Strip 366 -- First Seen: 2010-02-08
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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
Two-shot of Doris and Fiorella; both are astounded to hear the name Tobikuma Kobayashi.

Doris: Tobikuma Kobayashi! The reclusive multi-gazillionaire?

Fiorella: You talked him into funding an orbital theme park?

Panel 2
Medium shot of Arana at his desk, holding palms forward in a 'calm down, yes it's true' gesture.

Arana: The park was his idea.

Arana: He funded it and owns 40% of it.

Arana: I'm the Director and Artist In Residence and I have a nice piece of the action.

Panel 3
Looking at Arana from behind the girls.

Fiorella: But how did you manage to hook up with him?

Arana: 'Tobi' didn't know Arana Awatere from a hole in the ground, but he did know 'Mysto.'

Panel 4
Arana leans back and folds his arms behind his head in a self-satisfied gesture, and grins a big shit-eating grin.

Arana: He not only thought my 'environmental artistry' was crap, he was pretty sure it was all done tongue in cheek.

Arana: So when I approached his people, he was anxious to meet me.