Today on Quantum Vibe: Shovel Power! Strip 485 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Tue 2012-11-13
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke 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
Nicole suddenly leaps out of the rubble pile, in a high arc, twirling the shovel overhead. Her anysuit has transformed into the leather costume of a fantasy Greek Warrior-Princess
Nicole: Ai-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-!
Tough 2: Ho
Tough 1: Shit!
Panel 2
One broad and mighty swing of the shovel sends all three toughs flying backward.
SFX: BA-BA-BAM!!!
Panel 3
Nicole back-jabs the shovel handle into Tough 2's throat, stunning him
Nicole: KYA!
Tough 2: Urk!
Panel 4
With a wide 2-hand grip, Nicole brings the shovel handle up hard into Tough 1's jaw.
Nicole: HA!
Tough 1: AAAGH!
SFX: SMASH!
Panel 5
She swings the blade in a wide arc, catching Tough 3 flatly in the face.
Nicole: CHA!
SFX: WHANG!!
Panel 6
Tough 2 has come up behind her again, but this time she jabs the shovel straight backward and catches him in the solar plexus with its handle.
Nicole: HO!
Tough 2: OOF!
Panel 7
Multiple-exposure image -- Nicole back-flips over the bent-forward Tough 2, getting behind him, and jams the shovel blade-first into his ass.
Nicole: Duck Duck Duck GOOSE!
Tough 2: AAAAAA!!!
SFX: SHOONK!
Panel 8
Nicole stands triumphantly amid the battered and bleeding bodies of her fallen foes, holding her shovel overhead and grinning like a madwoman.
Nicole: It's not Aikido.
Nicole: It's not pretty.
Nicole: It's SHOVEL POWER!