Strip 657 -- First Seen: 2011-03-15
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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
Ed and Chang still talking. They are now both standing at 45-degree angles, in relaxed poses. The chill has lessened considerably.
Chang: You may be right, Ed. There are a number of things I just don't understand about Belters.
Chang: For example, you don't seem to have laws – that's anarchy.

Panel 2
Medium c/u on Ed, smiling broadly.
Ed: You say that as though it were a bad thing, Captain Chang.
Ed: We do have anarchy and that's the way we like it.

Panel 3
Two-shot of Ed and Chang. Maybe for variety, make this a distance shot, showing the Belters and soldiers gathered around and listening.
Ed: A stateless society is self-organizing. General guidelines grow out of the market.
Chang: Okay Ed, we need to talk. And just call me Chang, okay?

Panel 4
Close 2-shot of Ed and Chang. Ed is smiling broadly.
Chang: I feel as though you are secretly making fun of me every time you call me 'Captain.'