Strip 675 -- First Seen: 2011-04-08
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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
Babbette lays her head on Reggie's shoulder, her hand across his chest.
Babbette: I admit it's kind of funny.
Babbette: But if somebody figures it out, we're toast.

Panel 2
Looking at the 'Juárez' couple from outside the train window.
Babbette: I don't want to have to ask some damned bureaucrat, 'Where's Waldo?'
Babbette: And have him answer, 'oh, he's in the back room being questioned by Officer Badcop and Officer Worsecop.'

Panel 3
Reggie takes Babbette's hand reassuringly in his and speaks softly to her.
Reggie: I shall endeavor to avoid such an unseemly situation, my dear.
Reggie: Anyway, nobody is going to figure it out.

Panel 4
Exterior, the train turns from the larger tube it was in into a much smaller interconnecting tube, only about twice the diameter of the train.
Babbette (from train): Yeah, right.
Babbette (smaller): Juárez, fucking Wenda!

Panel 5
They both straighten up a bit and Babbette changes the subject.
Babbette: While you were at the agency thinking up silly names, I was checking out the Ares City Yellow Pages.
Babbette: I came up with some great ideas for our last night on Mars and made some reservations.

Panel 6
The train pulls into a station. Doors open and people are just beginning to disembark.
Reggie (from inside the train): Somehow I think I'll like whatever you have in mind.
Babbette (from inside the train): First stop, early dinner ...

Panel 7
Reggie and Babbette in the aisle in the train car, Babbette leading the way off. Reggie has abruptly stopped as he reacts happily to Babbette's line, some other disembarking passengers bunching up behind him.
Babbette: We're going to eat the best steak ...
Reggie: The best steak in the universe! Gaucho's, right?