Strip 246 -- First Seen: 2009-08-24
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Indiegogo Campaign Has Begun!

Second times a charm. The epic QUANTUM VIBE: This Means War story concludes with Part 3, and we require funds to publish a print volume. To sweeten the pot a bit, a 3 pack of the print and PDF copies of all three parts of the This Means War story is a new perk. The stickers and magnet add-ons for the Project for a Free Cosmos concept (explained in the story) are available. And one final incentive for the first 20 who get there first, an add-on for a Free Cosmos Project coaster (1 per perk).

The campaign starts today, Sunday, November 10th, and will conclude in 31 days.

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QV9 KickStarter Campaign Has Begun!

The epic QUANTUM VIBE: This Means War story concludes with Part 3, and we require funds to publish a print volume. To sweeten the pot a bit, we have added stickers and magnet add-ons for the Project for a Free Cosmos concept (explained in the story).

The campaign started Monday, October 7 and will conclude in 30 days.

Click on this link or on the picture to back our campaign!

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Smaller of three panels. Tobi is speaking to Ernie and Bert (we can also see Mac and maybe Nisa, do a line-of-sight angle or something to get everyone in a smaller space.

Tobi: Elements in the Pakistani Sector government put out a contract on Ali Abdur Khan, a wealthy Martian who was funding anti-government forces back on Terra.

Panel 2
Largest panel, the monitor displays a street scene of Nya Darra Adam Khel, a Pashtun colony on Mars. Show shops in the background. [The town is located in a crater under an airskin. It should look vaguely arabic, but with modern elements. Think of Moss Isley (the town where the cantina was located) in Star Wars.] In the middle ground left, Johnson is spraying a crowd of people in the foreground-right with .50 calibre machine gun fire. I don't know if Sandy has a particular weapon in mind here. [.50 calibre machine guns are usually tripod mounted, so we need Johnson on/in some sort of vehicle with something like following mounted on it:
It should be shown that the machine gun was previously hidden in some way, perhaps under a tarp.] In the crowd of victims should be one 40-ish and very well-dressed fellow – the intended victim – and a variety of others, men, women, older children who are caught in the sweep of fire.

Tobi: Johnson took the contract, but did a really sloppy cowboy hit.


Panel 3
Smallest of 3 panels. Could be an inset into Panel 2. Johnson, standing about 15 feet away, calmly fires directly at the viewer.

Tobi: Apparently he didn't have time to grab the camera, which is why we have this video.