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First Seen: Thu 2014-03-27
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 799
Panel 1Murphy and Adileh.
Murphy: I know that I was designed to be a comfort-bot for wealthy men.
Murphy: But I've had more than a century's worth of experiences, I've been moded and upgraded a half-dozen times.
Murphy: Surely I've grown beyond my original programming?
Panel 2
Adileh and Murphy.
Adileh: Murphy, what you're going through is all too human.
Adileh: When you lost Xu-kč, it was like having part of your psyche ripped away, leaving a jagged hole.
Adileh: When Seamus came along you tried to stuff him into that hole.
Panel 3
Adileh.
Adileh: In the process you put him on a pedestal, creating an idealized 'Seamus' that only bears partial resemblance to the real one.
Adileh: He's basically a good man, but he has his faults, some of them damned irritating.
Adileh: You must give yourself time to heal, and time to discover who the real Seamus is, before you go jumping off lovers' leap.
Panel 4
Adileh and Murphy. Adileh is laying a friendly hand on Murphy's.
Murphy: There's also the irritating fact that he's engaged.
Adileh: Yes, well, unless and until they tie the knot, he's still fair game.
Murphy: I knew there was some reason I liked you.
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