STRIKES THEM BACK!

Trippy early 1970s computer animation art by artist/inventor/pioneer, John Whitney (1917-1995).

▽ . . . “ What's wrong wit' kickin' back an' relaxin' every down 'nd then, Lex? ” As if to EMPHASISE his point, the LEADER of the Loonatics plopped back into the cushions of the couch ; the window across offering a PICTURESQUE view of Planet Blanc's scenery. “ We saved 'de universe jus' last week and we can't take a little break? ”

She is trying very hard to keep her game face on -- made all the harder by how effortlessly Ace is lounging next to her. It doesn't help that these plush, over-stuffed couch cushions are already beginning to suck her in like lovingly-embroidered quicksand. Curse Blanc and its insistence on designing everything for maximum comfort and ergonomics. Maybe Sylth was onto something when he said that Tweetums was a criminal mastermind.

"I'm not tryin' to be the fun police, I swear. It's just that every time I close my eyes, all I can see is unsigned extra-galactic zone ordinances. I feel like Scrooge if his ghosts were all niche applications of property law."