Strip 713 -- First Seen: 2011-05-30
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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
Full-length shot of Jim, a Pakistani youth of not quite 16 years who had grown up in the UK sector on Terra. Dressed in the 22nd-Century equivalent of urban gangsta, he affects a tough pose. In the background we can see a bit of a gritty London back-street.
Caption: His birth name is Jemal but he adopted the Western name 'Jim' to fit in with the British Sector, where he was born and grew up.
Caption: It didn't work – in Britain he was a 'wog,' 'paki' or 'black' no matter what he called himself.

Panel 2
Jim is now walking menacingly down a mean street with a half-dozen other dark-skinned youths, dressed in similar styles.
Caption: Jokers Wild had been his solution.
Caption: By organizing other boys of color, he created a unified response to the taunts and abuse of the whites. It worked … after a fashion.

Panel 3
Sami ('Sam'), Jim's father, is a short but stout Pakistani man dressed impeccably in a 22nd-century business suit, standing at one end of a conference table in a board room at which are seated four white gentlemen and three women, all in high-power business attire. They are all looking at Sam and Sam is not looking comfortable.
Caption: Jim's father, Sami (a.k.a. 'Sam') had been a minor UW functionary who'd been caught with his hand in the cookie jar.
Caption: The scandal would prove embarrassing to higher functionaries, so …

Panel 4
Jim, Sami, and a middle-aged Pakistani woman are standing in the lobby at the Ceres Spaceport, looking around, with a mixture of apprehension and anticipation.
Caption: Sam and his family were allowed to 'escape' from Terra.