Comic #10
Houston
Mission control runs out of options, so they phone a man on a stoep in South Africa. Move the one oke there, then use the space properly.
StarringRassie
Comic adapted from a joke by Zanya Mostert.
Comic adapted from a joke by Zanya Mostert.© Rassie Comics · rassiecomics.com
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Panel 1
A crowded control room full of screens. A red SYSTEM ALERT flashes on the wall; two controllers turn to each other in alarm.
Caption: Houston, USA – mission control
Controller: We’ve got a problem!
Controller: A big one!
Panel 2
A controller points at a red telephone on the desk with RASSIE printed on it. The man beside him hesitates.
Caption: The last option
Controller: Make the call!
Controller: Now?
Controller: NOW.
Panel 3
Rassie sits on a shaded stoep with a mug and a rugby ball on the table, holding an old handset to his ear.
Caption: Somewhere in South Africa
Rassie: Ja, Houston?
Panel 4
Split panel. A controller shouts into his headset on the left; Rassie raises one finger on the right, entirely calm.
Caption: The solution
Controller: We’re out of options!
Rassie: No, no… Move the one oke there.
Rassie: Then use the space properly.
Panel 5
The control room on its feet. Screens turn green, a controller punches the air and a colleague covers her mouth.
Caption: It’s working!
Controller: Do it!
Controller: It’s working!
Controller: How is that working?
Panel 6
The relieved room on the left, Rassie laughing on his stoep on the right.
Caption: Problem solved
Controller: Problem solved. Thanks, Rassie.
Rassie: Pleasure.
Caption: When Houston has a problem, they phone Rassie.