Strip 170 -- First Seen: 2009-05-08
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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).

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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
Very large panel, containing the upper half of the page. Crane shot of a street party / carnival in downtown Ceres City. A chaotic festival of revelers and various types of performers – musicians, dancers, tumblers/aerobatics (remember, .03 gravity). Included among the revelers are some of the Strike Force crew, in their uniforms but with insignia removed.

Caption: And to quote from a classic movie, 'there was much rejoicing.'

Caption (2): The Cerereans celebrated the end of the Strike Force Threat with characteristic gusto, in a massive street party in downtown Ceres City and dozens of smaller parties throughout the Belt.

Caption (3): The defecting Strike Force crew members were greeted warmly. Hundreds of new friendships were made that day.

Panel 2
Wide panel. Inside Callahan's, Captain Doris and Fiorella, flanked by a dozen other rock wranglers of both genders, are toasted by a large crowd.

Caption: Captain Doris and the 'Royal Flotilla' were the toast of the town.

Caption (2): Doris and Fiorella each received 127 proposals of marriage, all politely turned down.

Panel 3
Inside Emily Rose's room at the boarding house. Emily sits on a sofa next to Babbette the Younger, who has a comforting arm around Emily's shoulder. They are both watching the street party on a table-top video holo-screen emanating from a device on the coffee-table in front of them. Emily has that thousand-year stare. Babbette is simply solemn.

Caption: However, nobody really wins a war. Even the 'winners' lose.

Caption: 'Frenemies' no longer, Emily and Babbette became inseparable from that day onward.


Panel 4


The widow de León, sitting alone in her living room, dressed in black. She is contemplating a gift basket of flowers sitting on the coffee table in front of her. On the wall behind her we can see a photo of her with her husband Daniel from happier times.

Caption: Daniel de León's widow mourned her loss privately.