# Identify this comic strip series? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447 "2017-10-10T08:14:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/1 "2017-10-10T08:14:46Z")
Hopefully this will be a really short thread. I am looking to identify a comic strip that used to appear in the early 90s. It was rendered in B&W, and was space operatic. (Those were the days Voyager was exploring Neptune; this daily comic strip with all the Voyager news and pix made an indelible impression on my young mind…) This is the only thing I remember now (was too young back then): “Melodie is dancing like a dream in the low gravity…” Melodie was a woman/robot? and this line refers to her dancing on the moon. TIA and grateful to anyone who can identify this for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/2 "2017-10-10T13:04:02Z")
Were you reading this in your local daily newspaper? An local alternative weekly tabloid? A national magazine? Etc? ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/3 "2017-10-10T13:33:15Z")
> [@2Bits](#): > > Were you reading this in your local daily newspaper? An local alternative weekly tabloid? A national magazine? Etc? My local daily - back in India at that time, but it was obviously an American strip. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/4 "2017-10-10T13:46:23Z")
[Brewster Rockit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Rockit:_Space_Guy!) has information on current missions sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/5 "2017-10-10T13:47:41Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Brewster Rockit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Rockit:_Space_Guy!) has information on current missions sometimes. Probably not > [@](#): > > It debuted on July 5, 2004 ---
**Author:** ![mandala](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mandala/32/95_2.png) [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/6 "2017-10-10T14:01:25Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > [Brewster Rockit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster_Rockit:_Space_Guy!) has information on current missions sometimes. Rockit is funny, but not what I am after. The strip was pretty serious, rendered in grainy B&W (which added to its charm), and much older than Rockit (early 90s). Clues? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/7 "2017-10-10T14:19:42Z")
[_Dan Dare_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Dare)? I saw it as a daily strip for awhile, though I don’t recall when. The one strip I remember was when a group of aliens who looked like owls saw humans observing them and flew over to say “Shoo!” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/8 "2017-10-10T14:24:05Z")
> [@mandala](#): > > Rockit is funny, but not what I am after. The strip was pretty serious, rendered in grainy B&W (which added to its charm), and much older than Rockit (early 90s). Clues? Flash Gordon “reruns” are read. They match the gray and grainy, but I don’t recall any information about current missions. ---
**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/9 "2017-10-10T14:25:34Z")
1. A real stretch, perhaps, but back when you were enjoying this did you ever notice the small print in between the panels that would of listed the name of the syndicate that distributed it? 2. If the newspaper that was running it is still a going concern an email to their features editor may get results. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/10 "2017-10-10T15:03:39Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/11 "2017-10-10T15:19:52Z")
> [@mandala](#): > > Hopefully this will be a really short thread. > > I am looking to identify a comic strip that used to appear in the early 90s. It was rendered in B&W, and was space operatic. (Those were the days Voyager was exploring Neptune; this daily comic strip with all the Voyager news and pix made an indelible impression on my young mind…) > > This is the only thing I remember now (was too young back then): “Melodie is dancing like a dream in the low gravity…” Melodie was a woman/robot? and this line refers to her dancing on the moon. > > TIA and grateful to anyone who can identify this for me. 🙂 Okay, let’s clarify some things: When in the 1990s? That’s a ten year span; if you can narrow it down that would help. In the meantime, [here’s 10 links](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Comic_strips_ended_in_the_1990s); you can see if you recognize a title there. Second, [googling for the phrase “Melodie is dancing like a dream in the low gravity” returns only this thread](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Melodie+is+dancing+like+a+dream+in+the+low+gravity%22&client=safari&rls=en&filter=0&biw=1324&bih=969). I suggest that you have possibly mis-remembered the phrase or the spelling of Melodie. > [@mandala](#): > > My local daily - back in India at that time, but it was obviously an American strip. Where? What city? What newspaper? Why are you holding back information? My suggestion is that you reach out to that newspaper and ask their archivist to look up what comics they ran back then or you search their online records yourself. Searching for “comic strip NASA” and “comic strip astronauts” returned nothing like what you’re describing; adding “1990s” didn’t help either search. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/12 "2017-10-10T15:30:07Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Okay, let’s clarify some things: > > When in the 1990s? That’s a ten year span; if you can narrow it down that would help. Where? What city? What newspaper? Yes, this. More info. The newspaper may be archived and available online. I have subscriptions to the 2 largest archives and can check and see if I have the details. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/13 "2017-10-10T15:50:22Z")
Are you sure about the date? Was it unusually long for a comic strip? I’m thinking [Star Hawks](http://space1970.blogspot.com/2011/08/goulart-kanes-star-hawks-1977.html), 1979-81. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-comic-strip-series/798447/14 "2017-10-10T21:26:55Z")
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