Tranquility Base Comic

This is the alien half of a promotional Life on Mars set 1195 Alien Encounter. I really like the Life on Mars aliens, it's a pity it didn't last long. The new Mars Mission aliens are rubbish.

This is perhaps my most political episode. My inspiration for it was the type of people who spout bigoted, prejudiced, stereotyped views about various groups and people, while completely missing the non-stereotypes within their midst. Or if they are aware, they brush it off with an "oh, not you, mate, of course, not you, you're alright, you're one of us".

In case you can't read it, the yellow note in panel one, says:

Actually it's 686.9726 days using 24-hour Earth days.

If anybody is a Casey & Andy webcomic fan, the name Bob was chosen entirely coincidentally. However, I may use that serendipitous naming to make an homage to "Casey and Andy" when it ends later this year.