New Comic! “UFO” Takes You on an Out-Of-This-World Adventure
by GoComics TeamGoComics’ newest daily strip takes you to a planet 4.5 million miles away from Earth.
“UFO” by Graham Harrop follows two duck brothers, Quagmire and Melrose, who were abducted from Earth and whisked away to Planet UFO. There, they run a two-star hotel for the alien administration.
“Quagmire is the dominant one and Melrose is the younger, more susceptible and easily-influenced one,” Harrop says of the siblings. Joining the extraterrestrial adventure are Frank and Earl, air traffic controllers who monitor incoming arrivals to the planet.
Harrop’s inspiration for the comic strip comes from his own interests. “I’ve always had a love of space and the strip just seemed to flow naturally from that,” he says. If you find Harrop’s name and cartooning style familiar, that’s because he also produces the daily strip “Ten Cats” here on GoComics.
When it comes to cartooning influences, Harrop’s looks up to greats like Johnny Hart (“Wizard of Id” and “B.C.”), Jim Unger (“Herman”), and Len Norris (an editorial cartoonist for the Vancouver Sun).
“Ideas can be sparked from a conversation, watching a show or just out of the blue,” he says. “I am hoping that people will find something fun in ‘UFO’. Whether it’s the monsters who frequent the hotel, celebrities who are teleported from Earth or Melrose’s seemingly-imminent demise.”
And what’s coming down the pike for the inhabitants of Planet UFO? Harrop gives us some intel, revealing that “well-known citizens start disappearing from Earth and suddenly find themselves as guests of Hotel UFO.”
Don’t miss out on this new feature, which will be updated seven days a week: Read and follow “UFO” on GoComics!