Strip 186 -- First Seen: 2009-06-01
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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
In the Water Bros. Café, Smyth (holding his attaché case), Ernie and Bert stand next to the table where they'd been sitting. Smyth is shaking hands with Bert. Smiles all around.

Smyth: Please contact me when you are ready to depart. I will accompany you to deliver something to my employer.

Panel 2
In the foreground, Bert and Ernie are walking back towards their office (Bert on the left). We are looking towards the front of the café, where Smyth can be seen walking out the front door. Bert looks a bit agitated.
Bert: Ice transporters? The Kessel Run?

Bert (2): Ernie, what were you thinking?

Panel 3
Medium close-up of Ernie. In the background behind him, we can see the Pale Man making his way towards the front exit.

Ernie: Calm down, Bert.

Ernie: We do kinda transport ice. Sort of.


Panel 4
Two shot of Bert and Ernie, now entering their office, the door to it closing behind them. Bert is rolling his eyes, Ernie responds with a sideways smirk.

Bert: Now I know how little Babbette comes by her 'relaxed' ethics. It's genetic.