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Astronauts in Trouble
Astronauts In Trouble: One Shot, One Beer
Late in 2029, the lunar pioneers and the claim jumpers, the ice rustlers and the jaded locals all have one thing in common - if they want a pint of Guinness and a quick shot of something neat...Cool Ed's is the only honky-tonk for 240,000 miles.
Belly up to the bar and hear the story of what really happened the day the HayesCorp Subtropolis blew up... listen to why a Fourth Century Korean king was the go-to guy at a party... how not to rob a bank... and how Col. Macadam first got together his Aerospace Intelligence Taskforce...
...all while a scuttlebot bartender keeps your glass full.
ONE SHOT, ONE BEER is like "Cheers" in space and features characters from LIVE FROM THE MOON and SPACE 1959 as well as introducing a whole new set of astronauts - even cameo appearances by Queen Elizabeth and Sir Edmund Hillary!
Belly up to the bar and hear the story of what really happened the day the HayesCorp Subtropolis blew up... listen to why a Fourth Century Korean king was the go-to guy at a party... how not to rob a bank... and how Col. Macadam first got together his Aerospace Intelligence Taskforce...
...all while a scuttlebot bartender keeps your glass full.
ONE SHOT, ONE BEER is like "Cheers" in space and features characters from LIVE FROM THE MOON and SPACE 1959 as well as introducing a whole new set of astronauts - even cameo appearances by Queen Elizabeth and Sir Edmund Hillary!
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72 pages, Paperback
First published November 15, 2000
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May 26, 2026
“Astronauts In Trouble: One Shot, One Beer” feels less like a traditional sci-fi comic and more like spending a long night inside the weirdest bar in the solar system — and I mean that as a huge compliment.
Instead of focusing on one giant central plot, the book unfolds through stories, conversations, rumors, and half-drunken recollections shared inside Cool Ed’s, the only real watering hole on the Moon. That structure gives the whole comic a lived-in quality that makes its version of lunar colonization feel messy, dangerous, funny, and strangely believable.
Larry Young’s writing is packed with personality. The dialogue crackles with humor and attitude, but underneath the banter there’s a strong sense of history and world-building. You get the feeling that every character has already lived through three other stories before walking into the scene. Whether it’s botched robberies, corporate disasters, obscure historical tangents, or military intrigue, the book constantly throws out ideas that make this universe feel much larger than the page count suggests.
Charlie Adlard’s art is perfect for this kind of gritty, blue-collar sci-fi. The Moon here isn’t sleek or utopian — it’s dusty, crowded, improvised, and full of exhausted people trying to survive at the edge of civilization. The atmosphere is fantastic.
What really surprised me was how charming the whole thing is. Even when the stories become cynical or violent, there’s still a warmth to the setting and characters that keeps everything engaging. The scuttlebot bartender alone almost deserves its own spin-off.
This is scrappy, talkative, imaginative science fiction with an indie-comics soul. If you like futuristic worlds that feel worn-in and alive rather than polished and sterile, “One Shot, One Beer” is absolutely worth pulling up a stool for.
Instead of focusing on one giant central plot, the book unfolds through stories, conversations, rumors, and half-drunken recollections shared inside Cool Ed’s, the only real watering hole on the Moon. That structure gives the whole comic a lived-in quality that makes its version of lunar colonization feel messy, dangerous, funny, and strangely believable.
Larry Young’s writing is packed with personality. The dialogue crackles with humor and attitude, but underneath the banter there’s a strong sense of history and world-building. You get the feeling that every character has already lived through three other stories before walking into the scene. Whether it’s botched robberies, corporate disasters, obscure historical tangents, or military intrigue, the book constantly throws out ideas that make this universe feel much larger than the page count suggests.
Charlie Adlard’s art is perfect for this kind of gritty, blue-collar sci-fi. The Moon here isn’t sleek or utopian — it’s dusty, crowded, improvised, and full of exhausted people trying to survive at the edge of civilization. The atmosphere is fantastic.
What really surprised me was how charming the whole thing is. Even when the stories become cynical or violent, there’s still a warmth to the setting and characters that keeps everything engaging. The scuttlebot bartender alone almost deserves its own spin-off.
This is scrappy, talkative, imaginative science fiction with an indie-comics soul. If you like futuristic worlds that feel worn-in and alive rather than polished and sterile, “One Shot, One Beer” is absolutely worth pulling up a stool for.
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