Strip 273 -- First Seen: 2009-09-30
Escape From Terra is updated with new pages every Monday through Friday.

Halfway there!

The Kickstarter campaign to print the next volume of Quantum Vibe: Novo Palermo - Part 1 is now halfway to our goal. We need your help getting the rest of the way there. Tell your friends, family members, and your pets to back our campaign.

Every little bit helps! The campaign ends midnight (US central time) November 18. So there's still time to get the word out, or maybe add another item to your current pledge.

Your reward for backing our campaign starts with a personalized signed copy of the perfect bound printed collection of the online strip. You may also choose the ebook edition, a PDF downloadable from DriveThruComics.

And back by popular demand, coasters, magnets and stickers. Click on the art on the left, to go to our campaign page where you can back our campaign.

QV on a short break

QUANTUM VIVE is taking a break for a few weeks, as we prepare for Part 2 of the Novo Palermo story, and also for a Kickstarter campaign for Part 1, which will start in September.

In the meantime, Not-Safe.Space will continue, as a murder mystery begins and the relationship between Eithne and Diana develops in unexpected directions.

Not-Safe.Space is a NSFW strip but more than half the pages are SFW so I've set those to *not* require a Patreon membership. Readers should be able to follow the story without seeing the NSFW pages. If I've done this right.

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Medium ¾ shot of Reggie, leaning back against the table behind him. He has a very slight smile.

Reggie: Okay, I get it.

Reggie: Back in the day, commercial and military pilots saw lots of strange things in the sky.

Panel 2
Wider shot, including side-view of Reggie and some of the students, who are starting to relax a bit. They are figuring out Reggie doesn't think they're crazy.

Reggie: Those that honestly reported what they saw, were taken off flight duty.

Reggie: Their bosses didn't want to have 'crazy' pilots in control over heavy armaments or the lives of hundreds of passengers.

Panel 3
Looking at Irina and some of the other students, looking back at Reggie with growing appreciation and trust.

Reggie: Of course, the law of unintended consequences made sure any pilot – crazy or not – who saw something out of the ordinary 'kept mouth shut' too.


Panel 4
Medium shot of Reggie, in a thoughtful pose.

Reggie: Okay, tell me about the music.