Bad Machinery by John Allison for April 11, 2024

Blossom seems to have found a new gaming group to replace Tuan and Corky. This is happening parallel to “Space is the Place”, so Tuan is in Wales at SpaceUK at this moment. No idea where Corky is; we’ll never see him again. He’ll be mentioned in passing later in this case, but there’s no hint as to what his fate was after “Lonely One”.

The original first page of “Missing Piece” was a three-row page, but it was split apart to fit the book format for publication. We saw the first two rows of it yesterday. Today’s bottom row was the third row, and the one where the title actually appeared — on the wall to Blossom’s left there. The top row is new, added to fill out the page.

Judging by the state of Blossom’s sleeves, Tania got in a couple of judo throw attempts.

She has been saving it for a special occasion.

Go, Blossom!

Oh, Blossom. So fierce, so strong, so potentially lethal! How can you not love her?

In Panel 5, is that Little Orphan Annie on the right?

I very much respect Blossom’s deep seated rage.

The chicken feathers say it all.

That poor, sad little red dragon appears rather broken. :-(