Strip 588 -- First Seen: 2010-12-08
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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
Morris sauntering along a walkway in Ceres City.
Caption: Not only did Morris know the odds in cards, he improved on them. – he was an accomplished 'mechanic.'
Caption: He thought of himself as a 'practical magician.'

Panel 2
Morris walking past an establishment named 'Gambler's Odds,' a casino. The signage includes images of playing cards and 6-sided dice.
Caption: The casinos were good to Morris …
Caption : … but he found that there were more fish at the poker tables in bars than in casinos.

Panel 3
He approaches the entrance to a rough-looking place with a sign: Iron Rock.
Caption: So Morris made the rounds of three or four bars that usually had the most alcohol-impaired fish.

Panel 4
Morris entering the Iron Rock, framed in the doorway, a very confident but searching expression – like a predator cat looking for prey.
Caption: In that sense, the Iron Rock was the best bar on Ceres.