The Comic Strip That Has A Finale Every Day by John "Scully" Scully for September 11, 2019

Texas Monthly magazine announces Josè R. Ralat as the nations first… Taco editor! Let us frolic and gamble in the meadows!

And now, it’s time for…. The Tale of the Giant Frog Creature from Outer Space! (Ep #62) :

“The dang mosquitoes have put space station into Planet Diptera’s orbit!”, exclaims Steve O, the bug squadron leader.

“Well, more for us to destroy”, says Brekk dryly.

“Ha ha!”, laughs Buzz the bug, and says, “I like your spirit, General Frog. But it appears like their space station is well fortified. We’ll need more backup if we loose any ships or soldiers in this unexpected battle. Our original plan was to battle them on Diptera. But after this battle, which will obviously be a fierce one, we may not be able to capably move down on the planet and take on more.”

“So, what do you suggest we do now, captain?”, asks Brekk.

“We’ll engage the enemy as we await for backup. Our second frog and bug unit should be here in some hours”, says the captain and squadron leader Steve O.

“I thought you bugs had invented hyper speed travel, faster or at least near the speed of light or something. Or is that some wormhole stuff?”, asks Brekk.

“Oh we have superhyperspeed travel, but that’s not practical at this comparatively shorter distance between two planets. The slowdown after the speedup would exceed the distance greatly, which would’ve propelled us way beyond your solar system. We’ll have to stick to the regular hyper speed now, with the help of the old orbital slingshot trick for additional speed!”, says Buzz Bug.

Suddenly, the alerts sound across the ship. “The mosquitoes have spotted us captain!”, says a bug corporal, “and it looks like they’re headed our way in their space pods to attack us!”

“Okay, creatures”, says Steve O, “let’s let em have it. Space battle formations now!”

Meanwhile, back on Planet Bribbitt, Commander Corey and the bugs and frogs team move into the snake territory to launch attacks on the giant mosquito creatures who have invaded and turned the snake territory into a vast breeding ground. They’re horrified to see the remains of slaughtered snak