Today on Quantum Vibe: Panic-alarm Strip 1765 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2018-03-02
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Lea Jean Badelles Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Creepy moves in darkness dares discovery.
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
Diana is seated across a desk from Dong, a middle-aged Asian-type with a whispy beard and a top-knot. A bit of grey at the temples.
Caption: Dong was 438 years old but didn't look a day over 45. Like most people in the City.
Dong: So you are working a case where you may face personal danger? What can you tell me about it?
Diana: Very little, I'm afraid. Client confidentiality.
Panel 2
Dong and Diana.
Dong: Then there is little I can say to help you, Ms. Martelli.
Diana: Let's just say trouble could come from any direction, at any time. What can I do?
Dong: You might hire a body-guard.
Panel 3
Dong and Diana, who is looking a bit dejected.
Diana: That … might interfere with my work.
Dong: A good body-guard can be quite unobtrusive.
Diana: Someone that good would cost more than I can afford.
Panel 4
Dong holds up a small device. Diana peers at it with interest.
Dong: Then I suggest you carry this personal panic-alarm.
Dong: It emits a 185-decibel sonic blast in all directions outside a one-meter safe-zone.
Caption: Advanced weaponized acoustics. This place continues to amaze me.