Comics with a Rocketry Theme - Humor, Not Politics

Thought I'd try starting a thread for comic strips that show model rockets or mention rocketry. To keep the thread alive, let's keep away from editorial cartoons that slam North Korea or put forth some other political agenda. Thanks.

Here's a couple to start:

Fox Trot, all the way.

chadrog said:

Fox Trot, all the way.
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It'd help if you'd post that one big enough to read... even magnifying it 400% and it's still not big enough or clear enough to read... and it looks pretty interesting...

Later! OL JR

https://www.klydemorris.com/strips.cfm?Section=program

Later! OL JR

luke strawwalker said:

It'd help if you'd post that one big enough to read... even magnifying it 400% and it's still not big enough or clear enough to read... and it looks pretty interesting...

Later! OL JR

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Only a slightly bigger version. Hope it's enough:



Or use this link to it.

And as we know from brianc's thread, Foxtrot has had a wealth of model rocket related strips.

Oh, so this is what your doing instead of you usual M/C duties at the CMASS launch today. That was the only job I didn't do today!

Kenn, missed ya! Hope your feeling better.

Missed a good CATO just like last week. Lot's-O-Flame and Smoke. I think it was a total loss.

Always one of my favorites......

Foxtrot has another one today .

(image from www.foxtrot.com)

Here's another Foxtrot thread from here on TRF: https://www.rocketryforum.com/showthread.php?12549

I've had this one on a coffee cup for years...



...given where I found the image (rocketreviews), I think I have a certain FlisKit to buy now...

Those are great! I snagged a few to re-post and share on BCRs Facebook page.

I don't know if it counts, but I ike the "Up Goer Five." https://xkcd.com/1133/

The best part is at the very bottom.

I wold love to build a Saturn 5 and workout a way to get most of this on it...Mark, doable?

I love this cartoon from the Estes Internal newsletter, "Launchpad". I think Gene Street is the Illustrator, mimicking the style of Don Martin.

Cl(VII) said:

I don't know if it counts, but I ike the "Up Goer Five." https://xkcd.com/1133/

The best part is at the very bottom.

I wold love to build a Saturn 5 and workout a way to get most of this on it...Mark, doable?

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I work at Dartmouth College as a Steamfitter and I mainly do
maintenance on heat/steam systems.
There are times I'll be asked to do some plumbing.
Well, a dorm room had an old lead drain pipe off a lav that the top rotted out . This pipe was between floors and ,well, anywhoo,it got fixed.
The deal is here, one off the students had that poster in the room. Just last week I was looking up the "Up-Goer Five"
It is a cool and funny poster.
The xkcd site is kinda cool too.

AlexK said:

I've had this one on a coffee cup for years...

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...given where I found the image (rocketreviews), I think I have a certain FlisKit to buy now...

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I don't have the cartoon but I do have the rocket. Awesome cartoon and an even more awesome rocket. Crooked as all but flies straight and true. A challenging build but you won't be sorry.

Here are a couple other ones. In some of them, the humor may be a little edgy for TRF standards.

https://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2004-08-15/
https://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2012-06-19/
https://www.amazingsuperpowers.com/2013/04/space/
https://www.channelate.com/2013/04/10/new-hero/
https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=989#comic

Reinhard

Dana Summers is a cartoonist for the Orlando Sentinel...

From today's comics:



Looks like it could use some more nose weight and some calamine lotion.

brianc said:

Dana Summers is a cartoonist for the Orlando Sentinel...

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Is he using a fuse?

blackbrandt said:

Is he using a fuse?

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Yeah... probably written by someone with only the barest cognizance of model rocketry...

Later! OL JR

I'm reposting this one as I didn't know about this thread... I really wish that more people would "tag" threads for easier searching.

Red and Rover by Brian Basset

May 27, 2014

K'Tesh said:

I'm reposting this one as I didn't know about this thread... I really wish that more people would "tag" threads for easier searching.

Red and Rover by Brian Basset

May 27, 2014

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Today, at the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Brian Bassett presented the original art for this strip to Vern Estes after briefly telling about his own involvement in Model Rocketry. What fun!

Bob the Squirrel started a series this week about model rockets. It should be fun to follow.

Here are the first week's Monday through Saturday strips; it looks like we'll get more next week.

Here's the second week of Bob the Squirrel strips related to flying model rockets:

Brian Basset continues to put our hobby in the public eye.



From what I've seen of the guys who have "girls who like model rocketry as much" as they do, it's a pretty sweet deal.

Let us know if someone tries this and gets any result:

Starting from a link posted in the thread about "2001: A Space Odyssey", I scrolled through more of the pictures on the site, and found this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/15102383693/in/photostream/?rb=1

I'm not sure why they're wearing glass jars on their heads. The rest of the outfit looks as though air might leak a bit. Especially hers.

An early entry in the underground comix genre by the Hernandez Brothers back in the 1980's(?). I was there.