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'''''<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.ronplanet.com/ Ron Planet]</span>''''' was a comic strip written by [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]]. The comic centered around the eponymous Ron Planet, the last astronaut on Earth in the year 2040.

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The concept for the comic traces back to 2006, when Matt and Craig joked about making a science-fiction movie centering on a former space hero called out of retirement. Inspired by the space-travel zeitgeist of the [[Ansari X Prize]], [[Virgin Galactic]], and The [[China National Space Administration]], the duo (with assistance from [[Mike Chapman]]) developed the idea into a script. Though they were unable to secure financing, the ideas from the script were adapted into the ''Ron Planet'' comic strip — leaving the door open for the strip to later be adapted into a movie.

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Ron Planet is the last astronaut on an Earth that has grown bored with space travel. When [[NASA]] detects suspicious activity on the moon (in the form of a bag of microwave popcorn), Ron is literally the only man for the job.

The comic's first strip launched on September 17, 2009. ''Ron Planet'' was co-written by Matt and Craig, and drawn by Matt. Strips are accompanied by brief text commentary, as well as a bonus feature allowing readers to view the original thumbnail sketches for strips. ''Ron Planet'' had [http://feeds.feedburner.com/ronplanet its own] [[FeedBurner Page]] as well.

The 49th strip was posted on November 22, 2010; though the story was not concluded, there have been no further updates since. In 2011, [[@ronginald|Matt tweeted]] that Ron Planet would "someday" be revived, though returning to [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] would take priority. In 2020, [[File:TwitterRonPlanet50.jpg|a sketch for the 50th strip]] was [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2020|shared to Twitter]]; in the same post, [[Strong Bad]] joked that the unfinished strip was "super boring" and that the comic was "killed [...] forever", implying that ''Ron Planet'' would not continue.

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Starring the popular Ron Planet!

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* An astronaut named "Ron Planet" first appeared on the box art for [[Duck Guardian 2]]. After the comic's launch, clicking the "starring the popular RON PLANET!" starburst on the box art in the [[Videlectrix]] website gallery linked to the webcomic's site.
** In the comic, Ron Planet is far from "popular"; indeed, his unpopularity is the driving force behind the storyline.
* Craig Zobel posted about the comic [http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=15969 on the Homestar Runner Wiki Forum], introducing it as "a little side project".
* The comic's "about" page offers a story of how Matt and Craig met: in junior high school art class.
* Though Ron's full name is "Ronald", <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.ronplanet.com/rp022.html one strip]</span> featured a character assuming his name was "Ronginald". The comic's contact [[Email|email]] similarly was ronginald@ronplanet.com.
** This name would be reused for Matt's [[@ronginald]] Twitter account, where he occasionally tweeted about ''Ron Planet''.

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* [[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects]]
* [[The Strong Badian Administration of Some Aluminum Foil]]
* [[@ronginald]]

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* [http://www.ronplanet.com Ron Planet] website

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