Strip 963 -- First Seen: 2012-05-25
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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
Leon continues.
Leon: Two of those armored cars contain some very nasty surprises; the others are empty.
Leon: Not even I know which vehicles contain the devices.
Panel 2
Leon presses a button on the electronic gear resting in a case in front of him.
Leon: I am now arming the devices and starting a countdown.
The Device: Chirp!
Panel 3
We see the screen of shocked representatives.
Leon (OP): The only way the countdown stops, is if I periodically send out a reset signal. If I am not here to reset the countdown...
Takahashi: You are bluffing.
Panel 4
The US representative broke the silence.
US Rep: I don't know about any armored cars, but the US wants to go on the record to say that this grand mission to Mars was vetted and approved by President Taylor shortly after his inauguration.
US Rep: It was kept a secret in order to protect the project from terrorist threats.
Panel 5
Closer shot of the US Representative.
US Rep: I believe my colleague from the Russian Federation was aware of this need for silence and that his government approved from the very beginning.
US Rep: Isn't that right, Sergei?
Panel 6
Sergei confidently supports the US Rep.
Sergei: Da, from beginning. And attack on ISS is an attack on Russian modules, which are Russian territory. Would be act of war.
Panel 7
Takahashi, incredulous, with a Japanese aide whispering to him.
Aide: General, an unattended armored car has been found near the Imperial Palace. A hazmat team has detected radiation from inside the vehicle.
Panel 8
Small panel ot Takashi, nervous and angry.
Takahashi: The Japanese withdraw their objections.