1 {blank blackness}
2 {zooms out very slightly, revealing tiny edges of white}
3 {zooms out further...}
4 {zooms out further...}
5 {zooms out further...}
6 {zooms out further...}
7 {zooms out further...}
8 {zooms out further...}
9 {zooms out further...}
10 {zooms out further...}
11 {zooms out further...}
12 {zooms out further... the pattern of black and white forms the shapes of skeletal eye sockets, nose, and mouth}
13 {zooms out further...}
14 {zooms out further...}
15 {zooms out further...}
16 {zooms out further... it's the Head Death's head}
17 {zooms out further...}
18 {zooms out further...}
19 {zooms out further...}
20 {zooms out further... it's Head Death standing at the front of a collection of other Deaths}
21 {zooms out further...}
22 {zooms out further...}
23 {zooms out further...}
24 {zooms out further... the Infinite Featureless Plane of Death, populated with everyone, and the Deaths}
25 Head Death: OKAY. WHO DESTROYED THE UNIVERSE?
25 Serron, Adam, Steve: Don't look at me!
25 Adam: By the way, myth confirmed!

And here we are on the other side of another New Year. As a friend of mine pointed out, I've now sort of "ended the comic" on New Year's Eve for the last three years in a row.

And yet here we are. Don't take anything for granted around here.

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2021-06-05 Rerun commentary: Looking at that second last panel, the big wide shot showing all those characters standing on the Infinite Featureless Plane of Death... I can't for the life of me remember how I made that shot. I don't actually have nearly that much area of grey baseplate. I guess I must have Photoshopped it somehow, but I can't remember what I did, or figure out how I'd go about doing it again if I had to.

The actual characters are plausible - I'm pretty sure I could assemble that many into a crowd scene, knowing how many minifigures I have. Though gosh, it must have taken ages to set up!

The sheer dedication of the person who makes this comic amazes me sometimes.