Strip 472 -- First Seen: 2010-06-29
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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
Back to Robyn's story. She's just been mugged, trying to stand up while still dizzy, leaning against a wall.

Caption (Robyn): 'I don't know how long I was out but when I came to all I had left were the clothes I was wearing – my money, my T-comm, everything else was gone.'

Panel 2
Robyn wanders into the main part of town. She looks slightly disheveled, and quite wary now. Some of the passers-by glance at her but otherwise leave her be.

Caption (Robyn): 'I never felt so lost.

Caption: 'I wandered around the town for hours, not knowing what to do.'

Panel 3
Robyn stands forlornly outside the King's Court & Karaoke Church. Standing in the open hatchway and facing her is Guy Caillard, who is holding his hands out palms forward in an 'is there anything I can do?' gesture.
Caption (Robyn): 'I found Reggie King's place but some French guy I saw there said he was away on business. I didn't know who to turn to.'

Panel 4
Robyn is huddled up in a small alcove in a corridor. She has one of those haunted looks you see in those photos of starving African children.
Caption (Robyn): 'I found a hiding place to sleep for the night, and I was able to sneak into the Hilliott a few times for water and bathroom needs, but I had no way to get food, and I was beginning to starve.'