Strip 189 -- First Seen: 2009-06-04
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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
Inside Bert and Ernie's office. Ernie is seated at his desk, looking at his desktop holodisplay. He's motioning for Bert to come over, and Bert is almost there.

Ernie: Check it out, Bert.

Ernie (2): Look what I found on belt.craigslist.org.


Panel 2
Closer shot on Ernie and Bert peering at the screen. Bert reads aloud.

Bert: Selling water ice from 5 million tonne captured Kuiper belt berg at Sun-Ceres L4. Call or t-mail for current price.

Bert (2): Substantial discounts for large purchases. Contact Li Chang at ...

Panel 3
Ernie interrupts Bert's reading by tapping him on the chest with the back of his hand.

Ernie: I'll call Li if you'll contact Reggie about his burner-tug. Five million is in the range Smyth specified for the delivery.

Panel 4
Bert is now moving towards his own desk, Ernie in the background.

Ernie: We got more than enough in the advance to buy the whole damned berg at current water prices.