In 1997, we aimed a rocket towards Saturn and sent a 13-foot-wide satellite off on a mission to explore the strange worlds in our own (relative) backyard.
This month, NASA announced plans to extend the Cassini space probe’s Saturn sojourn until 2017—nine years longer than its original end date of 2008. Read all about it at [...]
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Archive for February, 2010
Here are the buttons I’ll be taking to the SPACE con in April… The four on the left are 1″, and the one on the right is 1.5″
The International Space Station gets a room with a view! The London Telegraph has a lovely gallery of images of the installation of – and first view from – the new windowed observation module. I’m sure the astronauts will appreciate being able to look at something aside from the drab industrial interior of that space [...]
Croaker’s Gorge #2 is online, and the guys are feeling stuck in a rut!
Evian continues their run of creative, watchable commercials. One of our new readers sent in this link because he points out the Water Boys bear a resemblance to Moon Town’s little aliens.
Thanks to Peter for the link…
I am going to have to temporarily bow to reality and reduce Moon Town’s release schedule to 2 times a week for the next few weeks while I handle a few other things. I suppose I am blessed to have quite a bit going, and I need to balance it all out.
Thank you for your [...]
Moon for Sale is a fantastic documentary by the BBC about the moon and why we’ll go back. There’s fuel in them thar hills.
Those are my two proofs. Note that the white borders will be cut off in the final book, so the full page colors and black gutters will go all the way to the edge of the page. You may notice that the one on the left is brighter than the one on the right. Read [...]
Friend-of-the-blog COS sent me in this great link to a video showing NASA’s battery-powered moon bus. You know, just when you think you’ve designed the strangest stuff, real science comes along and gives you just a little more to think about. Thanks, COS!
I’m pleased to announce that the first mini-comic from WishTales Publishing Studio is Rag the Viking, co-created by my business partner Tom Dell’Aringa and me.
The cost, including shipping is $2.50 to the US, $2.75 to Canada and $3 anywhere else.
You can buy it now at the Marooned store page.
Today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day is a gorgeous shot of Saturn’s rings, seen edge-on as the Cassini probe dropped across the ring line. Note that this is a real space shot, not animation, not special effects. Looks like it came out of a Kubrick film, doesn’t it?
The Webcomic List has announced their winner of the Best Webcomic of 2009. And the winner is… Moon Town!
Thank you, all. I’m honored!
See the complete list of categories and winners at the official Webcomic Awards website. or you can just read the list below.
Best Comic:
Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
Best New Comic:
Moon Town by Steve Ogden
Best [...]
