Strip 534 -- First Seen: 2010-09-23
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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
Outside the closed door to Wally's room, his parents, Gus and Mary-Francis Cooper, confer about their son. Looks-wise, Wally definitely takes more after his mother than his father. They both look worried, tense.
Mary-Francis: He's been in there almost 20 centimes without even a bathroom break.
Gus: I wonder if he keeps a bucket in there.

Panel 2
Mary-Francis and Gus.
Mary-Francis: This is serious! He's always been sort of – obsessive – since his friend Billy was killed.
Gus: It's been almost a Martian year – you'd think he'd be over that by now.

Panel 3
Mary-Francis looks away from Gus, a bit annoyed by his insensitivity but not protesting.
Mary-Francis: Did you talk to him about getting a job?
Gus: I did, three days ago.

Panel 4
Mary-Francis and Gus.
Mary-Francis: And –?
Gus: He said, 'Job? What's a job compared to a calling?'