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First Seen: Wed 2018-10-17
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 1861
Panel 1Exterior of the Super-flyer soaring through a different sphere, this being the one where Alyss Roaz' mansion is located. Ref the final page of Venus 23.
Caption: Alyss' place was in a sphere getting quite a bit more light. It was a bustling place, full of energetic optimism.
Caption: I wasn't feeling so optimistic, though. I hoped maybe seeing Monty again would reassure me.
Panel 2
The flyer approaches Alyss' home.
Caption: Monty is the 'Cê-esse' of the house.
Caption: The word comes from the acronym CS, or Cérebro Sintético in Portanglish, which is one of their terms for 'Artificial Intelligence.'
Caption: Literally, Monty is the 'synthetic brain' of La Casa Roaz.
Panel 3
In the cabin, angled so that we can see Diana leaning towards the center console on the dash, with the a monitor screen. On the screen is an image of Monty's Python avatar.
Caption: Monty has various avatars he uses to interact with people, and other purposes.
Caption: As I anticipated, we were greeted by the Python.
Monty: Diana! As I live and breathe … well, you know what I mean.
Diana: Yeah, it's been a while. Mind if I drop in?
Panel 4
Cut to a room where we see Diana and Areum on a wall monitor. The Python is on a different screen. A silhouetted figure watches from the right foreground.
Monty: I see no reason why the hell not!
Monty: But who's your friend?
Diana: Oh, I'm building my own entourage, and Areum here is my first member.
Diana: What do you think?
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