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First Seen: Mon 2012-05-07
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Quantum Vibe
A thousand years in the future, humanity has colonized worlds in nearly 100 galaxies, thanks to Quantum Vibremonic technologies developed five centuries earlier. Other new technologies have created various off-shoots of humanity and extended life expectancies five-fold. The story begins with how a mad scientist and his plucky assistant, along with their robot friend, brought humanity to the stars, and continues with the adventures of some unique people in fantastic places.
What Comes Next [ Mar 18, 2024 ]
The war is over, but This Means War has a ways to go. Novo Paolo/Bubbleopolis is still in a nebula/stellar nursery, no one knows what happened to the planet Sharen (center of the Intergalactic Council), and the status of the now-surrendered Invaders is yet to be resolved. What will they do when they learn their homeworld is basically destroyed? Will Alyss and Li be re-united? How about Diana (the real one) and Otto?
These questions will be resolved in the next few weeks, before This Means War part 3 wraps in late May.
After that, I plan to go BACK in time about 400 years, to when Alyss and Li left their home in the Sol System to colonize a new world on the far side of the galaxy. As one might expect, hijinks ensue. New subtitle yet to be determined, start date sometime in around the start of July. Stay tuned!
Transcript For Strip 357
Panel 1Nicole and George walk towards the door where the two bailiffs are standing by.
Nicole: What happens now?
George: The guards will process you out, return your property, etc. I'll be waiting by the exit for you.
Panel 2
A happy Nicole waves goodbye to George as the guards, expressionless, escort her back into the detention area.
Nicole: See you soon.
Panel 3
The guards escort Nicole into an elevator.
Nicole: I don't remember coming this way.
Guard: It's where we're going.
Panel 4
Emerging from the elevator, Nicole peers down a hallway lined with heavy security-doors.
Nicole: What -- what's going on here?
Guard: What's going on is ...
Panel 5
Three-shot of Nicole and the two guards.
Guard: We're holding you for aggravated assault on Mac Park.
Nicole: Aggra -- what? Mac and her two goons assaulted ME!
Panel 6
One of the guards has picked up Nicole from behind, holding her by her upper arms and carrying her down the hallway. The other guard walks alongside. Nicole is too surprised to offer resistance.
Guard: Is that your story now? You told the judge those injuries were from a fall.
Guard: We have statements from Park as well as Khenbish and Brandt.
Nicole: But ... but ... but ...
Panel 7
They stop before one of the cells. The male guard holds Nicole while the female slides the heavy door to one side.
Guard: We figure a few days in isolation will calm your violent tendencies.
Nicole: Wait! I want to see my lawyer!
Panel 8A
The male guard tosses Nicole into the narrow, 1.5 x 2 meter cell.
Guard (OP): You can see him in, oh, a few days.
Panel 8B
Black panel.
SFX: SLAM!
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