I’m shocked, shocked to see Tess Tigress back in the country, apparently unburdened by legal technicalities. But as we’ve seen in this rebooted strip, nobody gets killed, hurt badly, or truly punished. Poor Mark! No matter what he chooses to do, he keeps running into the same gasbags, cons, double-dealers, crooks, and troublemakers. Maybe he just needs to get out more and meet a better class of criminals.

Okay, we knew where this was going. It is interesting to see that Tess’s former identity and costume was  used in her online photo, rather than the recent group photo with hunting garb. Perhaps Rivera wants to ensure that her readers make the right connection. But what other connection could there be?

In other news, is Cherry turning into a real Suzie Homemaker? I wonder how long it will be before she starts sporting a pearl necklace.

Art Dept. Rivera does some decent staging today. The overriding principle here is the alternation between Mark and Cherry, as they take turns being the visual focus in each panel (cM-Cm-M-C). What also makes a bit interesting is the variety of layouts Rivera uses in the panels.