Strip 841 -- First Seen: 2011-12-07
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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
Angled shot looking past Emily at Pablo.
Pablo: However, there are mitigating circumstances:
Pablo: One, Emily's assumption that Libby was being harmed by Anton, was reasonable.

Panel 2
Closer-in medium shot of Pablo, counting off on his fingers (he's on the third one in this instant).
Pablo: Two, her decision to shoot first and ask questions later was not reasonable.
Pablo: Three, her quick action in helping get Anton into the auto-medic, once she understood her error, is a point in her favor.

Panel 3
Close-up of Pablo, with a very slight smile.
Pablo: Before I give my decision, I have some obiter dicta – fancy legal Latin for an arbiter's opinions … no extra charge.

Panel 4
Looking past the back of Pablo's head at the audience, who are all just sitting quietly. (We might also see Emily to one side and/or Guy to the other, also just sitting quietly)
Pablo (thought): Well, so much for attempted legal humor.