Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!
Author(s) Tim Rickard
Website Gocomics.com site
Current status / schedule Running
Syndicate(s) Gracenote
Publisher(s) Andrews McMeel Publishing
Genre(s) Humor, Science Fiction, Satire

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! is a satirical retro-futuristic comic strip created by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the misadventures of the dim-witted Brewster Rockit, captain of the space station R.U. Sirius, and his crew. Many of the comic's characters and elements are derived from the Star Trek franchise, American science fiction films of the 1950s, and science fiction comics of the 1940s and 1950s. It debuted on July 5, 2004, and is nationally syndicated by Gracenote.

The weekday strips usually feature extended serial storylines, often running several weeks at a time. The Sunday strips are stand-alone, self-contained gags which are often more elaborately illustrated and action-oriented than the dailies, and are sometimes presented in medias res style. The comic's humor ranges from satire, metahumor, slapstick, dark humor, running gags, word play, and puns.

Plot

The R.U. Sirius is a space station orbiting Earth that acts as both an embassy for visiting aliens as well as a first line of defense against hostile aliens. Its mission statement is (probably) "Try not to die a horrible death." The comic's storylines are often obvious parodies of well-known science fiction and fantasy movies, television series, and books, as well as current events and contemporary pop culture, with Brewster and his crew typically coming out victorious over the countless evil villains they face.

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First collection

A book of collected Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! comic strips was released on April 1, 2007 by Andrews McMeel Publishing, with the subtitle Close Encounters of the Worst Kind. It compiles roughly forty weeks of the strip, with all of them printed in full color. The featured storylines include parodies of the first Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, and Alien movies, and a combination of The Lord of the Rings and The Wizard of Oz. A foreword is provided by Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine. So far this is the only Brewster Rockit book collection.

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