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Topic: Red and Rover, Brian Basset comic strip
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capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 09-13-2010 09:38 AM
   
For those who do not follow the comic strip Red and Rover, it is about a boy and his dog and about growing up in the 1960's. Red is a huge fan of the US space program, and he believes he is able to communicate telepathically with his dog.Here is today's strip...  |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 09-13-2010 11:50 AM
Excellent! Haven't seen anything this good since Bloom County and Calvin & Hobbes.Will you be able to share all space themed strips? |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 09-13-2010 04:12 PM
There are actually quite a few of them. You can subscribe to Red and Rover (and lots of other comic strips) and they will automatically deliver the daily strips to your e-mail. That's what I do... |
hlbjr
Member Posts: 475
From: Delray Beach Florida USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 09-14-2010 03:11 PM
Today's Red and Rover is even better. They have a spectacular liftoff and achieve orbit quicker than usual.  |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 09-17-2010 11:09 AM
Red and Rover is very nicely done. Was curious about Brian Basset as I went to Ohio State University with a Brian Basset who was a great editorial cartoonist for the student newspaper "The Lantern" for which I held many editorial positions.After a search on Wikipedia, it turns out it is the same Brian Basset. He worked for many years in Seattle as an editorial cartoonist before getting laid off and delving exclusively into his cartoon work. Here's a link to his blog for more background. |
mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-23-2012 07:39 PM
This "Red and Rover" comic appeared in my local paper on Sunday Dec. 9, 2012.  I never paid much attention to "Red and Rover" before, but this one really hit me. It absolutely perfectly sums up, in one panel and no words, the wonder and magic I’ve felt about space since I was a child growing up in the 60's, and still feel today. I think that it probably sums up the feelings most of the cS members have as well. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 12-23-2012 09:38 PM
Anyone in their 40s or older can relate to the themes in this cartoon, that's for sure.He also did a print they still sell at KSC of the characters running along the KSC runway with a toy shuttle as Atlantis comes in for its final landing, just a few feet away. It's a great print! |
Gonzo
Member Posts: 596
From: Lansing, MI, USA
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 12-24-2012 07:16 AM
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Originally posted by mikepf:
It absolutely perfectly sums up, in one panel and no words, the wonder and magic I’ve felt about space since I was a child growing up in the 60's, and still feel today.
Amen, Brother! Born in he very late '50's, I can relate. I grew up watching Gemini, Mercury and Apollo LIVE. It was real. It was then.  |
Gonzo
Member Posts: 596
From: Lansing, MI, USA
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 01-28-2013 10:45 AM
Why Red is getting in shape ... maybe. Gotta love this one! |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-28-2013 11:03 AM
quote:
Originally posted by p51:
He also did a print they still sell at KSC of the characters running along the KSC runway with a toy shuttle as Atlantis comes in for its final landing, just a few feet away. It's a great print!
They also made 8-1/2 x 11s of these. I grabbed two at the STS-135 crew meet and greet at the Eventi in NYC. Wish I had one or two extra - they're my "catch all" to get signed when an astronaut appears that I wasn't expecting or that I can't find high-res photos of, or I simply didn't enough time to get a photo made. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 01-28-2013 02:02 PM
I love Red and Rover, such a classic comic strip.
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Originally posted by Gonzo:
Why Red is getting in shape ... maybe. Gotta love this one!
