Today on Quantum Vibe: Things escalated Strip 804 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2014-04-03
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
Back to the past. Same kitchen, but now Li's parents are screaming at each other.
Li (caption): 'Anyway, Dad's middle-management job was stressful, and he had an unfortunate tendency to bring his stress home with him.'
Panel 2
Medium close-up of young Li and his younger sister, Li (now about 10) holding her protectively as they watches their parents – we only see their shadows, and that the father is beating on the mother. The focus is on the fear and pain in the childrens' eyes.
Li (caption): 'As the years went by, things escalated.
Li: 'The screaming fights turned into fist-fights, which Dad usually won.'
Panel 3
Now Li's mom is smacking Li as his sister looks on in terror.
Li: 'And then after Mom lost a fight, it was my turn to take a beating.
Li: 'At least she never hit Jasmine, my sister.'
Panel 4
Young Li (now about 13) is standing fearfully outside the door to his parents' bedroom, eavesdropping.
Li: 'And then, in one night, it was all over.
Li: 'First I heard screaming, then banging, and then ...
Li: … silence.'