Today on Quantum Vibe: The virtue of supporting receipts Strip 2179 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2020-12-04
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.
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
Sergio has stood up. Diana has started to rise but he waves her back.
Sergio: Please keep your seat, while I explain.
Sergio: You were missing and presumed dead after the Gran Raio.
Sergio: Then you showed up 52 days later -- 26 Octiary, as far as we can determine, with a rather fantastic story.
Panel 2
Sergio walks a circuit that takes him behind Diana's chair. She glances up at him as he approaches on her left ...
Diana: It has the virtue of being true.
Sergio: But with no supporting receipts.
Diana: I was on a JOB. Do I need to explain client confidentiality?
Panel 3
… and again as he moves away to her right.
Sergio: Please understand the seriousness of our situation.
Sergio: I have to know whether you've been compromised in any way.
Panel 4
Sergio turns suddenly, grabs Diana by the shoulders, and looks her straight in the eyes.
Sergio: Tell me NOW, where have you been the last two cycles?
Diana: I … I …