However, while working on the story, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to pay homage to the classic Hergé Tintin cover for Destination Moon! (The booster rocket’s checkerboard pattern is a nod to the same pattern design on Tintin’s Moon Rocket.)
Several other classic comic strips also went into space—not sure yet whether I’ll reference any of the others, though the Dick Tracy Bucket Air Car is high on my list!
[Pictured below: Dick Tracy strip excerpt from July 30, 1965, by Chester Gould; splash pages from the Spirit on the moon Sunday insert sequences from August 3 and August 31, 1952, story and art by Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer and Wally Wood.
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