Strip 600 -- First Seen: 2010-12-24
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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
At the cafe, Pablo claps his hands, applauding Merry.
Pablo: Congratulations again, Merry.
Pablo: I said we were pack animals, to a degree.
Pablo: Luckily, to a degree we are also not pack animals.

Panel 2
Medium close-up of Pablo, about to take a bite of pie.
Pablo: We have both drives within us.
Pablo: We all have to choose which road we will travel.

Panel 3
Two-shot of Merry and Pablo at the table. You can make this a silhouette shot if you like but leave room for the extra dialog.
Pablo: Each of us has these contradictory feelings within us – a desire to have power over others, or a desire not to.
Pablo: 'Good' people eschew power over others, most of the time. 'Bad' people tilt toward control – or submission to control – most of the time.

Panel 4
Medium shot of Merry, poking at her pie slice with her fork, glancing up towards Pablo.
Merry: So I guess that makes me a 'good guy.' I don't want to control anybody but myself.
Merry: But what about the boys?


Panel 5
Pablo is about to take a sip of his coffee.
Pablo: Back in the old USA, libertarians used to say, 'anyone who wants to be President is automatically disqualified.'
Pablo: And here you are to prove them wrong – the President who does not want the job.

Panel 6
Marry looks thoughtfully into her own coffee cup.
Merry: Okay, I get it. Lawrence and Kinko have … uh … 'adopted' me as their leader, as their Alpha.
Merry: Once their debts are paid, I'll 'manumit' them.
Pablo: You're not listening. These guys are comfortable as Betas.

Panel 7
Pablo looks levelly at Merry.
Pablo: You cut them loose, they'll just find another Alpha – maybe another Morris.
Pablo: If I were you I'd try to be a benevolent dictator and lead them down the path of righteousness … and hey, someday you may want to have somebody whacked.

Panel 8
Merry looks indignant. Pablo laughs.
Merry: Pablo!
Pablo: Geez, Merry, you really have to work on your sense of humor problem.