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Comic Strip: Brewster Rockit Space Guy
aka: Brewster Rockit

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! is a newspaper comic by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the crazy antics of the crew of the space station R.U. Sirius, led by Cloudcuckoolander Captain Brewster Rockit.

It can be read here.

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! provides examples of:

Action Mom: Pam. She's a divorced mother of two.
Applied Phlebotinum / Misapplied Phlebotinum / Just Think of the Potential: Benevolent aliens decide to give humans an unlimited energy source. Dr. Mel's first thought is how to weaponize it.
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!
Awesome Mc Cool Name: Tim Rickard, the name sounds like Picard
Big Bad: Dirk Raider
Butt Monkey: Winky. Also Ensign Ted, but less frequently.
Catch Phrase: "Aaah! My Spleen!"
Cloudcuckoolander: Brewster
Companion Cube: Bucky the Robot, a bucket on a coat rack who nonetheless managed to win an election.
Dead TV Remote Gag: Ended in a Stable Time Loop
Fat Bastard: Cliff Clewless
Heroic Sacrifice: Why Pam remains loyal to Brewster. He was a highly competent space captain who sacrificed his brain to save her from aliens.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: Pam
Idiot Hero: Brewster
Ice Cream Koan: Toada
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Brewster (I think) once had a dream where he and other newspaper comics were being threatened by a dangerous ink spill.
The Masquerade: No one on Earth knows about the aliens... somehow.
The Men in Black: Agent X
Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Dr. Mel has one. Doubles as a Mad Scientist
Noodle Implements: The strips for September 18 and 19 of 2007.
Only Sane Employee: Pam
Only Sane Man: Pam and occasionally Brewster.
Planet of Hats: Planet of the donut people, anyone?
Punny Name: Just about everyone who doesn't have a Meaningful Name. Pamela Mae Snap, Dr. Mel Practice, Cliff Clewless, etc
Too Dumb to Live
Red Shirt: Ensign Kenny
Right-Hand Cat: In several comics you see Dr. Mel with a cat.
Shout Out: Numberous Science Fiction References. Dozens of Star Trek shout outs.
Shown Their Work: Sunday strips will often focus on Dr. Mel a lecture on the planets and stars, often ending in a Genius Bonus joke. Not surprising since Tim Rickard is a MENSA member.
Uranus Is Showing: Comes up pretty much whenever the unfortunately named O-Dor of Uranus appears. Certain members of the R.U. Sirius still haven't gotten over it.
Useless Spleen: Winky appears to have an endless supply of replacement spleens.