Strip 471 -- First Seen: 2010-06-28
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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
More or less a repeat of the last panel of strip 150: Robyn, wearing the clothes she has on at the beginning of her story arc, and with a rucksack slung over her shoulder, is walking along a pedestrian causeway. Unbeknownst to her, a shadowy figure is stalking her. (We don't want to see him too clearly as yet – keep him in silhouette/shadow, but he's about 185 cm tall and weighs about 80 kilograms or so. He wears a baseball/trucker's cap.)

Caption (Robyn): 'It was a bit of a hike into town from the spaceport but I didn't mind – after being cooped up in the slammer for six months and then two weeks in Bob Cat's spaceship, I was ready to stretch my legs.'

Panel 2
The Shadowy Figure is now right behind Robyn, and is clocking her from behind with a fist.

Caption: 'Unfortunately, I let my guard down, and someone jumped me.'

Panel 3
We're back in the Café, we're facing the wall with the girls in the booth, but we're pulled back enough that we see a sea of heads and shoulders of people who have gathered around to hear Robyn's story.
Babbette: Oh, no! That's the third time this decaday!
Emily: We've acquired a mugger recently …

Panel 4
At another booth across the room, we see Wally Cooper sitting alone, listening intently.

Emily (OP): … Somebody should do something about that guy.