Well now, she sure rebounds quickly. And you know what? Good for her! A schlub like Captain No-Pants clearly isn’t worth feeling bad over.

Speaking of Lady-Who-Still-Doesn’t-Actually-Have-A-Name-Yet, that second panel was HARD to do. I mean, the first page after a long convention break is always a bit tricky, since I need to get back in the groove, but this was CRAZY. I even got so far as throwing out a fully inked version and starting over from scratch because her pose just wasn’t working. So, long story short, that’s why this page is back to the usual super-lateness.

But something ELSE is back to usual too! WE HAVE NEW VOTING INCENTIVES AGAIN!!!!!!! So go vote and see! You still remember how, right?

(Historical Notes: I really do need to stress again that I had NO plan when I brought Astrid back.  Heck, I wasn’t being sarcastic about her not having a name yet; I really didn’t come up with “Astrid” until another page or two.  She should NOT have worked out as well as she did.  Working out LESS good is Disonar’s hair.  As eye-catching as the rainbow coloring is, it DOES mean that I can’t really go back and edit anything, and there’s a LOT of little details I wanted to correct but can’t without messing up the pattern.  Drat.)