Strip 1842 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Mon 2018-09-03
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 1842
Panel 1Areum is holding up her right forearm; from the bracelet on her wrist a tiny orb on a post has emerged. Dong explains as Wook and Diana look on.
Dong: A micro-laser, used for communication purposes primarily.
Dong: Since we can't send a radio or q-wave signal, we can use this.
Dong: But only when we are in a line-of-sight with the receiver on the other end.
Panel 2
Looking past the super-flyer at a particularly decrepit structure. A large door is opening.
Caption: A few anxious moments later:
Dong: Ah, good. We are recognized.
Dong: Proceed into the structure, Areum.
Panel 3
The flyer enters a darkened chamber. One can just make out some not-at-all-micro-laser emitters aimed at them.
Diana: Nothing like a warm welcome to make us feel, uh, welcomed.
Dong: Do not take it personally. The Mechanic is very serious regarding security.
Panel 4
Inside the flyer cabin:
Diana: You say 'The Mechanic' like that's a name and not a job title.
Dong: She has other names, but this is the one she is known by ...
Dong: … and for security reasons it is the only one I can give you.
Diana: Seriously?
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