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First Seen: Mon 2026-08-17
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.
Launch Alert! [ Oct 8, 2026 ]
Ready for launch! The Kickstarter campaign to print the next volume of Quantum Vibe: Novo Palermo - Part 1 will take flight in just a couple of weeks on Oct 19th, 2026.
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Transcript For Strip 2601
Panel 1Alyss, now wearing more suitable attire, and her netas are gathered in her sitting room as before.
Alyss: So, mi queridas, did you enjoy your lunch?
Netas ( in unison):Si, Abuela!
Panel 2
Alyss and her Netas
Alyss: The three years following the flood settlement brought changes.
Alyss: The town of Juanita grew to twice the size it was before.
Alyss: Many new families moved into the valley, and the mostly empty lake-bed upstream.
Panel 3
Li is standing next to his combine, we see some wheat grass in the background.
Alyss (inset): Li’s first crop of Trigo Dura didn’t do well.
Alyss: The following year he switched to Rye Novum and did better.
Panel 4
Nicole stands next to a row of Avocado plants
Alyss narrates: My avocados grew splendidly, and in the third year I had enough fruits to sell profitably at market.
Panel 5
Talia Weinstein stands before a small clutch of youngsters, pointing at a screen showing the Persian Gulf.
Alyss narrates: Talia Weinstein opened an education pod in Juanita, providing guidance and tutoring to most of the children in the valley.
Panel 6
Focus on Warren, Brielle, Winona, and Robert among the children.
Alyss narrates: By this time Warren was 14, Brielle was 11, Robert was 10.
Alyss narrates: Thanks to the edu-pod their circle of friends had expanded considerably.
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