Eh, don’t feel bad, Trigger.  Our town’s fireworks display moved to someplace further than a block from my house, and that’s the absolute limit to how far I’d be willing to travel for the pleasure of standing in the sweaty outside to watch explosions.  Instead, I’m spending Independence Day sitting at my computer finishing up page 1231.

And yeah, I really should have the next ACTUAL page finished and ready to post first thing tomorrow.  Random regional holidays aren’t COMPLETELY taking over the comic for this week, just pushing things back a day.  So be sure to check back tomorrow for page 1231!

EDIT: I just now realized that this page could serve as a prequel to THIS page, and I didn’t even mean it!