Strip 543 -- First Seen: 2010-10-06
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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
Wally's pummeling is interrupted when a stranger – a Belter, 40-ish, not quite as big as the Mugger – happens upon the scene, approaching from the direction of the Spaceport. (The Belter has a gun on his hip but he's not going for it now.)
Stranger: Hey! What the hell are you doing to that kid?

Panel 2
The Mugger has dropped Wally and is squaring off with the stranger when three more witnesses, two men and a woman, appear behind him. Mix their ethnicities as you see fit. They are also locals, and carrying arms.
Mugger: Mind your own ...
Witness: Holy Higgs, is that the Spaceport Mugger?

Panel 3
The Mugger grabs the first stranger and throws him bodily towards the three new interlopers.
Stranger: Ghaaa!!
Witness: Look out!

Panel 4
The Mugger takes off running towards the Spaceport, in great bounding leaps. Two of the witnesses and the Stranger take off after him guns drawn, the third (the female) stays behind to tend to the battered Wally.
Witness: Get that fucker!