Strip 251 -- First Seen: 2009-08-31
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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
A futuristic small airplane – make it a twin-engine propeller craft, with a large transparent canopy over the main fuselage (giving it a futuristic look). It's actually a VTOL craft; have the engines mounted so that they are capable of rotating 90 degrees. Inside the canopy are seats for six, (three rows of two), and the first four are occupied by Nisa (in the pilot position), Bert in the co-pilot seat, Mac and Ernie behind them.

Nisa: There aren't many roads on The Little Prince yet, so this VTOL plane is the easiest way to give tours.

Panel 2
Closer in on the cockpit, the plane banks a bit so we can see a large section of landscape spread about 2500 feet below. It's hilly grassland, with a very narrow river meandering through.

Mac: We've already started bringing in water from the iceberg you brought us.

Mac: Eventually we'll have 30 square kilometers of lakes, 180 sq. km of salt-water ocean.

Panel 3
View from inside the cabin. We can see Bert and Nisa in the front but the focus is on Ernie and Mac behind them. Mac is reaching across to lay her hand on Ernie's which is on his arm-rest. Bert and Nisa are glancing back towards them, with knowing smiles.


Ernie: Hmmm. If my math's right, you won't be needing any more ice deliveries.

Mac: I'm sure we can think of another reason for you to visit again.