Today on Quantum Vibe: Happens all the time Strip 503 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2012-12-20
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
The paramedics now have Ma-Bo's body on a stretcher, zipping him into his body-bag. Behind them, Ho and Lu look on.
Ho: So, again, what is your read on this?
Lu: The deceased – Ma-Bo Nu – has some connection to this android-theft ring. Maybe a customer, maybe a procurer.
Panel 2
Ho and Lu follow the paramedics and the stretcher out of the alleyway.
Ho: Looks like they had a disagreement.
Lu: Happens often in the black-market – someone gets too greedy, or a promise gets unfulfilled. Then the long knives come out.
Panel 3
Close 2-shot of Ho and Lu.
Ho: Or in this case, a long shovel.
Lu: That is a singular detail. The shovel likely was pulled out of that trash pile, but we'll check and see if it could have come from elsewhere.
Ho: Well, eventually we'll get the story when one of those punks gets out of the medi-vat.
Panel 4
The pair walk right by the side-alleyway where Ma-Bo encountered Buford, with the Ma-Bo shaped impression still on the ground. The investigators don't seem to notice it.
Lu: It may not be a true story, Ho.
Ho: True or not, I suspect the vic's family will want a less embarrassing story.