Planet X: Uncooked

by on July 1, 2011 at 1:39 am
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Yesterday I received a cool email from Ellie reader Carsten.

“Recently you talked about how you have been waiting for the transmission of the first picture from Mars.
Today I found this interesting link about the first pictures from Venus and the restoration of these old pictures…
…and because I like those raw data images, I thought about how a raw data based composed image from Ellie might look.”

“…I have just tried to simulate the look of those 70s, 6Bit raw data images…just for fun…”

Well, thank you Carsten. I proclaim your interpretation of Ellie’s raw images…FUN!

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Of course there was PEZ!

by on June 28, 2011 at 12:04 am
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As we’ve mentioned before, Ellie could be seen everywhere and on everything back when she launched into space so long ago. So it’s a no-brainer that she would have been seen in PEZ form!

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Ellie’s First Day

by on June 24, 2011 at 2:03 am
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Ray Robinson is a collector of first day of issue covers – stamps that have been cancelled on an envelope on their first day of issue. What makes the ones he collects special is that he combines them with his other hobby of collecting comic character sketches. I was thrilled when he asked for Ellie on an envelope with this really cool Project Mercury stamp from 1962. I was also scared to death that I’d mess up and ruin it. I mean, this stamp is older than I am!

Here’s a closer look at the stamp which commemorates the program that launched John Glenn as the first American to orbit the Earth.

You can see more of Ray’s First Day of Issue Covers, featuring some really amazing artists, at his blog comicfdc.blogspot.com.

Thanks for the honor, Ray!

UPDATED:

Ellie reader Carsten wanted to know if there were any stamps with our favorite robotic explorer on them from back when she was launched, and if we could see any of them. It took me a bit to find one, but voila!

I’m pretty sure there were several more.

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A Couple of Reasons Why…

by on June 22, 2011 at 9:47 pm
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Denver Brubaker, creator of Tales of a Checkered Man, is one superlative guy! Not once, but twice did he send Ellie on Planet X some lovin’ in the form of shout outs.  First, on the TGT Webcomics podcast, at about the 1:18:40 mark, he bestows some high praise by including Ellie in with some other fine comics. And then…AND THEN, while Denver was sitting in on the Comics Coast To Coast podcast, he suggested they choose Ellie on Planet X as the Webcomic Pick Of The Week. You can hear that blurb at the 27 minute mark.

So, do us at Ellie Mission Control a favor by visiting Denver’s comic, Tales of a Checkered Man! And visit the two podcast links above to listen to more interviews with other outstanding comics creators.

Thanks Denver (isn’t Denver Brubaker like the coolest sounding name? Like a Colorado version of Indiana Jones? Denver Brubaker and the Mystery of the Golden Retriever, or something. I’d go see that)!

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