Today on Quantum Vibe: Xie-po's promise Strip 434 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Tue 2012-09-04
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!
Panel 1
Flash-back, memory panel. A different-looking Tong is confronted by a solemn-looking physician.
Caption: 75 years earlier:
Physician: I’m afraid the damage was far too extensive. Only your mother remains alive, and just barely
Physician: She wishes to speak with you. I'm afraid she doesn't have much time.
Panel 2
Tong rushes to his mother's bedside. She is a mass of bandages and tubes, her face barely visible.
Tong: Mother --!
Tong's mother: Oh Xie-Po, I'm sorry it has come to this. But with the accident --
Tong's mother: I'm afraid our family is down to your Uncle Po, yourself, and Bo-Nu.
Panel 3
Two-shot of Tong and his mother. Tong is mildly shocked by his mother's words.
Tong's mother: You must promise me you will take care of your cousin, watch over him.
Tong: But mother! Bo-Nu is an imbecile!
Panel 4
Tong and his mother. Tong is looking bitter, but accepting of his charge.
Tong's mother: Medical science is advancing, Xie-Po. Perhaps some day they can ...
Tong: What was it Uncle Po always said? 'You cannot fix stupidity.'