Strip 719 -- First Seen: 2011-06-07
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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
At the home of Jim and his father Sam. The matronly woman from 56.1 is speaking to Sam, as Jim is sprawled in a chair nearby, watching a video screen seemingly without a care in the world.

Caption: Jim's step-mother had already left the family for 'more civilized' Mars, leaving Sam as the the boy's sole custodian.

Panel 2
In the middle-background, we see Sami standing next to two unhappy-looking men, one in a business suit and the other in a policeman's uniform (late-21st-Century style), waving and smiling at his son 'Jim,' who is in the right foreground literally 'skipping' out of a tense scene.
Caption: Back in the UK sector, Sam had regularly used his position to bail out Jim and his Jokers Wild cronies when they got into trouble.

Panel 3
Reprise of the scene way back in the early days of the strip, where we see most of the same 'leading citizens' sitting around a conference table, quaffing adult beverages and deliberating. Reggie and Babbette are not there.
Caption: This created a problem for the Ceres Merchant's association.
Caption: They could bring Jim to arbitration, but his father would simply pay the judgment and Jim would likely skate and then get into far worse trouble in the future.