Strip 198 -- First Seen: 2009-06-17
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On Their Way....

This is a message for the IGG QV9 backers! For those of you who ordered physical perks, they are on their way via USPS. For those of you who selected one or more of the PDF perks, you should have received an email from DriveThruComics.com. That email contains links to the vouchers you need to download your copy of the PDF you requested.

If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to check your spam folder. If you still can't find the email from DriveThruComics, let us know and we'll get the links you need.

Signing and Shipping

Scott has finished autographing all the books, and we've started shipping them out. Your physical perks should show up in the next week or so (might be a bit longer for international shipments). We expect to send out vouchers (via email) to those who wanted the PDF e-books.

Once again, many thanks to our backers. Stand by for further updates.

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
In the flight cabin of Little Toot, Ernie is settling into the second acceleration couch to the left of Bert..
Caption: The remainder of the journey to The Little Prince was uneventful, until, just over five million klicks out ...

Ernie: You wanted to show me something?

Bert: Yeah ...


Panel 2
Looking at a large navigation viewscreen on Bert's console. In the center is a bright disk about 2cm in diameter, surrounded by a fuzzy halo about 13cm in diameter. There's a very tiny but distinct black dot just inside the right edge of the halo.

The screen also has various fancy reticles and a numeric readout in the lower left corner (think of the screen animations on 2001: A Space Odyssey). We can also see Bert's hand pointing at the disk.
Bert: That's the Little Prince there

Bert (2): It's a 10km planetoid inside a 80km air skin. I have no idea what that tiny lump to the right is.

Panel 3
Looking at the brothers, from slightly forward of a side-view, both leaning forward into the screen, their faces illuminated by it.

Bert: It's not a mountain. It appears to be inside the air skin, but that's not possible.

Panel 4
The brothers, seen from the front, still leaning towards the screen but now looking at each other.

Ernie: It sure looks like it's inside, but that's not the only odd thing ...

Bert: Yeah ...