Strip 510 -- First Seen: 2010-08-20
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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

Distance shot of the Mass Driver, headed for the edge of Dactyl, which is now only about 250 meters away. The brothers are clinging to the near end of the Mass Driver.
 
Ernie: It's jumping distance for one of us, but not both.
Ernie: This rig is so light, we really don't have enough mass to push against.
Ernie: One of us has to be that mass.
 
Panel 2
Two-shot of the brothers.

Bert: I should …
Ernie: This is not about who gets sacrificed.
Ernie: One of us makes the jump, takes the bad guy by surprise, recovers our ship, and comes back to pick up the 'mass provider' and we can both go home.
Panel 3
Another two-shot, different angle, but we see Ernie's face doing the talking.

Ernie: I should be the one to stay on the rig.
Ernie: I'm a lover, not a fighter and if things get dicey, you are better equipped to handle the bad guys.
Panel 4
Looking past Ernie at Bert looking exasperated.

Bert: Will you let me get a word in edge-wise?
Bert: I still think ...
 

Panel 5
Looking past Bert at Ernie, who is suddenly expressing fear and pointing over Bert's shoulder. Bert is turning around to see what's going on.
 
Ernie: Oh no! It's...
 
Panel 6
Ernie holds on to the braces on Mass Driver as he kicks Bert off the rig. Bert is caught by surprise and goes flying.
                       
Ernie: … it's Elvis!
 
Panel 7
Bert hurtles towards a rocky out-cropping on the surface of Dactyl, now only six meters away.               
Bert (thinks): Oh boy, this is really going to hurt.