Close to Home by John McPherson for August 02, 2023

“only flew it on Sundays”

Is Bleeb checking out his home planet ?

the previous owner must have been the son of a galactic tycoon

Careful, Gork—You’d better check the UFOFAX report first!

Sounds like a good deal for a used Toyota

The more things change, the more they remain the same

A tik tak?

Yeah…but can it do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs???

SHAZBOT! I’ll take it!

But don’t even think about that TruCoat thing… I saw Fargo!

Now may I interest you in the extended saucer warranty?

Really? I don’t believe it. It would take 4 million years to travel that distance if the spaceship could travel at the speed of light.

Hi, Bleeb. Are you im the market for a used spaceship????

Yep, they’re all the same. Maybe not quite that bad, but give them the chance and they’ll get all the money they can out of you.

there aliens but they write in english. smart. watch out for these ones

Is that bleeb in the background

Ha! Like my 2004 Honda Civic with 47,000 miles!

Typical used car salesman!

“Hello, the reason I am calling you today, the warranty on your space ship is about to expire.”

Is that the one that crashed at Roswell?

Nice. It’s good to imagine that greasy used car salesmen are a constant in the universe. It gives the low-level miscreants in our community a job to do. (Yeah, I got took once)

Ask how much to store in the orbital laser cannon?

Bleeb’s semi hiding in the background this time because he owes the purple guy $10.

Bleeb is checking out a space terd.

That would be only an eight light years round trip.

It appears that prevarication among salesmen is prevalent throughout the entire universe!

Have I got a deal for you!!!!!!! Hiya Bleeb! Is that a tree you are hiding behind???? :)

You’d think Bleep wouldn’t have to hide at this place.

I don’t know what that green mossy thing is Bleeb, but I wouldn’t get too close to it.

But apparently he drove it to Alpha Centauri and back half a million times…

“What’ll take to get you into this little beauty today!?”

Yeah. Heard that one before…..

Huh…I didn’t know aliens went to church…

Kick the landing gear a few times.

Similar to a “Far Side” strip. John McPherson’s work is in the same context and category as Gary Larson’s, Quigman’s and Pirrarro’s.

considering the current push is it electric? where are the charging stations? how many light years per charge?

Don’t worry about that cracked windshield……..