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First Seen: Fri 2014-05-23
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 840
Amos, Murphy and Mitch.Amos: Didn't Mitch tell you we don't ship sapients?
Murphy: Liability issues, I know.
Murphy: But I'm not asking you to ship me.
Panel 2
Amos and Mitch look confused.
Murphy: I want you to sell me a pockrocket, and I'll ship myself.
Panel 3
Amos scratches his head.
Amos: Um, well, I guess I could sell you a rocket, but you still have to deal with Ganymede Traffic control for a launch window and ...
Murphy: I'm linked into their network now.
Panel 4
Amos looks surprised.
Amos: You're what?
Murphy: I'm working through their system, getting the clearances I'll need. How soon can you have my pockrocket ready?
Panel 5
Amos is impressed.
Amos: I can have one ready for you in about four hours.
Muprhy: Good.
Amos: And it will cost you 300 thousand augrams, up front.
Panel 6
Amos and Murphy.
Murphy: I will pay you 75 thousand now, and 75 thousand you when you deliver the vessel ready for launch.
Amos: Uh, wait a minute.
Panel 7
Amos is in full haggle mode. But Mitch is looking really nervous as Murphy eyes his crotch.
Amos: I don't think you're really in a position to be low-balling me on this.
Murphy: Oh, I don't know about that ...
Mitch: OH GOURD ...
Panel 8
Amos is confused. Mitch is crying, looks like he's about to melt into a pile of goo. Murphy stands firm.
Amos: What -?
Mitch: My balls are on the line here, man! G-Give her what she wants!
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