Strip 434 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Tue 2012-09-04
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Sci-Fi Adventure Monday & Thursday.
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.
Kickstarter successful and closed [ May 19, 2026 ]
The Kickstarter campaign for Not-Safe.Space Chapter 3 concluded successfully on April 21, and Scott extended the time allowed for late pledges until May 19.
Books have been ordered from the printer and Scott will be spending the next week or so setting up and sending the PDF files to those who asked for them.
(There are still six of you who have not responded to the survey asking for e-mail and snail-mail addresses, he'll do the best he can.)
Thanks to all for supporting this Kickstarter!
Transcript For Strip 434
Panel 1Flash-back, memory panel. A different-looking Tong is confronted by a solemn-looking physician.
Caption: 75 years earlier:
Physician: I’m afraid the damage was far too extensive. Only your mother remains alive, and just barely
Physician: She wishes to speak with you. I'm afraid she doesn't have much time.
Panel 2
Tong rushes to his mother's bedside. She is a mass of bandages and tubes, her face barely visible.
Tong: Mother --!
Tong's mother: Oh Xie-Po, I'm sorry it has come to this. But with the accident --
Tong's mother: I'm afraid our family is down to your Uncle Po, yourself, and Bo-Nu.
Panel 3
Two-shot of Tong and his mother. Tong is mildly shocked by his mother's words.
Tong's mother: You must promise me you will take care of your cousin, watch over him.
Tong: But mother! Bo-Nu is an imbecile!
Panel 4
Tong and his mother. Tong is looking bitter, but accepting of his charge.
Tong's mother: Medical science is advancing, Xie-Po. Perhaps some day they can ...
Tong: What was it Uncle Po always said? 'You cannot fix stupidity.'
Web-comics Scott Reads
SPACETRAWLERGrrl Power
Schlock Mercenary
Unsounded
Girl Genius
XKCD
Drive
Day By Day
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Questionable Content
Gunnerkrigg Court
Something * Positive
Oglaf (NSFW)
Trekker
POWERNAP
Cassiopeia Quinn
Dresden Codak
Devil's Candy
For news and reviews:
Bleeding Cool
Comics Worth Reading
Framing Graphics © 2024 Big Head Press