Strip 861 -- First Seen: 2012-01-04
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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
Ernie pulls himself along the hand-rails to the vehicle of his choice, with a frustrated Bert following, and Big Bird flying alongside merrily.
Big Bird: An excellent choice, sir!
Bert: No, it's not.
Ernie: Aw c'mon, Bert, I've wanted to try one of these out since I was a little kid.
Panel 2
Reveal of Ernie's new love – it's a replica of George Jetson's flying car. With the low-slung carriage, high dome, giant stabilizer fin on the back, a pair of bench seats that could have come out of a 1964 Ford Fairlane, with a joystick/tiller controller, resting on three landing-wheels. (Actually, held in place by some clamps for the moment.)
Ernie: And so have you.
Bert: No, I haven't.
Panel 3
The bros are in the car – Ernie in the front, at the controls grinning broadly; Bert in the back seat, looking annoyed. The dome is opened (it rotates back into the back part of the carriage) at this point. 'Big Bird' hovers nearby.
Big Bird: I will fly along outside your vehicle, and help direct you through traffic.
Ernie: Lead on, Fosdick!
Panel 4
The flying car exits the hangar, with 'Big Bird' flying alongside and slightly ahead. (We're still too close to the back of the monolith to see that it looks like a colossal Han Solo encased in carbonite.)
Big Bird: Please refer to the route map on your monitor.
Ernie: Hey, if I have a map why do I need a guide?
Bert: To keep you from getting lost, obviously.