1 {scene: The Axis of Antagonists' secret hideout.}
1 Aqualich: I wonder if the League of Good Guys are on our trail.
1 Sea Dog: Arrr! Let's be tryin' the TV.
1 Aqualich: You fool! Do you know how unlikely it is to turn on the TV and stumble across a story about us?!
1 {In the background, The Hippo flicks on the TV to a scene from the press conference, where Captain Spatula is yelling at the press.}
1 The Bug: {also in the background, in a corner, hacking on a computer with a can of soft drink in hand} {thinking} There's a human in my code...

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When I submitted this script to Dean for drawing, I didn't specify anything about The Bug other than that he should probably be visible somewhere in the background. Putting him on a computer was sensible (since he's a computer expert, after all), and from there it just made sense to put some thoughts into his head.

On the TV is the scene from the press conference in the previous strip in this story. (In case it was a bit too long ago to remember clearly.)

I wonder what sort of soft drink a giant cockroach would drink? Probably anything with sugar, I guess.