Strip 534 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2013-02-07
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.
QV on a short break [ Jul 15, 2026 ]
QUANTUM VIVE is taking a break for a few weeks, as we prepare for Part 2 of the Novo Palermo story, and also for a Kickstarter campaign for Part 1, which will start in September.
In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.
Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.
Transcript For Strip 534
Panel 1Xie-Po and Seamus are now standing on either side of their kiosk, personal Screens in-hand. Xie-Po is looking in the direction where Shen just departed.
Xie-Po: Impressive. Perhaps I should get my own security team.
Seamus: As status symbols go, those are fairly expensive. You have to keep paying them.
Panel 2
The place their screens against the kiosk consoles.
Xie-Po: In a few moments I will have the cash. And I am a person of considerable wealth now.
Seamus: Do as you think best. I prefer to rely on my zringer, and my wits.
Panel 3
They stand by while the transaction processes.
Xie-Po: You know, I've heard that bandits are now carrying zinger-suppressing devices.
Seamus: I have heard the same thing. Which suggests my next line of research, after this project is completed.
Panel 4
The men remove their screens from the kiosk consoles. Seamus smiles wryly.
Xie-Po: Suppressor-proof zingers?
Seamus: Or maybe zinger-suppressor suppressors. Imagine how surprised the bandits would be.
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