10 Kick Points to whoever guesses who the dastardly villain is who is creating super-barista-floozy-bots for Morebucks!

Is it Coffee Commander? Elon? Luthor Alexander III?

Better guess now, before the big reveal next week! Trust me, all the clues are there…

Sorry about the long absence, I’ve just been recovering from the flu. And of course, only a woman who has given birth without an epidural knows the pain of a man suffering with the flu.

We are big babies.

I am happy to report that I am taking care of two dogs on a beautiful hillside property in Malibu, California. There are also a couple of horses and a pen full of pigs here, but the owner has ranch hands that take care of those guys. Of course, that’s not going to stop me from getting a selfie with Django here.

Matt and Django in Malibu

Ironically, one of my doggie wards is also named Django.

Hopefully, I’ll shake off the last vestiges of this cough before I have to get on a plane early Friday morning, as I will be pet-sitting in The Villages, Florida for about two and a half weeks.

Oh, wait, forgot about the time lapse video. Which is actually, probably, a little more interesting than usual, because for the last couple of Java strips I’ve actually just been drawing all the figures from scratch instead of cut and pasting. Mostly because Java and Matt are out of their usual environments.