Admiral Leo. An unidentified spacecraft is closing in on us.
On screen Commander Capricorn. Magnify.
OH NO!!! It's Carl Sagan and his Spaceship of the Imagination!!!!
Astrology... Your future looks............. Gloomy.
Quickly Major Pisces! Fire the Homeopathic Medicine Ray!!!
Direct hit Sir!
Admiral! The Homeopathic Medicine Ray is having absolutely NO measurable effect!
Hmmmmm....
'CLICK'
Incoming missile Sir!!!!
Sergeant Scorpio! Engage the Perpetual Motion Machine Powered Shield!!!!
Sir! There is no power at all coming from the Perpetual Motion Machine!!!
Uh... Okay. Quick! Everyone put on your Magnetic Healing Power Bracelet© before the mis-
BOOOOOM!!!!
MMMMmmmmm...
Crumbly.
-end
My hero Carl Sagan.
Go watch some Cosmos and fill your brain with awesomeness.
The most hilarious boards EVER!
ReplyDeleteIn order to make apple pie, you must first vaporize astrology with photon torpedoes.
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant. Carl Sagan <3
ReplyDeleteLove...
ReplyDeleteAs usual, your humor, art and wit make a great statement and a big laugh! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI. Love. This.
ReplyDeleteYou need to make it one big image with the captions in the image. People are GOING to repost this all over the place, you might as well make sure it has a link back to your site on it.
Also, you might want to get rid of the "BOOOOOM!!!!".
ReplyDeleteScience tells us that sounds can not be heard in the vacuum of space.
What about the ninjas? although great, maybe a separate site for your other work?
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion Hypersapien. I went and dropped a link onto the last image. I still need to figure out the whole thing as one link situation. Hmmm.
Anonymous, I did consider making a separate blog for non Ninja stuff but it turned out I was way too lazy. I think of this blog as a place to just put whatever I feel like putting up at the moment. The Ninja stuff will be back soon.
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Awe.
ReplyDeleteSome.
I haven't laughed that hard in moons.
HAHAHA put on these bracle-
ReplyDeletegreat timing to this piece.
What happens if he presses the pi button?
ReplyDeleteJust awesome.
ReplyDeleteNow I want apple pie.
That doesn't look like apple pie he's eating. What is that? Strawberry?
ReplyDelete@JayW
ReplyDeleteWhere do you think he got the pie from?
:DDD
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!
ReplyDeleteI love Carl Sagan and this made my day. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat's great! Very well done!
ReplyDeleteMajor Pisces reminds me of Scooter and Poe from Christopher Moore's Fluke....
Meep!
But they were all okay, because they had on their magnetic bracelets, right?
ReplyDeleteRight, Hypersapien. Maybe replace BOOOOOM!!!! with *SILENCE*
ReplyDeleteThat was just delicious. Thank you for cheering up a day currently engloomified by toothache :-)
ReplyDeleteLove the apple pie reference at the end!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
ReplyDeleteAnd great. Really great.
Oh, it's awesome too. Totally awesome.
I like it.
Your drawings are fabulous - I especially like your portrayal of Carl Sagan and I love the rockets and stars.
ReplyDeleteMore please. :))
I....I love you. I love you. Carl Sagan is amazing and you totally did him justice. <3
ReplyDeleteI couldn't help but read Sagan's parts in his voice. Simply brilliant.
ReplyDeleteWONDERFUL!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome stuff, thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteThis was awesome! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteif only they had turned down the power of the homeopathy ray 1:100,000 times, it might have worked...
ReplyDeleteExcellent!!
ReplyDeleteWell, whether or not there's a boom depends on the position of the microphone in-comic :)
ReplyDeleteAfter all, even though their ship is currently being blown up by SCIENCE, there's still atmosphere present - if you were measuring sound from (say) the bridge of the Astrology, you'd definitely pick up a boomish noise.
That rocks! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so full of AWESOME I'm on the verge of tears. Thank you SO much!
ReplyDeleteYo, this is amazing. I loved it!
ReplyDeleteThe only way to combat superstition. Go Carl, go!
ReplyDeleteExcellent.
ReplyDeletehttp://sagansbrain.blogspot.com
Simply great! A great tribute to Carl Sagan!
ReplyDeleteThis is quite possibly the most badass thing I've ever seen. Evar.
ReplyDeleteI love the apple pie at the end...
http://postcardstotheether.blogspot.com/2011/01/postcard-1-to-carl-sagan.html
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAH! Excellent!!
ReplyDeleteMade of sugar, win, pastry, and awesome!
ReplyDeleteExcellent in billions of magnitude. :)
ReplyDeleteWho doesn't love science? And Sagan is such a great man. But I wonder... are you all laughing at this because you actually think it's funny or are you forcing yourselves to praise it simply because it's pro-science?
ReplyDeleteHeaven forbid that a pro-science cartoon is simply not funny.
What happens if he presses the pi button?
