First off, I have no idea what Rivera’s comment means in panel 4. As far as I can tell, it’s a non-sequitur.

And as expected, we jumped from Lost Forest to San Antonio, Texas where Mark is on his latest assignment. Mark—nowadays comfortable with brandishing his working relationship with Teen Girl Sparkle—is interviewing the notorious Tess Tigress, who apparently no longer recalls Mark Trail. This is an interesting plot twist which gives us the chance to wonder if she suffered a traumatic injury from Gemma, the rampaging runaway elephant; had her mind altered for some unknown reason by her husband, Jess; or maybe faked her amnesia to mislead Mark for some nefarious purpose.

Once again, Mark conducts an interview from a picnic table. He has done this in prior adventures. Can you think of any? I found two. “Big deal“, I hear you sneer. Okay, you try coming up with different things to talk about after 4 years!

I suppose picnic tables can be convenient and informal. Maybe Rivera just likes drawing picnic tables. And she did a good job of it, too. But why wouldn’t they do the interview inside Tess’s home? They would find more comfortable seating and better access to refreshments, facilities, etc.  As Rivera might state in a narration box: Good Question!

Art Dept. I recommend not zooming in on today’s art. Just take it for what you see. . . . . . . oh, you did it, anyway, did you? Don’t blame me for whatever happens to you.