Strip 661 -- First Seen: 2011-03-21
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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
Ed and Chang continue their discussion at the outdoor cafe table. Ed is now leaning forward on his elbows and speaking intently to Chang.
Ed: As to your abused UW visitors ...
Ed: Earlier in the year we had a problem with a mugger, who hung around the spaceport and jumped people traveling alone.
Panel 2
Looking over Ed's shoulder at Chang, who is sipping a drink but looking intently back at Ed.
Ed: The mugger would hit a couple of victims and then disappear for weeks at a time, then come back and hit again.
Ed: I don't have a victim list but, to be honest, some of those victims likely were UW citizens.

Panel 3
Medium c/u on Ed, about to take a drink himself.
Ed: Finally the Merchant's association put out a reward for stopping the mugger.
Ed: About five days later a kid – a 15-year-old native Belter kid! – caught him in the act, stopped him, and the mugger beat it back to his home – on Mars.
Panel 4
Chang looks at Ed somewhat incredulously. Ed sips his drink.
Chang: A 15-year-old kid beat a mugger?
Ed: Not beat, just stopped.