You may have seen the follow comic strip before:
http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/
Earlier this week, I dropped the creator this note, and got the following response.
Cheers,
--Jay
> Dear Mr. Amend,
>
> Hi! I've noticed you've featured model rocketry in your cartoon over
> the years, and just wanted to let you know that those particular cartoons
> brought me lots of special chuckles. I see that you were born in 1962, as
> I was (it's amazing how many "Born Again Rocketeers" were).
>
> I won't pretend to guess which company you might have preferred,
> but I could only get Estes products by mail order.
>
> Thanks so much, and cheers,
>
> --Jay Goemmer
I was an Estes guy. Can't say I was a huge buff... only made half a dozen
rockets or so. We never had a good place to launch them where they wouldn't
end up in trees or lost in the neighborhood.
Bill Amend