Strip 946 -- First Seen: 2012-05-02
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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
Pilgrim Boner in his chair, chatting with his friends on the holoscreen.
Face 2: Screw Massachusetts? You should talk, living in New York.
Face 3: My grandma thought she was getting away from this crap when she moved to New Hampshire.
Panel 2
Focus on the screen with the six faces.
Face 1: Yeah, and we all know what happened with New Hampshire.
Face 4: Yeah, and not long after that, Montana and Wyoming tried to secede, and become their own country.
Panel 3
Medium c/u of Boner looking rather vexed, rolling his eyes, with his arms crossed.
Face 5 (OP): And the secessionists got slaughtered by the Sino/NATO Special Forces. Gruesome.
Face 6 (OP): Hell, they have nearly Massachusetts-level income taxes in Panama and Hong Kong sectors now, too.

Panel 4
Side-view of Boner (arms still crossed) and the holoscreen.
Face 6: Face it, the whole world's under the UW's thumb and pays taxes out the wazoo.
Face 1: You have a solution, Pilgrim?
Pilgrim: In fact, I do.