Strip 222 -- First Seen: 2009-07-21
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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.

Kickstarter successful and closed

The Kickstarter campaign for Not-Safe.Space Chapter 3 concluded successfully on April 21, and Scott extended the time allowed for late pledges until May 19.

Books have been ordered from the printer and Scott will be spending the next week or so setting up and sending the PDF files to those who asked for them.

(There are still six of you who have not responded to the survey asking for e-mail and snail-mail addresses, he'll do the best he can.)

Thanks to all for supporting this Kickstarter!

The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Three-shot of Bert, Ernie and Tobi at the table, focus on Tobi, still talking, while the brothers sip their drinks thoughtfully..

Tobi: Do you know why Earthers can't get personal fusion power?

Tobi: Because cheap, reliable power was a threat to Earth's legacy fossil-fuel interests.


Panel 2
Typical Terran living room. Cramped space, worn upholstery, but there's a 52-inch holovision monitor on the wall, and the family is watching. On the screen a big-haired newsreader in the lower left corner is reading a story, while a large graphic appears behind and to her right. It has a small personal fusion box superimposed on a mushroom cloud rising behind it, and the large text reading 'FUSION MENACE.'

Caption (Tobi): 'The UW blamed them for everything from nuclear winter to dandruff.'

(2): 'They are banned to everyone except the military and the politically connected.'



Panel 3
Three-shot of the brothers and Tobi at the table. Bert is asking a question.

Bert: And personal fusion units are relevant to some guy trying to kill you, how?

Tobi: Oh, yeah ...