Sometimes things aren’t as clear as they seem, are they?
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Nice comic. I really like the tension and character development created here.
Yeah, that’s right on. Great character beat.
Poor Ril. John’s expression in the last panel really captures the mood.
Thanks guys!
Whoah, unintended consequences. And now that you mention it, I could really go for a pizza, too! And, what do they eat on Mars, anyway? Pesky, trivial questions…
Well, they eat lots of nusnor, for one.
My firewall keeps flagging your site for malware. Have you been having issues?
I had some issues about a month ago, but they were cleaned up. I’m not showing any flags on my end and recent scans have come in clean. I just checked with Google as well (just now) and the site registers as clean.
Safari thought you were malware as well, as of about 20 seconds ago.
Ok, still not seeing it, but I’ll get it all scanned again. Thanks guys.
The first time I opened the strip, the page seemed to try and open a RealPlayer file and crashed FireFox, but nothing happened this time around after the browser restarted. *shrug*
By the way, Ril says “I’m the middle of something”; it sounds kind of strange without the “in”.
I like the strip, though.
There’s big problems with Facebook today, and my plugin for social buttons uses it, could be the source of problems.
And yeah, I forgot “in.”
Haven’t seen Ril in AGES! Great to see her again. Hope it’s not a brief encounter.
Uh, oh. This would have been a good time to remind Ril of the last “visitor” Earth sent after John. It would be a MUCH better reason to go back. “I’m not abandoning you, Ril. I have to go back to make sure no more killer robots get sent here to try and blow up your reactor(s).”
It has been too long since Ril. I missed her too! While not the main player in this story, she will be around a bit.
Not bad Uhl, not bad
Awww…poor Ril!
didn’t know they had chopped liver on mars!!!
Unfortunately, they have chopped liver everywhere!