Strip 365 -- First Seen: 2010-02-05
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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
Re-establishing shot of Arana's office. Focus is on Arana but try to angle things so you get everyone – the girls and Reggie's hologram – into the shot.

Arana: I got bored.

Arana: Also, I wondered if I had what it took to pull off the biggest scam in human history.

Panel 2
Medium shot of Reggie's hologram, speaking.

Reggie: Not counting government, I think you succeeded.

Reggie: Your big heads got more press than any scam in history.

Panel 3
Medium shot of Arana basking in Reggie's praise.

Reggie: (OP) Your little 'scavenger hunt' fooled billions of suckers, not the least of which were the media.

Panel 4
Two-shot of the girls. Fiorella is laughing as Doris speaks.

Doris: Yeah, right.

Doris: So Reggie, when I contacted you about the 'Moai,' you just put two and two together?

Panel 5
Medium shot of Reggie's hologram.

Reggie: No, I knew something was funny about all this, but it took the Gray Alien to dial it in.

Reggie: So I contacted Arana, offered to help, and the rest is history.

Panel 6
Medium shot of Doris, looking back at Reggie's hologram.

Doris: Then you made sure I was there to 'communicate' with the Elvis Orb.

Doris: So why the park?


Panel 7
Medium shot of Arana, leaning forward on his desk, his face projecting excitement.

Arana: I actually wanted to create something lasting.

Arana: Plus, I needed funding to be able to carve those things. So I sought a real patron.


Panel 8
Two-shot of the girls, looking at each other in surprise.

Arana: I'd heard that Tobikuma Kobayashi had a quirky sense of humor.

Arana: So I decided to ask him to be my partner in crime.