Strip 721 -- First Seen: 2011-06-09
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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
This strip provides some background on the Space Scouts and the Water Brothers Crew.
First panel will feature the Space Scouts logo, with a background of radiating lines.
Caption: The Space Scouts organization was held in high esteem by Belters because it taught Scouts to be self-reliant and ethically strong. The ZAP – the Zero Aggression Principle – had a lot to do with that.

Panel 2
Flash-back panel, to the Guzmán brothers riding their improvised 'rock-rocket' from Ida to Dactyl.
Caption: After their experience at Ida and Dactyl, Bert and Ernie realized that the Space Scouts literally saved their lives.
Caption: Without their training and the practical knowledge contained in the Space Scout Handbook, their 'leap of faith' would not have been possible.

Panel 3
Wide panel filled with little vignettes, being the Space Scouts logo and head-shots of various people.
Vignette 1: Head-shots of Bert and Ernie with a Water Brothers Crew logo (modified from the Space Scouts logo, to be provided) in between them.
Caption 1: The boys decided to sponsor a Space Scout 'crew,' thus the Water Brothers Crew was born.
Vignette 2: Head-shots of Robyn, Libby, Emily. Libby looks really excited while the other two simply look pleased.
Caption 2: Libby was an enthusiastic first recruit and brought in her best buddies, Robyn and Emily.
Vignette 3: Smaller versions of the Robyn, Libby and Emily head-shots, joined with head-shots of five teen-aged boys at the same size.
Caption 3: Several boys joined when they learned the three girls had joined.
Vignette 4: 23 tiny heads clustered together – details will be minimal, but try to indicate 11 girls and 12 boys.
Caption 4 (placed above Vignette 4): Of course, that brought in more boys and girls.
Caption 5 (placed below Vignette 4): In no time, Bert and Ernie had 23 Space Scouts in their crew – 11 girls, 12 boys, in ages ranging from 11 to 19.