Strip 653 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Fri 2013-08-23
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.
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 653
Panel 1Nicole in space, turning to look at her companions in the background.
Nicole (thought): OK, got the distress call on automated repeat.
Nicole (thought): Murphy is STILL out cold.
Panel 2
Full shot of Nicole, looking at the palms of her gloved hands.
Nicole: I need to get to her.
Nicole: But this suit doesn't have thrusters. How can I ...
Panel 3
In the lower left of the panel, a close-up of Nicole having an 'ah-hah' moment. In the rest of the panel, a memory shot of her getting knocked backward when she fired her new handgun.
Nicole: !
Panel 4
Nicole draws the gun from its holster on her carry-all belt. She eyes it cautiously.
Nicole: Will this really work?
Panel 5
Holding the gun with both hands, she presses the butt against the right side of her solar plexus, turning her head to look back towards Murphy, who is behind to her left.
Nicole: Gotta position this so I move the right way and don't go tumbling.
Panel 6
Same shot – the gun fires, Nicole's legs flare out a bit.
Nicole: In space, no one can hear you shoot from the hip.
Panel 7
Nicole is now noticeably closer to Murphy.
Nicole: It's working! But I'm gonna miss if I can't …
Panel 8
Nicole reaches out and grabs Murphy by the ankle.
Nicole: … Grab her.
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