Tom Corbett: Space Cadet
One of my all-time favourite science fiction properties is the kids adventure serial Tom Corbett: Space Cadet. It was like the Hardy Boys … but in space! This little gem ran on radio and early television in the 1950’s, and spawned adaptations in comics, books… and even a marching band album (!?!?!).
In one of the stories, a bunch of space pirates are flying around in a souped-up hotrod rocket – little more than a cockpit strapped to an engine. I got really excited about this idea and drew up some concepts for it.
More Tom Corbett art here:
http://lucasgreen.ca/2017/08/tom-corbett-space-cadet/
Tried adding retractable landing legs to the fins, so it could land on it’s tail like all respectable sci-fi rocketships can.
I love the idea of mixing retro-future sci-fi art with real life space designs; I tried mixing in a little bit of Cold War-era x-plane influence.
A bit of Chuck Yeager’s iconic record-breaking rocketplane, the Glamorous Glennis.
And a bit of Mercury Space Capsule thrown in for good measure.