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326:, Pam is usually the one responsible for keeping things running, despite the collective idiocy of her shipmates. She sometimes has a hot temper and an attitude that gets her into trouble. She is also the mother of two young kids from a bad marriage that she doesn't talk about. She has shown to have a "thing" for bad boys, having dated Dirk Raider, Brewster's nemesis, as well as Karnor. She enjoys killing things. 25: 444:!" Built by Cliff at the request of Brewster on the comic's second day, he sports an unvarying smiling face. He is a recipient of a worker of the year award for the R.U. Sirius. He also got the same score on the intelligence exam as Brewster. He once won an election against him to become captain, not to mention when he won the Presidential Galactic Election. 613:: Pam's kids, often referenced but not seen until 2014. They have demonstrated themselves to be geniuses, such as the time when Marie deactivated the R. U. Sirius's self-destruct sequence, but they are irresponsible and often try Pam's nerves. Marie is especially mischievous while Albert is often depressed with how everything will end eventually. 283:
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
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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
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creation of Dr. Mel who views him as a father figure. He regulates the station's life-support systems and is a bit immature, throwing juvenile tantrums when he doesn't get his way. He wants to participate in human activities such as
583:: A 'wise alien' philosopher and a member of a race of Chameleons, who are supposed to be able to change their color to match their surroundings. However, they are not able to (which has led to near-extinction on their part). 370:: A bright-eyed but hapless child crew member and assistant to Dr. Mel. He is often stuck with the nastiest or most dangerous tasks. His resulting injuries commonly leave him uttering some variation of the phrase, "AHHHH! MY 632:: Oblong-headed abductors from another planet. They once captured Brewster and put him in an arena with a very large crab-creature. They also bought Earth once and tried to repopulate it with giant space bears. 336:, though he prefers the term, "sanity-challenged scientist"). He often creates monsters and machines (killbots), but inevitably fails in his plans to conquer the universe. One of his craziest inventions was a " 284:
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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Ray", which sent troublesome objects into the future, so one would have no choice but to deal with them later. He is bald and wears a white lab coat, black gloves, and spectacles. Dr. Mell is based on
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who are always the "butt" of jokes (both in the figurative and literal sense, as most of the jokes relate to the butt, a fact that they are not happy about, especially O-Dor of Uranus).
842: 364:'s computer and upgrading himself from "programmer" to "engineer". He believes himself to be popular with the ladies. He is fat and is invariably shown sporting a cap and sunglasses. 312:
pilot. However, he failed his intelligence exam because he kept eating the pencils. He originally had the intelligence of an average person, but excessive memory wipes from
300:. He is brave, optimistic... and dumb as a rock. His strong leadership skills are complemented by a boyish sense of humor (and childlike mindset). He graduated from the 644:: Aliens who say, in reference to their "goofy outfits", "We may be light-years ahead of you in technology, but we're decades behind you in fashion." They tried to sell 42: 835: 626:: Residents of earth, whom Agent X is always trying to keep ignorant of the existence of aliens (despite alien attacks on New York and other major cities). 360:: The station's engineer - a position for which he is completely unqualified. He got his position through his computer-hacking abilities by hacking into 868: 828: 715:. It compiles roughly forty weeks of the strip, with all of them printed in full color. The featured storylines include parodies of the first 658:: A race of aliens shaped like donuts. They are edible. They come from Torus 8 as a reference to their shape. One of them is named "Duncan". 89: 1250: 387:: A mysterious government agent from the Department of the Paranormal. His job is to seek out the truth about aliens, then cover it up. The 61: 1214: 1193: 68: 1255: 491:. A recurring gag is their tendency to be poor shots; one missed shooting Brewster several times, even though he was trapped in a pit. 1074: 108: 997: 553:: An all-powerful, but gullible, purple floating head in space. His attempts to enslave Brewster and his crew often end up futile. 810: 75: 301: 918: 717: 708: 349: 46: 57: 559:: A name given to various extremely unlucky human crew members, who are constantly dying on missions. A parody both of the 1270: 897: 1265: 946: 755: 741: 420: 1240: 1123: 815: 800: 779: 477:. Once an apprentice of Brewster's in the order of "Goodguy Knights," Dirk is now his arch rival and member of the 345: 35: 1260: 1245: 863: 182: 1179: 1137: 1081: 488: 501:
that has a bad habit of eating people. He is tall, green, and has a crush on Pam. He is king of the Zorgons.
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while adding his own cynical twist to it. He is a master on the Good-guy Knights council.
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of the 1940s and 1950s. It debuted on July 5, 2004, and is nationally syndicated by
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and commander of a planet-destroying "Death-Ship." His armor resembles that of a
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for Dirk Raider. Pam knows this but cannot convince the other crew members.
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strips. He also sometimes acts as presenter for factual topics, such as the
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caused him to lose it. According to Pam, he has an obsession with ham.
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series). Philbert now lives somewhere in the air ducts.
322:: The tough and pragmatic second-in-command aboard the 487:: Dirk Raider's army, they are parodies of Star Wars' 460:, its appearance was changed due to legal liabilities. 296:: The lantern-jawed and squinty-eyed captain of the 989: 882: 780:"Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! comics by Tim Rickard" 481:"Microsith," which is currently known as "Numesis". 188: 178: 166: 158: 150: 140: 130: 123: 49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 1286:Comic strips syndicated by Tribune Content Agency 597:-faced alien dispenses wisdom to the crew of the 332:: The station's conniving science officer (and 707:comic strips was released on April 1, 2007 by 836: 8: 843: 829: 821: 515:. He has also appeared in the comic strip 454:. Originally shaped as the B-9 Robot from 247:style. The comic's humor includes satire, 120: 543:. She and Pam don't get along. 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