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First Seen: Thu 2013-04-18
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!
Transcript For Strip 580
Panel 1Buford and Nicole sitting together at a bar, their drinks in front of them.
Buford: So yeah, about the new Murphy. 'More self-confident' doesn't begin to cover it.
Nicole: More vivacious, more lovely, more everything. And she wants Seamus.
Panel 2
Buford and Nicole at the bar. Nicole is looking tired, resting her chin in her hand.
Buford: Wants what? Doesn't she know he's engaged?
Nicole: Doesn't care. She thinks that before marriage vows, a man is still fair game.
Panel 3
Medium close-up on Buford, looking thoughtful as she contemplates her drink.
Buford: I guess that depends on the culture you come from, I guess.
Buford: On Hygiea an engagement interloper can be challenged to hand-to-hand combat.
Buford: I don't know what the norms are like on Huoxing – or here, for that matter.
Buford: What does your implant tell you?
Panel 4
Back to original 2-shot of Buford and Nicole. Nicole has fallen asleep, her head still propped up on her hand.
Buford: Uh-huh. Guess who else hasn't been getting her beauty sleep?
Nicole: Z
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