Strip 544 -- First Seen: 2010-10-07
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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
Wally is sitting, resting his back against the causeway wall. The witness who stayed behind is kneeling next to him, dabbing at his swollen eye with something that looks like a lipstick (but is actually a healing balm). The teenagers are standing by. The other two witnesses and the Stranger are walking up to the group.
Male Witness 1: I don't know how, but he gave us the slip in the Spaceport.
Stranger: I'd a shot the bastard but I was worried about hitting bystanders.

Panel 2
Angle shot, from Wally's side, Wally is looking up at one of the men witnesses who is speaking.
Wally: He's a frequent traveler, probably knows every nook and cranny of the place.
Witness 1: Well, at least we got a good look at him before he vanished.

Panel 3
Two-shot of Wally and the female Witness, who is helping him to his feet. Wally is looking at his knife, which has some of the Mugger's blood on it.
Fem Witness: As soon as he shows his face again, he's as good as caught.
Wally: I've also got a blood sample. Should record the DNA for the arbitration.

Panel 4
Looking past Wally at the two teenagers, who approach him shyly.
Teenage boy: Um, we're grateful for your help, but we were wondering ...
Teenage girl: Are most of the cops here as young as you are?