Strip 846 -- First Seen: 2011-12-14
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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
Bert at his desk, talking on his comm.
Bert: About 20 years ago the UW set up a lab and compound at the fringe of Conservation Park in the Western Australian desert – I guess for privacy.

Panel 2
Cut to Tobi in his desk chair, listening.
Bert (filtered): Apparently, they paid an aboriginal woman a lot of money to carry the Neanderthal fetus to term, then rear her as part of her family.

Panel 3
Cut back to a close-up of Bert.
Bert: They, and three other Aboriginal families, moved into the compound with the researchers and their families.
Bert: This was done to create a sort of 'community' for Neanne as she grew up.

Panel 4
Cut to a close-up of Tobi, looking askance.
Tobi: 'Neanne?'
Bert (filtered): Yup, 'knee-Ann,' short for 'Neanderthal.'
Bert: Real funny, huh?