Strip 2601 First Seen: Mon 2026-08-17
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Dark plans fall like thunderbolts.
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.
QV on a short break [ Jul 15, 2026 ]
QUANTUM VIVE is taking a break for a few weeks, as we prepare for Part 2 of the Novo Palermo story, and also for a Kickstarter campaign for Part 1, which will start in September.
In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.
Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.
Transcript For Strip 2601
Panel 1Alyss, now wearing more suitable attire, and her netas are gathered in her sitting room as before.
Alyss: So, mi queridas, did you enjoy your lunch?
Netas ( in unison):Si, Abuela!
Panel 2
Alyss and her Netas
Alyss: The three years following the flood settlement brought changes.
Alyss: The town of Juanita grew to twice the size it was before.
Alyss: Many new families moved into the valley, and the mostly empty lake-bed upstream.
Panel 3
Li is standing next to his combine, we see some wheat grass in the background.
Alyss (inset): Li’s first crop of Trigo Dura didn’t do well.
Alyss: The following year he switched to Rye Novum and did better.
Panel 4
Nicole stands next to a row of Avocado plants
Alyss narrates: My avocados grew splendidly, and in the third year I had enough fruits to sell profitably at market.
Panel 5
Talia Weinstein stands before a small clutch of youngsters, pointing at a screen showing the Persian Gulf.
Alyss narrates: Talia Weinstein opened an education pod in Juanita, providing guidance and tutoring to most of the children in the valley.
Panel 6
Focus on Warren, Brielle, Winona, and Robert among the children.
Alyss narrates: By this time Warren was 14, Brielle was 11, Robert was 10.
Alyss narrates: Thanks to the edu-pod their circle of friends had expanded considerably.
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