Strip 632 -- First Seen: 2011-02-08
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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
Ernie in his office, on the Comm with his Mom. He's blushing slightly.
Babbette (from comm): Watch the cheeky euphemisms, young man. This is your mother you're talking to.
Ernie: Oops! Sorry, Mom.
Ernie: Anyway, they haven't done much.

Panel 2
Switch scene to the hotel outdoor cafe. The tables are all filled with soldiers having a meal.
Caption (Ernie): 'They don't mix with us, apparently they mostly eat in the hotel's restaurant and outdoor cafe.

Panel 3
A couple of soldiers looking around in one of the Place de la Concorde shops. This shop sells mostly touristy gift items. The store clerk looks a bit nervous but puts on her best face.
Caption (Ernie): 'Some do explore around the shops, although none of them has any money.
Caption: 'All they have are Continentals.'

Panel 4
Four soldiers in a street vehicle with the words 'Hotel Shuttle' tool around the downtown area, drawing curious stares from passers-by.
Caption (Ernie): 'Some of them drive the hotel shuttle around, apparently looking for central points of infrastructure and authority.'