Strip 136 -- First Seen: 2009-03-23
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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
Establishing shot of the Rose seastead, exterior view. See notes that Sandy wrote about seasteads. The view should be something like a crane shot – an elevated view but not from directly overhead.

Julia Rose (from inside the house): Alfred, did Bobby go to pick up Emily from work yet?

Panel 2
Interior shot. A futuristic but recognizable kitchen, with sleek surfaces. A couple of pots steam gently on the stove. Julia Rose – think of Michael Lerned from the Waltons – is cutting up some vegetables on the counter near the stove. Alfred Rose is also in the kitchen, looking for something in the refrigerator. Put Alfred to the left of Julia.
Alfred: Bobby's studying for his journeyman exam. I'll go get Emily.

Panel 3
Suddenly Billy Rose is right next to Alfred, pleading his case. Alfred is looking like the cat caught with feathers in its mouth. Julia is looking at Alfred with some bemusement.

Billy: I can go get Emily! You said I could drive the sled to Ceres City!

Julia: You did?

Alfred: I did.

Panel 4
In the foreground right, a delighted Bill Rose bounds out of the kitchen. Behind him are stern Alfred and concerned Julia.

Alfred: Very well, Billy. Take the sled, and you go straight to town and straight back with Emily, understand?

Billy: You betcha!