations, Captain, I am indeed Mysto, the famed 'Interplanetary Environmental Artist.'


Panel 7
Pull back a bit so we can also see Fiorella, who reacts with mild shock to what Doris was saying.

Arana: How did you like my work?

Doris: It was crap.






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