I had a great laugh over that because when I was getting ready for the flight physical while I was still hoping to be an astronaut myself, people often asked me, "How good a shape do you have to be just to float?" They don't get how tiring an EVA really can be and I never bothered to try to explain it to them. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 02-26-2013 07:20 AM
 
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Gonzo
Member Posts: 596
From: Lansing, MI, USA
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 02-26-2013 09:20 AM
I hate to admit this, but this thread has created a new obsession for me. I have Red and Rover loaded on a tab in my browser on my phone. Update it daily to get the new ones. Love this strip! |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 03-03-2013 01:38 PM
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capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 12-25-2013 12:23 PM
Today's Red and Rover comic strip... may all of you unwrap the present of your dreams on this Christmas day... |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 12-25-2013 01:53 PM
These are great! I missed this thread until now, and had never heard of the comic before - so thanks for sharing. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-26-2013 05:51 AM
Funny stuff indeed... thanks for sharing! |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 12-26-2013 07:25 AM
Cartoonists should share their space-related cartoons or strips on this forum! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-29-2013 11:25 AM
The box that the refrigerator came in was my spacecraft. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 01-03-2014 09:32 AM
Red and Rover for Jan. 3, 2014: |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 01-19-2014 12:15 PM
Red and Rover for Jan. 19, 2014: |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 01-22-2014 02:19 PM
Red and Rover for Jan. 20, 2014: Jan. 21, 2014:  Jan. 22, 2014:  |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 07-21-2014 06:51 AM
Today's very appropriate Red and Rover strip: |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 07-27-2014 07:38 PM
Very cool.
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David Carey
Member Posts: 782
From:
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 02-19-2015 07:21 PM
Here's a strip that seemed fitting for this crowd.  Not too consistent with NASA's own site-preservation guidelines but it is just a comic. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 02-19-2015 08:39 PM
Years ago, I talked with a NASA PR guy who fielded letters like Red's. He told me he could never send the replies he wanted to send for obvious reasons. I wonder if he's still around and if so, I hope he saw these most recent 'writing to NASA' cartoons... |
Skythings
Member Posts: 243
From:
Registered: Jun 2014
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posted 02-19-2015 09:12 PM
I learned about this marvelous storyboard theatre from this site a few months back. I signed up and every night at 10:15 I get an email that make me smile a whole bunch.I have to go now. My crew (my four dogs) and myself are preparing for a deep space mission tomorrow and have a long checklist to run through in preparation for the departure. We had a long extravehicular activity today exploring some unknown lowlands and Bunny Breath (Sara) ate some alien species and isn't feeling all that well tonight. If she doesn't improve it might scrub our launch. |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 02-19-2015 09:29 PM
I know it might somehow ruin the joke, but there are SIX descent modules sitting on the moon. That punchline actually ruins the joke for me. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-21-2015 07:44 AM
Superb cartoon... Thanks for sharing! |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 02-21-2015 11:12 AM
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Originally posted by sts205cdr:
That punchline actually ruins the joke for me.
The strip is set in the 1960s, so the response to Red's letter would have come in late 1969, likely before the launch of Apollo 12. Does that help? |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 12-26-2015 09:44 AM
Red (from the strip Red and Rover) got a Saturn V model rocket for Christmas in the strip on Dec. 25.  |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 12-26-2015 05:19 PM
Cool and in the right flight colors as well. |
hlbjr
Member Posts: 475
From: Delray Beach Florida USA
Registered: Mar 2006
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posted 12-27-2015 07:35 PM
I knew capoetc would jump on this strip when I saw it in yesterday's newspaper! Way to go John. It's the best strip ever. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 12-28-2015 04:58 AM
Reminds me of a Christmas back in 1969! |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-28-2015 12:49 PM
Same here - and I've still got mine. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 01-29-2016 12:28 PM
Yesterday's Red and Rover: |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 09-18-2016 10:27 AM
Red takes Rover on an EVA in today's strip. |
Grounded!
Member Posts: 367
From: Bennington, Vermont, USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 09-18-2016 10:30 PM
Curb your dog John |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 09-20-2016 10:12 PM
Never remember reading this strip, yet would love to read other different comic strips highlighting space.
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lspooz
Member Posts: 384
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted 09-21-2016 12:30 PM
I just have to plug Brewster Rockit, both for the Don Thomas cameo week June 30-July 3 2014 and the frequent Sunday NASA-based semi-educational specials. |
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