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First Seen: Fri 2014-03-14
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!
Transcript For Strip 790
Panel 1Murphy: So, obviouslyl the two of you are old friends. Would I be too forward in asking about your history together?
Adileh: Not at all:
Panel 2
Flashback scene, young Adileh at her computer in her bedroom.
Adileh (inset): I was born in Luna City, back in, well, before the Lunar Republic.
Caption (Adileh): Early on, I became a mathematician, and joined a group of Lunans with the wild idea that they could revive the failed L-5 Space Habitat.'
Panel 3
Young Adileh and young Seamus at their computer consoles, with Seamus pointing something out to Adileh.
Caption (Adileh): 'My team was supposed to re-engineer the environment control systems matrix.'
Caption: 'Seamus also joined the team and very early on, showed exceptional skill.'
Panel 4
Adileh and Seamus relaxing on a living room sofa together.
Caption: 'He was also a skilled musician, and poet.'
Caption: 'He seemed wisere than his years, and taught me a great deal about how to enjoy life.'
Panel 5
A group of young revolutionaries gathered around a card table, arguing.
Caption: 'A few years later, as political tensions mounted, we became involved with another group, this one dedicated to establishing lunar independence.'
Panel 6:
A political rally-- Adileh is on the stage, a large image of her projected on a screen next to the stage.
Caption: 'I hadn't known I had a talent for rabble-rousing, but Seamus and Hari Copperton both noticed it early on.'
Caption: 'I became the face of the revolution.'
Panel 7
A group of young successful revolutionaries gathered around a corporate conference table, arguing.
Caption: 'After we won independence for Luna, we learned an unhappy truth:
Caption: 'Running a new republic is not nearly as much fun as overthrowing the old tyranny.'
Panel 8
Adileh, suitcases in hand, heads toward a spaceport gate, leaving a dejected-looking Seamus behind.
Caption: 'I ended up moving to L-5 City, where I'd hoped to revive my mathematics career.'
Caption: 'Seamus followed a few years later, but while we remained friends, we never rekindled the romance.'
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