Rocket Salvage 1

Primo Rocket used to be the fastest speeder-racer in the galaxy, but after a crash that sealed the fate of his space-station-city home, Rio Rojo, Primo has resigned himself to life as a lowly spaceship salvage yard owner. However, his two “kids”--harvest clone Beta, and Beta’s genius girl-clone Zeta--can’t seem to keep out of trouble. When the dysfunctional family suddenly becomes the target of an intergalactic manhunt, the family has to come together to save their home.

What do you get when you combine Firefly, F-Zero, and Disney/Pixar’s Cars? If you answered “a horrible fever dream”, you’re right. But the second answer is Rocket Salvage. Primo Rocket is a fatter, sadder Lightning McQueen, if Lightning McQueen made a fatal mistake on the racetrack and drank away the rest of his life in Radiator Springs. Writer/ideaman Yehudi Mercado uses an inter-galactic raceway to explore themes of corruption, trans-humanism, and lineage. It’s pretty cool!

Illustrator Bachan brings these far-out ideas to life, resulting in a colorful, optimistic world that’s dripping with slime and grit. You feel it all through these pictures, the soaring highs of the raceway and the crushing lows of personal defeat.

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