QV07 page 32
Just a reminder that there is still a lot of chaos and destruction going on while people sit around talking.
Kinda unfortunate here I didn't indicate the buildings outside the window on the inks...
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QV07 page 31
Yeah more people sitting around talking. But at least there's no table between them. I wanted to re-introduce the character Kāng Min-Chèng, who will become more important to the story as the war ...
2021-05-04 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostQV07 page 30
Putting together a new social movement.
Some readers have complained the strip has a lot of people sitting around a table and talking. But that's kind of what leaders do. The point of this story...
QV07 page 29
Hammering-out details of a grand plan can be challenging. Here I have abbreviated the discussion considerably.
2021-04-30 17:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostQV07 page 28
The Action Team is now assembled, and includes two more members.
These character designs were roughly based on some Internet political commentators I listen to from time to time. The resemblance...
QV07 page 27
Even when the best tech is not available, medical tech in Bubbleopolis is still pretty impressive. But now we must turn to other matters.
2021-04-28 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostQUANTUM VIBE: This Means War cover art
Yeah it's been too long but I'm nearly ready to launch the next printed volume.
We're doing this differently this time. Before, we used a Print-On-Demand outfit (Lightning Source) to print our ...
QV07 page 26
The shape of that poor burn victim's face has made some readers suspect this is the real Diana Martelli. Is she? Maybe so, maybe not.
2021-04-27 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostQV07 page 25
OK, I have some time now to upload more pencils and inks.
Returning here to Otto Sullivan, who is learning about the limitations of 31st-Century medicine.
TMWv2 pages 23 and 24
I like doing the "fish on a bicycle" joke from time to time. It's sort of a QV tradition. But this is the first time the fish has had a speaking part.
Who is tailing Albert? And who is taili...
TMWv2 pages 21 and 22
Everyone's a critic.
Nuveau Mo'orea is a relatively free-wheeling place but no libertarian paradise. It has a central government which issues its own currency and then taxes currency ex...
2021-02-24 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostTMWv2 pages 19 and 20
And now we move to the idyllic resort world, Nuveau Mo'orea.
Playground to the wealthy, and goldmine of the grifters who live off of the wealthy.
2021-02-23 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTMWv2 pages 17 and 18
It seems that even at the age of 524, Alyss can be reckless when she's intensely curious about something. She just has to know all about it right away.
Will this come back to bite her later? ...
2021-02-22 19:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTMWv2 pages 15 and 16
The 'off the record' meeting with Mordy continues.
The homily, "beware of strange geeks bearing gifts" comes to mind here.
For this scene I had to come up with a logo for the Intergalacti...
TMWv2 pages 13 and 14
More catch-up time.
Here's our first view of Mordecai's lair. Full of instruments of violence and war. To Mordy, this represents Power and Status.
You can imagine what it represents to our he...
TMW2 page 12
Ah, Hugo, that lying rapscallion. What do you suppose he's up to in that last panel?
2020-12-31 22:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostTMW2 page 11
After the charming father/boa bonding scene, we go back to the Pillars preparing for a visit to the Galactic Council's new Interest Section. And guess who their secretary is.
TMW2 page 10
The Montoyas, father and son. (William was introduced back in Château Périlleux.)
TMW2 page 9
Sorting out and setting up the groundwork for the Diana Who sub-plot. The matter of Diana's back-up will become key later.
2020-12-28 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostPages 7 and 8
There are times when the colors just support the line art and times when the colors take center stage.
But Sergio will have a lot to say to Alyss about Diana a little bit later.
TMW2 Pages 5 - 6
Picking up the Diana Who sub-plot: Ah, the less said about it the better, except that I have to stop myself from letting Diana take over this story.
TMW2 pages 3-4
OK, meanwhile, back at the ranch:
That exterior shot of Bubbleopolis missing some of its bubbles took a fair
The Planet Shărén
The capital world of the Intergalactic Council is basically bits of every urban center -- homes, offices, factories, harbors, arenas, fair centers -- in our world jammed up together and repli...
2020-12-10 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis Means War Part 2 Pages 1-2
For opening up part 2 I decided to introduce some of the villains, especially two we'll see more of in this volume.
I also spent a bit more time on the art than typical, hoping to start of...
Pages 95-96
Aaaand that's it for Part 1. This is a 3-part story and I thought it better to split into three 96-page books than one 282-page book. And wait another two years to print the whole story.
I h...
Pages 93 and 94
Page 94 was one of those rare cases where I re-worked a panel after it was shown on the website. People were confused as to whether it was the Clínica or the building behind it that exploded. I ho...
2020-11-07 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostPages 91 and 92
I hope I succeeded in conveying that Albert and Sergio are old friends.
And Otto learns that no one can twist the knife like a well-meaning cousin. But she's right to encourage him to keep wo...
2020-11-06 21:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostPage 89-90
Yeah this story is starting to look uncomfortably close to real life, eh? Sorry about that, just a logical consequence of events I'd set up a year ago. I just hope real life doesn't get as extreme ...
2020-11-05 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostPages 87-88
Alyss is not entirely convinced by Diana's story. So after they part she sends a heads-up to Sergio.
Gynoids don't get physically tired, but "Tin-Men" like Alyss do get emotionally exhausted...
Pages 85-86
I could have sworn I had most of these pages in the que already.
Oh well, here goes:
Diana explains her disappearance, and wheedles a promise of work out of Alyss. Alyss sends him to ...