Today on Quantum Vibe: A million light-years of Nothing Strip 2144 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2020-09-11
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
Dark plans fall like thunderbolts.
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.
Panel 1
Same shot from slightly different angle. Alex has turned back to glare in Zondra's direction.
Zondra (OP, electronic): I forgot to mention that we're in deep space, and there's a million light-years of nothing on the other side of those doors.
Zondra: So, you have ten seconds to persuade me not to open them.
Panel 2
Same shot, Alex is giving her the finger with both hands, his face a mask of grim defiance.
Zondra (OP, electronic): Ah, I see.
Zondra: Well, if you're not going to be entertaining, then ...
Panel 3
Now we see the exterior of Zondra's space-craft. A well-worn small cruiser, self-illuminated against a very black void. An airlock door has opened and Alex is getting blown out of it. He's still holding up his fingers.
Zondra (from craft): … To hell with you.
Panel 4
We pull back and we see the cruiser back-lit by a sprawling irregular galaxy beyond it.
Zondra (from craft): And now -- finally! -- for my well-earned retirement .