Strip 1820 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2018-07-13
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Gus Mendes
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!
Transcript For Strip 1820
Panel 1Diana has now stepped up and is directly between Lorelei and Byron. Diana's guards have closed ranks a bit. Cooper is speaking with Diana, flanked by his lieutenants and three other Agents (the other six having moved away).
Caption: He asked me about my whereabouts the evening Juan was taken.
Caption: So I told him about stopping by the mall, the RPLC event ('just looking out of curiosity'), and getting followed and eluding the follower; the trashed apartment ...
Cooper: But why didn't you contact us immediately about your apartment?
Panel 2
Diana gesticulates as she talks.
Caption: In order to explain that I'd have to reveal details of our investigation. So, I fibbed.
Diana: I … I thought the building gerente would take care of that.
Diana: I panicked, okay? And I fled, and kept trying to contact Juan but he didn't answer.
Panel 3
Cooper is looking intensely at Diana, making up his mind. We can see one of Byron's cameras in the frame.
Caption: Then, he paused. I was worried he'd ask me about the dive I fled to, or the hotel I stayed in.
Caption: (I preferred to keep those hiding places a secret. Just in case.)
Caption: Or, that he might decide to make a grab for me after all.
Panel 4
Cooper is displaying a holographic business card, floating at his raised fingertip. The others in the frame look more relaxed.
Caption: However …
Cooper: Thank you, Senhora Martelli, that's all I have to ask you, now.
Cooper: If you have anything to add later, please contact me directly.
Caption: I might have felt relieved, but this was a bit too easy.
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