Strip 244 -- First Seen: 2009-08-20
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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
Looking past the brothers, the girls, and Tobi at Drenkowski. He's now thumbing a switch on his remote control to activate the monitor behind him.

Drenkowski: The body also yielded up some interesting history. We now know his identity.

Panel 2
Focus now on the screen. We can barely see part of Drenkowski in the panel. On the monitor we see a mug shot of a younger-looking version of the Pale Man, along with a UWMC (United World Marine Corps) logo and several lines of text information we can't quite read.
Drenkowski: At one time, our man was PFC Peter Johnson in the UWMC.

Drenkowski: He was tried, convicted and given a dishonorable discharge for fighting ...

Panel 3
Three-shot of Bert, Ernie, and Mac. Ernie has cocked his head a bit towards Ernie as he speaks out the side of his mouth.
Ernie (loud whisper): Geez, I thought that was what they were paid to do.

Panel 4
We see the brothers, the girls, and Tobi not quite suppressing giggles (POV from the monitor). Drenkowski in the right foreground looks annoyed.

Drenkowski: As I was saying ...