Red Rocket 7

Mike Allred wrote and drew this single-issue, oversized Dark Horse special from 1998, a hallucinatory rock-and-roll epic that follows a mysterious alien hitchhiker through decades of music history. The story is a love letter to the transformative power of pop culture, with Allred’s signature pop-art style and heartfelt storytelling weaving a cosmic thread through the lives of real and imagined musicians. It stands as a singular, self-contained vision—a cult-favorite gem that captures the spirit of an era in a way only a creator-owned project can.