Today on Quantum Vibe: Trading in favors Strip 544 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2013-02-21
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke 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.
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!
Panel 1
In Chan's office. Chan lounges in his executive chair as a stone-faced Peng-Bo speaks through the tele-screen on Chan's desk.
Peng-Bo: Chan, in the first place, I don't believe this theory. If Tong did plot the death of Ma, there are at least a dozen less ... spectacular ways he might have accomplished it.
Peng-Bo: And without the risk of involving off-world celebrities.
Panel 2
Medium shot of Chan, examining his fingernails as Peng-Bo continues OP from the telescreen.
Peng-Bo: Furthermore, the complications this could create would not serve either of us.
Peng-Bo: Accusing O'Murchadha would create an inter-world incident during the delicate negotions regarding the Ionian matter.
Panel 3
In Peng-Bo's office, two-shot of Peng-Bo and Chan on the telescreen.
Chan: I rather think you would be more inconvenienced than I.
Chan: However, I would be willing to suspend the investigation ... as a favor.
Panel 4
Medium chot of Peng-Bo, looking unhappy.
Peng-Bo: A favor. Of course.
Peng-Bo: Be careful granting favors, Chan. When accounts become too unbalanced, the scales will not usually tip in your favor.