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First Seen: Mon 2012-10-22
Story & Art: Scott Bieser - Colors: Zeke Bieser
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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.
Updates delayed by Thundersnow [ Feb 21, 2021 ]
Scott's home and studio were without electric power for three days after the freak winter ice/snow storm hit Texas last week. That plus needing a day to recover and recuperate has eaten up his buffer of strips and put him a week behind schedule. We regret that a one-week pause in uploads is unfortunately necessary.
QUANTUM VIBE will resume uploads on March 1, 2021
Transcript For Strip 469
Panel 1Back to the drawing room at the Po estate. Seamus is apparently sleeping on the sofa. Peng-Bo is standing a few meters away, looking at him thoughtfully.
SFX (Seamus): zzzzzzzz
Panel 2
Drawing closer, Peng-Bo pulls a gadget from a hidden pocket in his robe. It looks a bit like a Star Trek TNG tricorder, but with a short muzzle pointing out its back.
SFX: (Seamus): zzzzzz
Panel 3
Peng-Bo holds the gadget with the muzzle pointed at Seamus' head, and dons a visor.
SFX: (Seamus): zzzzzz
Panel 4
Peng-Bo holds the gadget with both hands pointed at Seamus. An inset panel shows what Peng-Bo is seeing (translated into Anglish for the reader):
Inset Panel: Scanner-Decoder Dragon-5
Scanning for logic nodes within range ...
Node located.
Accessing node ...
Firewall encountered ...
SFX (Seamus): zzzzzz
Panel 5
Closer shot on Peng-Bo and his scanner, with the inset panel; his eyes widen with anticipation:
Inset Panel: Scanner-Decoder Dragon-5
Decrypting firewall password....
Volume AA23 accessed ...
Downloading ...
Panel 6
An electrical feedback shocks Pen-Bo, knocks him off his feet
SFX: BBZZ-ZAP!!!
Panel 7
Peng-Bo lies stunned on the floor, the tricorder lays smoking nearby. We have pulled back to see Seamus still apparently sleeping.
SFX (Seamus): zzzzzz
Panel 8
Peng-Bo half-stumbles away from Seamus, taking his tricorder with him. Seamus opens one eye to look at him -- maybe he wasn't sleeping after all.
SFX (Seamus): zzzzzz
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