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First Seen: Thu 2014-03-13
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.
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!
Transcript For Strip 789
Panel 1Adileh claps her hands and her attendants come to attention.
Adileh: Jan! Jace! Bring refreshment for our guests.
Adileh: And then leave us. This is a personal visit.
Panel 2
The attendants momentarily absent, Adileh stands in front of her sofa, which has begun sinking into its platform.
Adileh: Bear with me a sec while I re-configure the room.
Seamus: By all means.
Panel 3
Comfortable-looking chairs along with convenience-tables, arranged in an inward-facing circle, have emerged from the floor. Adileh, Seamus and Murphy begin to seat themsevles.
Adileh: This is much better.
Adileh: The Padishah Empress bit is a running gag we have.
Murphy: I was beginning to think I was back on Huoxing.
Panel 4
The attendants bring drinks and hors d'ouvres on trays. Adileh is relaxed, laughing.
Adileh: Haha! I suppose my poor immitation of pomp and circumstance can't impress the former concubine of Po Xu-ke, huh?
Murphy: I think of myself as his widow.
Adileh: And you have every right to, my dear, every right.
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