Strip 686 -- First Seen: 2011-04-25
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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
Wide shot. Ed begins trudging (slow-walking Ceres style) across the plaza, starting from Chez Treif and in the direction of the Hotel. There are a few Belters lined along the sidewalk on the Chez Treif side of the plaza behind Ed, most of them with video cameras.
Caption: It was time.
Caption: It was past time – Ed trudged across the plaza a half centime late.
Caption: He needed to drag this out as long as possible.
Panel 2
Over at the Hotel, we can see Rhonda waiting with a group of soldiers (wearing sidearms only) in the hotel's outdoor cafe.
Caption: Ed could see Rhonda impatiently watching his slow progress.
Caption: Even at 50 meters Ed could see that she was pissed.
Panel 3
Medium shot of Ed as he makes his slow way across the plaza, with a grim expression on his face. He is now just a bit past the obelisk, which marks the half-way point.
Ed (thought): Just wait, Rhonda.
Ed (thought): Let's see how you feel in a few minutes.