Today on Quantum Vibe: Aggravated stress Strip 467 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2012-10-18
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.)
Panel 1
In the examination room, Nicole and Buford (Ventura is waiting in the lobby) with Dr. Lee -- a very slender Korean man. Buford, her Anysuit turned off and pulled down to just below her waist, is lying prone on a bench while Lee holds a scanning device over her lower back.
Dr. Lee: Ah yes, lower back stress, very common in Beltapes.
Dr. Lee: Have you ridden in a Tube recently?
Panel 2
Nicole looks embarrassed.
Buford: Yeah, my friend here thought it would be 'interesting.'
Dr. Lee: Well, that is an interesting way of putting it. The tube likely aggravated the stress you already had from local gravity.
Panel 3
Same shot. Nicole looks guilty.
Buford: So, what can be done about it?
Dr. Lee: For now, I can give you steroids for the pain.
Dr. Lee: Also, I can give you nanites to strengthen your Thoracolumbar fascia.
Panel 4
Same shot. Nicole gamely tries levity.
Nicole: I'm all for a stronger Thoracolumbo whatchamacallem!
Buford: Can you give her somet'ing that'll make her talk less?