Strip 446 -- First Seen: 2010-05-24
Escape From Terra is updated with new pages every Monday through Friday.

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
Wide panel. To the left, we see Norman and the girls from behind, looking out the window. To the right, the Sun is 3/4 obscured by the Earth's silhouette. The Earth's disc is surrounded by a thin bright ring that is its atmosphere being illuminated by the Sun. (Remember the Sun's disk is about ¼ the apparent size of the Earth's disc.)

Norman: Look, it's starting.

Panel 2
Reverse angle, Norman and the girls looking out through the window. We see a reflection in the glass of the totally eclipsed Sun, its corona streaming around Earth's disc. Inside the apartment the lighting is subdued, so the three characters are softly back-lit.

Caption: 'I gotta admit, it was an impressive sight.'

Panel 3
Side shot focusing on Robyn inside the apartment, putting her hand on the window glass, which is starting to fog. We can see Norman's hand on her shoulder.

Caption: 'As the Earth's shadow fell across us, I touched the window and could feel it rapidly cooling.'