Strip 147 -- First Seen: 2009-04-07
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Not-Safe dot Kickstarter

The big news this week is that Scott is preparing to launch a Kickstarter for his other comic, the very much NSFW Not-Safe.Space.

This over-sized (8.5 x 11-inch), 48 page book contains Chapter 1 of this naughty sci-fi spin-off, featuring Eithne Lamdagan, who happens to be Alyss Roaz' 7th-great granddaughter, in case you didn't know.

The story picks up roughly 2 years after QUANTUM VIBE: Assimulation left off, as Eithne and her K'Tagon boyfriend Ralff, wander through the Galaxy of the Gamer Godz, playing as the CUSH Queen, working to re-balance a real-life RPG that her travelling companion Hugo Galvez left in a bit of a mess.

Only instead of Eithne's CUSH turning people into techno-zombies, as the Godz originally intended, Eithne wants to make them techno-Succubi/Incubi, spreading what she calls an "Erogene" factor rendering them too busy making love, to make war. And of course, Eithne gets wrapped up in her work.

The campaign will start on May 14, and the link for the pre-launch page is here.

What Comes Next

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!

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
In the Water Bros. Café. Babbette the Elder is at her cashier's stand, leaning on her elbows, looking closer to her true age. Bert is standing next to her, looking similarly grave.

Bert: How's Emily doing now?

Babbette: Resting quietly. I've got an autodoc giving her mild sedatives.

Panel 2
Change to a side view so that we can see both Bert and Babbette looking in the same direction, towards the front of the cafe.

Babbette: I'm also worried about my granddaughter.

Panel 3
Babbette the Younger and Ernie are sitting side-by side in one of the booths. There are a couple of untouched drinks on the table before them. She is leaning against his shoulder, and his arm is laying across her shoulders. She has a haunted, thousand-year stare. He's doing his best to be strong for her.

Babbette the Elder (off-panel): She and Emily are, well, I guess you'd call it best-frenemies. I wish her mother were here.

Panel 4
Back at the cashier stand, Babbette the Elder is now leaning her head against Bert's shoulder struggling not to cry. He has his arm around her back, giving her a reassuring half-hug.

Bert: Ernie has strong shoulders. And so have I.