ReplyDeleteHe just keeps going in circles.
Wonderful! Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI miss Carl (and Richard Feynman too). Their science as a "candle in the darkness" wisdom is greatly needed.
It's good to know that the "truth IS out there" -- and it is Carl in his ship of the imagination.
Thank you so much for not having anyone say "How are you gentlemen!" ;)
ReplyDeleteI think the cartoon is very well done and hilarious... and sad. I am currently doing some reading about how the scientific method came into life (Galileo, Bacon, Descartes) and what it has done. For example, land a man on the moon. For example, create weapons that destroy starships (ficticious example, I have absolutely no idea how this got into my head ;) ).
ReplyDeleteIt surely is the most powerful thing we currently have. But is it necessarily the best thing? And should we make fun of everything else, because it is less efficient at making war?
I do not want to destroy anyones enjoyment of this cartoon. It's still very funny. I just wanted to point out this aspect about it because I am currently reading so much about it and I think it deserves mentioning.
All I can say is "Thank you for keeping Carl alive".
ReplyDeleteWould it be OK if I translate it to Spanish and post it with proper credits?
Hilarious, and I love the panel for Scorpio.
ReplyDeleteWhere was Private 3rd Class Ophiuchus in all of this?
ReplyDeleteGreat. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteWow! I've never had such a reaction to one of my web-comics before!
ReplyDeleteI welcome translations. It's already been translated into German and Portuguese. Just throw a link back to Ninjerktsu so if people dig it they can find some more comics.
Cheers!
What fantastic fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for posting this up on yer blog, magnificent stuff.
You have brightened an otherwise gloomy day. Thank you, Michael.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait until Carl takes on Chuck Norris and the Texas school board.
And spanish version too ;)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.drgen.com.ar/2011/02/carl-sagan-contra-pseudociencias/
Congrats Michael!!!
This is the most fabulous thing ever. Hilarious and lovely drawing style.
ReplyDeleteThat is hilarious. Always a fan of all things Sagan, seeing I named my son after him! :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely amazing!
ReplyDeleteMarry me.
ReplyDeletethat is hilarious!! I love it. Bad Astronomy sent me.... aaaand so I found myself flipping through all of your stuff for the past hour. I am pleased. :P
ReplyDeleteWords cannot express how happy this has just made me.
ReplyDeleteHail from Bad Astronomy. Your comic inspired a lot of fans I am sure. Enjoy. I have posted to facebook and will come visit if this is the quality of material to expect. We need a comic book hero like Carl Sagan. You did him justice!
ReplyDeleteHysterical. Added to the blogroll and passed on to others.
ReplyDeletemmmm... apple pie. posted this on my blog too btw, it's pure genius, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI stumbled upon this Dutch blog, badly translated by google, which adresses the same matter in a different way. http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jifonline.nl%2Fjif6%2F2011%2F02%2F01%2Fplanckschaaltherapie%2F
ReplyDeleteHypesapien emailed me this with his suggestion. I've turned it into a single jpg file for you, but have no idea how to get it to you so I've just posted it on
ReplyDeletemy own blog, Divide By Zero.
You can just right click and save it from there, then re-post it as a single image link.
I loved especially the whole Khan Noonian Sagan characterization!
ReplyDeleteSAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!
Sagan rules!
ReplyDeleteNo I mean, Sagan followed rules and thus triumphs over ignorance and wooly thinking!
Imagine no religion.
Man, you rock! Greetings from Brazil.
ReplyDeleteThat is perfect, but I have to ask. Is that a "pot" pie? (I had to indulge myself, sorry. My lame joke gland was swollen and needed to be drained a little.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for rememberig Dear Carl. I still remembre when I saw Cosmos for the first time in TV (I have a copy in VHS and a bad copy in DVD, the book and the music in a 33 rpm-vinile). I still enjoy reading his books (like Rama or Brocca's brain). Greetings from Buenos Aires. Rodolfo.
ReplyDeleteMike, you're killing me! I was still laughing at the puppet one... jeez... !
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I almost fell of my chair when they fired that homepathic ray. ^^
ReplyDelete+rep! very well done.
The last panel is my favourite. I laughed so hard at the whole thing, it's brilliant.
ReplyDeleteSagan is a hero of mine and I'm always trying to get people to read The Demon-Haunted World. In many cases, they come back for more. We need more people who can write like that.
Very very very glad!
ReplyDeleteVery very nice!
Laugh and glad!
A funny spice!
Thanks for Carl!
Thanks Michael Lester,
thanks and thanks!
Laughing so hard, it hurt. The Pie was the perfectpunch line XD. Ow! XD
ReplyDelete"Mmmm Crumbly." I laughed so hard, I hurt.
ReplyDeleteSir, you've made the Internet a much better place in all respects!!
ReplyDeleteJust discovered that COSMOS is available for streaming on Netflix! You bet that sh*t's in my instant queue!
