I have been asked to direct readers to previous appearances of the mysterious character on the other end of Therm's comm system.

Ya-cha-cha.

Honestly, it's like you can't take a hundred strips off without people forgetting who you are...

(On a related note, last Friday's "ARMS" joke is explained here.)

A note on today's comic: though Therm is flying in front of the panel borders, the speech follows usual flow, moving down one panel before moving on to the next.

This one was also much easier to process, since Julian does not touch the outline of the aura, so Magic Wand tool was able to function correctly. Also, I was able to lift him out to his own layer and give him a bit of a glow. This pleases me.

For those who are interested, for this strip I returned briefly to the old resolution, drawing the strip in one piece across an A4 page (landscape). Therm and the city backdrop were drawn separately. See, I am learning.

One more thing ... now I'm looking at it on an LCD monitor I see that the copyright notice goes in front of the art. I think I'll fix that when I have a chance.