For the Love of Rockets!

Calling customers can lead to many interesting situations, but I've never been as amused as I was with one phone call I made yesterday. Without naming any names, I became privy to the information that St. Louis' indie comic elite meet once a year to set off rockets. KAPOW! That is so cool!

This year will be the eighth annual launch of the MissileFits Model Rocketry Club, meeting today, Sunday the 24 at 12 p.m. The launch will be at the open field just east of the History Museum in Forest Park. Their logo: “We get together once a year and launch crappy rockets!”

I'm not going to make any promises on who will actually be there, but I will say that non-other-than Dan Zettwoch designed a poster for last years debauchery, as pictured below:




As many of you know, Zettwoch is also responsible for our awesome Star Clipper tote bags, also pictured. Hopefully, all you loyal blog readers are sporting these crafty bags by now, but if you're not and are looking for something nice to carry a rocket in, perhaps an early visit to the old Clip' would prove especially useful today. By the way, we also just restocked many of Zettwoch wonderful comics.

Now, lets all take a moment of silence at the irony of a group of comic artists spending their day setting off rockets. Remember guys and gals, you need those hands. Have fun!

-Jon