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1981/249/166

Another problem with this format is it's harder to do proper battle scenes. But since most people view the web-comic on their phones now I'm pretty well stuck with this. Until phones can project images holographically that are wider than the phone, or something.

1980/248/165

Alyss is looking like she's enjoying this altogether too much.

1978/246/164

That first panel is my favorite in this whole arc. The Marx Brothers reunited as the Martello Siblings, in a mad-cap adventure. Ah, the life I lead. (BTW when as a child I first saw the Marx Brothers I suspected the reason Harpo never spoke was that he was really a she, with those blonde curly locks, and audio tech in that era wasn't up to making "her" voice sound masculine. I soon lea...

1976/244/163

I inadverdently skipped a bit where Otto sees Diana get shot and carried away. I'm going to bring that up in a later strip, during the trial.

1975/243/162

Both Nurse Ienil and Doctor Gorveth are based on the same friend of mine, who in life is a certified Medical Assistant. So, I've "promoted" her twice. With her years of experience she knows as much as any nurse but the state of Texas insists that to be a nurse you have to spend a bunch of money getting a nursing degree. In Bubbleopolis, medical professionals are certified by private ag...

1973/241/161

Poor Otto. He's a good friend and really tries his best, but he's such a doof. He's totally crushing on Diana but doesn't know what to do with his feelings.

1972/240/160

Having nothing to do but ruminate about your failings is its own kind of torture.

1970/238/159

Originally I was going to have Belbenoit be Diana's tormentor but what with the model for Diana being a Canadian I thought I'd make a character based on a politician the real Diana is disgusted by.

1969/237/158

Marlon introduces Diana to a whole different sort of self-abuse.

1967/235/157

After the last couple of pages, this one and the next three were a breeze. Which is a good thing because I needed more time to get 161 and 162 finished on schedule. For the inks, I laid in one of Clip Studio's "linen" textures across the whole screen on its own layer and then cut and pasted in perspective in each of the frames where a "floor" is visible.

1966/234/156

This was one of those times when the four-panel / six-panel format was really annoying for me. I wish I could have spread that split-panel 3 across two full panels, but I needed the page to end with Diana getting shot from behind.

1964/232/155

That fifth panel on this page took me almost two days to ink, I want everyone to know.

1963/231/154

This has been Wook's worst day ever.

1961/229/153

Yeah that second panel doesn't look too cool in pencils, does it? I relied on the "perspective ruler" available in Clip Studio to render Wook's arrival in the inking stage.'

1960/228/152

Don't you just hate surprise parties? Diana does.

1958/226/151

Poor Wook can't catch a break.

1957/225/150

Watson! Quickly! The game is afoot! Or something like that.

1955/223/149

Not everyone likes browsing through shops. But many can't get enough of it, even in the age of home-fabbers and instant delivery.

1954/222/148

There are so many fancy shopping malls in the city. You'd think the people here have nothing to do but spend money.

1952/220/147

We all have dry spells. Sometimes, a Henny Youngman joke will fill the void. Or not.

1951/219/146

Skee-bowling is a sport best undertaken by androids. Bio-folk tend to tear up the rings.

1949/217/145

Even though this model of android chassis is long-discontinued, there are still a lot of them around.

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1948/216/144

OK I figure I ought to be able to get away with at least one Stan Lee cameo, seeing as he went out in a blaze of glory.Good night, Stan. I loved your stories.

1946/214/143

You might notice some considerable changes in the first four panels, between pencils and inks. Writing a conversation involving six people sitting together in a bin is harder than it looks, especially when one realizes late in the game that Alyss should be sitting next to her bodyguard.