Strip 535 -- First Seen: 2010-09-24
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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 Wally's room again, Wally is still at his computer. He looks a big haggard, dark circles under his eyes. He's been at this for many hours. At some point in this sequence, we'll see a photo of his dead friend Billy, from happier days.
Wally: Computer – using data assembled from Examiner pages, compile input arrival schedules for ships from Terra, Mars, Luna, Vesta, Pallas, and, uh, Planetoid 51384.
SFX: b-deep

Panel 2
Looking past the holoscreen at Wally. It has several 'windows' open but we can't really see what's in them. He's looking a bit tense.
Wally: Computer – Cross-reference dates and cycles with incident dates from file, 'Spaceportmuggings.odb.'
SFX: b-deep

Panel 3
Again looking past holo-screen at Wally, from a different angle. He's looking even more tense.
Wally: Computer – Compile list of ships in port simultaneous with the mugging incidents.
SFX: b-deep

Panel 4
Medium close-up of Wally – now he's biting his lip, and one eye is twitching.
Wally: Computer -- now project the most likely future arrival dates and run cycles based on orbital positions within the next 5 decadays.
SFX: b-deep

Panel 5
Tighter close-up on Wally – now he looks manic, teeth clenched and eyes peering over lower eye-lids. Beads of sweat stand out on his face.
Wally: I've almost got you now!

Panel 6
Outside Wally's bedroom, Wally's door flings open and Wally dashes right by his parents, who are still standing there. (Actually, considering Cererean gravity, he practically flies.)
Wally: Make a hole!

Panel 7
Wally dashes into another room. Through the doorway we can see a toilet and maybe some other bathroom fixtures.
SFX: Whoosh!

Panel 8
Cut back to where his parents are standing, they're both looking in the direction their son went.
Wally (OP): Aahhhhhhh!!
Mary-Francis: No, no bucket.
Gus: Guess not.