ReplyDeletehaha that was amazing. but those people with the deer are insane. my emotions are now conflicted
ReplyDeleteNice cartoon, but it needs a follow-up. Those who worked with him might say that Carl Sagan is better remembered than experienced, and that aspect of his personality gets lost as the myth building continues.
ReplyDeleteI still think he should have ended with, "Remember, we're all made of starstuff. Especially those guys."
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I loved it.
ReplyDeleteWell I posted it, people generally seem to like it. On Facebook also :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely love this, but I have a quick question
ReplyDelete"Astrology... Your future looks............. Gloomy."
'Gloomy' seems to be emphasized here, is this deliberate? Has Carl Sagan got a quote with claiming Astrology to be gloomy? Or is there another reason?
Sorry, not trying to discredit, just wanted to know the thought process behind the word 'gloomy'.
There is a part in Cosmos where Carl Sagan says, "Gloom" and "Gloomy" I liked the way he drags it out. Glooooom. :)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely brilliant! A missile marked "science" XD
ReplyDeleteKudos!
ReplyDeleteHi there! Just to let you know that I've translated your comic to portuguese, given you full credit, of course.
ReplyDeleteIt's in here:
http://astropt.org/blog/2011/02/19/carl-sagan-nave/
Keep up the good work ;)
Hey thanks for checking out my blog. Yours is damn hilarious! Awesome awesome drawings, funny stories, and I love Carl Sagan!
ReplyDeleteOkay, this definitely made my night. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBRILLIANT! I hope you make more!
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to be your 100th comment!
ReplyDeleteSo awesome. I want this animated, STAT!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely brilliant - Had me in stitches! I'm a big fan of Carl Sagan, and now a fan of your blog. You have quite the knack for storytelling, clearly!
ReplyDeleteBravo!!
ReplyDeleteI used this to introduce a Vet friend of mine to Carl Sagan's works. He loved it(and regrets not hearing of Carl Sagan earlier).
ReplyDeleteSuperb.
ReplyDeleteTo robinlux - so because science has been used to create destruction as well as good things we should perhaps spend more time on things that provide nothing other than a way for charlatans to part the gullible from their cash? How did you get to this being about making fun of things because they're not efficient at making war (since it seems you're going with war involving people killing each other)? It's a metaphor - things like astrology and homeopathy are unable to defend themselves in the face of rigorous investigation. The metaphor is for a real war, though, it's just not a war which involves people killing each other, it's a war against those charlatans which I would think makes it in the interests of the vast majority of people. The only casualties will either be science or a section of pseudoscience.
ReplyDeletethe best, ever.
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome, except for one thing. You need to learn the simple rule of a comma before a direct address, because there's a HUGE difference between "Let's eat, grandma" and "Let's eat grandma".
ReplyDeleteThus:
On screen, Commander Capricorn.
Quickly, Major Pisces!
Incoming missile, Sir!!!!
Really awesome comic!
ReplyDeleteI was linked to it by a friend who said it was very similar to a song/video I just put out on the subject of astrology. The title is "Astrology is Wrong", so we're not exactly mincing words here.
Unfortunately, Carl Sagan eating pie does not make an appearance, but it is a fun catchy song with a piano ballad breakdown.
http://youtu.be/-mQi_hl6rgA
-Jim of The Long Holidays
Top fukken notch!
ReplyDeleteA fully armed spaceship of the rational imagination is a terror to behold.
ReplyDeleteAnd... he finishes off his victims while eating a pie he made from scratch.
Carl Sagan is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space.
Absolutely brilliant! Made me laugh a lot.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. He is my hero too. :)
ReplyDeleteGod I'm tired of this stupid, repetitive attack on Homeopathy without any real cause or actual knowledge of it. It's just parroting the pharmaceutical companies propaganda. Aside from that it's a fun cartoon.
ReplyDeleteAmazing - love it!
ReplyDeleteslow clap commence..the good kind.
ReplyDeleteOMG! I can hear his voice say each line. Brilliant!
ReplyDelete"Sir! There is no power at all coming from the Perpetual Motion Machine!!!"
ReplyDeleteThey must have had their First-Law-Uncoupler, uncoupled.
You rock so hard for making that. Absolutely brilliant.
ReplyDeleteHah, great comic. I really like the *No measurable effect* part for the Homeopathic Ray.
ReplyDeleteI bookmarked this more than a year and a half ago. It's good to come back to.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. The only thing i could possible add is this: Needs to be a movie. ^^
ReplyDeleteHey, I was thinking about adapting this into a short 3D animation and came here just to check with you, but then I saw that you work at Dreamworks and could probably do a better piece in a few hours than I would make in a few weeks. I'm still up for trying, next chance I get, though!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely Amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteI love it!
Well done sir
THIS NEEDS TO BE AN ANIMATED SERIES!
ReplyDeleteGit yerself over to Kickstarter, STAT!
(Oh, & come join us on INTJ's Google+!)
How dare you not have point defense!!!
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