Strip 302 -- First Seen: 2009-11-10
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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
Angle the shot so we see all three characters but focus on Ken Nightingale (from the front).

Ken: At least a plausible explanation.

Ken: As you know, music is one of the few universal elements in every civilization.

Panel 2
Medium shot of Ken.

Ken: There are no exceptions; every culture has music.

Ken: Oliver Sacks said it was wired into our brains.

Panel 3
Looking over Peña's shoulder at Ken.

Ken: Further, we are the only species that has or responds to music ...

Peña: Whales, birds …?


Panel 4
Medium shot of Ken sitting back in his chair bemusedly, we might also see Reggie in this shot, looking similarly bemused.

Ken: It takes more than a little special pleading to put animal signals on par with what we normally call music.

Ken: There are no 'whale songs' in the Top-40 and I doubt there ever will be.