Strip 369 -- First Seen: 2010-02-11
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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
Still at the knife fighting class. Guy and Wally square off, holding their wooden knives “icepick” stile for close combat as Bryce watches from nearby. Guy is a bit larger than Wally yet, but the match isn't horrendously lopsided. Wally puts on a show of bravado.

Wally: Watch yerself, Terry. Amina cut ya.

Panel 2
Wally thrusts, Guy easily parries with his left palm against Wally's wrist.

Guy: Aha! Playing with the psychology, eh?

Panel 3
Guy now holds Wally's knife arm with his left wrist while he thrusts the wooden knife at the boy's torso, jabbing him in the solar plexus (not breaking skin, of course). The jab stuns Wally.
Guy: But my name is not 'Terry,' it is Guy. Please remember that.

Panel 4
Guy has now whirled the boy around so that he's behind the lad and has the boy's right arm pinned while he's reached around with his own knife and has it pressed against the boy's throat.
Wally: Believe me, I don't forget a lesson.