Today on Quantum Vibe: The Houses of the Rising Sun Strip 794 - Click strip above to goto the next strip.
First Seen: Thu 2014-03-20
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!
Panel 1
Adileh and the Bartender.
Bartender: The company did'n' wanna bring no families here. Too expensive. So, it's mostly just men.
Adileh: Don't they understand what a powder-keg they're creating here?
Panel 2
The Bartender and Adileh
Bartender: Eventually, yeah. So they brought in some company … uh … doxies.
Adileh: Doxies? As in, sex-workers?
Bartender: Whatever y' wanna call 'em, dey're all in th' 'Rising Sun' franchise brothels.
Panel 3
The Bartender and Adileh – in the background, a male patron approaches the bar.
Bartender: I've, uh, made a few deliveries there. Don't like to, though.
Bartender: Dose poor girls look like they've been rode just about to death.
Adileh: Why do they stay in the brothels?
Panel 4
The Bartender and Adileh – the male patron has sidled up next to Adileh and is leering at her. She tries not to notice.
Bartender: Are you kiddin'? With all th' hungry wolves around, those brothels are th' only places dose girls are reasonably safe.
Adileh: I see what you mean.