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First Seen: Mon 2011-06-27
Story & Art: Scott 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 136
Panel 1Inside the nightclub, Buford is seated at the bar. The crowd is a mix of a few Beltapes and a greater number of somewhat seedy-looking 'normals' of various ethnicities. The bartender (a 'normal') is serving her a drink (a frozen margarita). Loud music fills the air.
SFX: Loud music
No dialog.
Panel 2
A young male Beltape, drink already in hand, seats himself next to Buford, and chats her up. She is receptive albeit somewhat guarded.
SFX: Loud music
No dialog.
Panel 3
The young male Beltape, drink still in hand, leans forward to say something into Buford's ear. Her eyes go wide.
SFX: Loud music
No dialog.
Panel 4
Buford slaps the male Beltape; his drink hand jerks upward, sending its contents flying over his shoulder.
SFX: Loud music
No dialog.
Panel 5
A largish 'normal' male, who had been behind the male Beltape, his face covered in liquid, angrily confronts the male Beltape, who in turn bares his teeth at the 'normal.' Buford sips her drink as she wathce the unfolding drama
SFX: Loud music
No dialog.
Panel 6
The aggrieved 'normal' punches the male Beltape, who recoils a bit from the blow, bumping into Buford, whose drink goes flying over her shoulder.
SFX: Loud music
No dialog.
Panel 7
The melee ensues, another female Beltape (with liquid on her face and upper chest) punching Buford, the male next to Buford exchanging blows with the aggrieved large 'normal' male, and several figures in the background throwing punches, drinks, chairs.
SFX: Loud music
No dialog.
Panel 8
The police arrive, clad in body armor, helmets, and electric gauntlets that can subdue even the toughest Beltape. They charge into the crowd, punching/electrifying everything that moves. The riotous patrons recoil in fear but cannot escape the onslaught.
SFX: Loud music
No dialog.
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