Quantum Vibe Volume 1: Nicole

by Scott Bieser, Zeke Bieser (Illustrator)

Overview

Five hundred years in the future, a smart, high-spirited and hard-drinking young woman begins a tour of the Solar System with a centuries-old mad scientist, who has employed her in a project that will change the course of trans-human history. The two face the dangers not only of hostile otherworldly environments, but of human treachery, as unscrupulous corporate powers seek to learn what this scientist is up to. Collects the first 400 strips of the popular serial-adventure webcomic by Scott Bieser.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780985316747
Publisher:	Big Head Press
Publication date:	06/03/2013
Series:	Quantum Vibe , #1
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.51(d)

Editorial Reviews

This collects the first 400 strips of Bieser’s science fiction Web comic, set in 2523, which he has published online since 2011. Out of work and recently dumped by her parasitic boyfriend Philbert, Nicole Oresme abandons her life in L-5 Space City for a position with the flamboyantly eccentric scientist Dr. Seamus O Murchada. Her first assignment takes her into the photosphere of the Sun, and this proves all too typical of life with O Murchada. Nicole must deal with corrupt, ambitious plutocrats, a shape-shifting Lothario, and (very briefly) the return of the unsavory Philbert. The solar encounter is followed by attempted assassinations, police brutality, legal shenanigans, and betrayal, but also unexpected revelations and well-earned triumphs. Bieser’s 2523 isn’t particularly original, but originality is sometimes overrated, and the author/artist reuses the established set pieces and tropes of libertarian-flavored science fiction with enthusiasm and some degree of ingenuity. Although the politics get a bit heavy-handed at times, the author avoids the mistake of turning his naïve young protagonist into a mere billboard for her creator’s ideology; instead, Nicole has concerns and ambitions of her own. (June)

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