Strip 988 -- First Seen: 2012-06-29
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Project Is A Go!

The Kickstarter project for our coming Quantum Vibe: The Murphy Drive (Omnibus 1) Kickstarter project has launched. The campaign for this project will run from 9-21-2023 through 10-31-2023. This will be your chance to get your very own copy of this Omnibus edition.

Several other Quantum Vibe goodies are available for contributing to our campaign. More will be added during the campaign as it grows. So you'll want to stay tuned. Follow the link in this paragraph, or you can click on the project art so you can join the growing Quantum Vibe fans following our project.

Kickstarter PreLaunch!

Check out our Kickstarter PreLaunch page for our coming Quantum Vibe: The Murphy Drive (Omnibus 1) Kickstarter project where we raise money to compile the first three Quantum Vibe Volumes (Nicole, Murphy, Seamus) in a single hard bound laminated book.

Several other Quantum Vibe goodies are available for contributing to our campaign. More will be added during the campaign as it grows. So you'll want to stay tuned. Follow the link in this paragraph, or you can click on the project art so you can join the growing Quantum Vibe fans following our project.

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Full-shot of Marsha at the podium addressing the audience, some of whom we can see in the frame. Angle is at artist's discretion.
Marsha: We have already addressed several severe dangers to you and your families.
Voice from audience: Oh really?
Panel 2
Looking down from the stage at the front row of people, a slim, aristocratic-looking woman (she could resemble Reshma Shetty) is speaking up.
Woman: Magnesium is an essential human nutrient.
Woman: The amounts found in water on Vesta are all in safe limits.
Panel 3
Looking past the woman up towards the stage where we can see Marsha looking flummoxed.
Woman: And low-level radiation -- up to 100 times and more than that of Terra background, is actually beneficial to one's health and ...
Marsha: Are you INSANE?

Panel 4
Looking past the angry Marsha at the woman challenging her from the front row.
Marsha: Heavy metals and nuclear radiation are SAFE? Where did you get that claptrap?
Woman: University of Mars, School of Medicine. I am a certified healer.

Panel 5
Medium close-up on Marsha, looking like a deer caught in the headlights.
Woman (OP): My areas of emphasis were nutrition and radiation hormesis.
Woman (OP): What are your medical credentials?
Panel 6
Cut to the second balcony, the Old Hobo is leaning over the front railing, shouting toward the stage.
Old Hobo: And what damned business is it of yours what I put in my mouth?
Old Hobo: I don't tell you where to put your mouth, do I?
Panel 7
A bit closer shot of the Old Hobo, now wagging his tongue lasciviously. The people around him are laughing.
SFX: [laughter]