Strip 255 -- First Seen: 2009-09-04
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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
Still at the elevator terminal. Final bit if speechifying by Tobi. Here he's looking serious.

Tobi: You know who I really would like to be?

Tobi (2): My all-time favorite personal hero, Norman Borlaug.
Panel 2
Close two-shot of Bert and Ernie.

Bert and Ernie in unison: Who?

Panel 3
Focus on Tobi, with the others gathered around him.
Tobi: Who was the Cambodian leader who murdered over a quarter of his countrymen?
Everyone else in unison: Pol Pot!

Panel 4
Switch angles, now Tobi's back to us and we can see everyone else facing him.

Tobi: And what two 'world leaders' shared the distinction of having murdered their own countrymen somewhere in the eight-figure range?

Everyone else in unison: Stalin, Mao!

Panel 5
Medium close-up on Tobi, holding up a professorial finger.

Tobi: So you know these monsters who spilled an ocean of blood, but you don't have a clue about the hero who was the Green Revolution.

Tobi: The man who saved the lives of over a billion fellow human beings.

Panel 6
Group shot, put Ernie on the left and Tobi on the right.

Ernie: Uh, I'm guessing 'Norman Borlaug?'

Tobi: You should look him up in the Tanglepedia. It's inspiring.

Panel 7
Final group shot, focus on Tobi. Where we can see the faces of the others, they're smiling.

Tobi: He's my hero, but also my rival. I want to kick Borlaug's ass.

Tobi: I want to be the man who saved ten billion lives.