Astronauts

This one goes to eleven.

It’s hard to beat a straight flush.

The closest honky-tonk is 240,000 miles away. It’s CHEERS in space.

Meanwhile, back on the moon… Hayes reveals himself to be a Lex Luthor-level bad guy.

Ryan Browne and Jordan Boyd’s “God Hates Astronauts” #1 is absolutely crazy in the best ways possible. From the opening page of the book to the final panel, the jokes come at a rapid-fire pace through both story and art and are a testament to the singular, absurdist vision of creator Ryan Browne. The concepts and matter-of-fact introduction of the disparate elements that make up the comic book are reminiscent of the work of Pendleton Ward or David Lynch. There is no such thing as a cliche in work this unique and the flow of logic from one moment to the next takes the reader on an undulating wave of stream of consciousness fun. Several astronaut farmers are attempting to launch their cult-like leader into space where there are no rules against him marrying Hennifer, a hen that he loves and has fused to the body of a human woman. NASA sends several space bears and the Power Persons Five — led by Star Grass, a superhero merged with the disembodied ghostly head of a cow — to stop this il