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This is one of those that’s a favorite of a lot of people (or so I’m told) but that I’ve never really liked much. Bathroom humor always feels cheap and forced to me. On these early strips I was drawing at a smaller size and using paper and pens that were quite a bit different [...]
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Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
After I did the first 10 SuperFogeys strips on my blog at MySpace, I decided to try to find a place to get the strip hosted and see if I could produce something like it on a regular basis. When the SuperFogeys did find a host site (pre-Th3rd World) I decided to start the strip [...]
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Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
This is the first strip where I’m really demonstrating the perverseness of Dr. Rocket, an aspect of his personality that would come to define him later. It’s hard writing a perverse character in what is essentially an all-ages strip, but I think this strip is a good example of how it can be done. It’s [...]
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Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
I knew I wanted Dr. Rocket’s monologue to be about how he got Spy Gal unconscious, but I wanted his means of accomplishing that to be something humorous, brief and unique. I thought he might drug her, but just any ol’ drug wouldn’t do. It had to be something exotic. Boom: Space Pig Urine. It [...]
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Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
Nov 22, 17 | 749 – Caught in the Act |
Jul 4, 11 | 330 – Swim City |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
There are essentially two ways to do a comic strip (as I see it): with or without a continuing story. The intro of Spy Gal is when I realized that I just wasn’t capable of doing one-off jokes. I ALWAYS have a story to tell. Spy Gal was originally supposed to be a character named [...]
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May 6, 10 | 255 – Parental Duty |
Aug 3, 12 | Pg. 6 “Inevitably Betrayed” |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
May 16, 11 | 316 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 5: The Last Place Anyone Would Think to Look |
For Spy Gal’s intro, I wanted to push the boundaries of good taste a little. Is it right to make light of the dementia that all-too-often takes over the minds of older people? …Depends on how you do it. Turns out Spy Gal was faking, but it’s a theme I plan on revisting. Why Turnip? [...]
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Mar 16, 20 | 839 – What What |
Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
Oct 12, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg.7 “BOOM” |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
It still pains me to look at the art in a lot of these early strips. Where the crud are the frickin’ wheelchairs? The only answer I have is that I was lazy and was trying to draw as little as possible. I really saw the strips as more of an exercise in pacing and [...]
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Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
Dec 30, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 2 |
Apr 16, 18 | 778 – Sam’s Guilt |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
his is the second of the additions I made to the original 10 black and white strips I did to kick off the SuperFogeys. Originally, episode 8 went into what is now episode 10 without this minor stopover to make explicit what was once subtle. She’s Spy Gal. Spy Gal is a spy. Duh. It [...]
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Jan 15, 20 | 824 – Knives Out |
Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
This is one of my favorites. I think it really brings home the idea that these guys are old. We don’t know how Mr. Crook died, but he was in a nursing home and that’s what people tend to do there so we don’t even wonder what the cause was. Maybe that’s a story I’ll [...]
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Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
I had written myself into a bit of a corner. I had Spy Gal come to Valhalla, but she didn’t really need to be there. Somehow, I had to make her stay. Enter the Orderly (later named Gene) and the Power Dampener. Visually, Spy Gal would never be the same after this strip and I [...]
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Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Sep 24, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Gwen Patton! |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
This is one of my absolute favorites. I think it’s one of the funniest last panels I’ve ever come up with. So, of course, only about half the people who read it actually get it. This one gets knocked down by a lot of people for not standing too well on its own. I suppose [...]
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Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Mar 2, 20 | 835 – Because of the Struggle |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Time between the creation of SuperFogeys 12 and 13: 2 months. This is the first strip that really sets the tone for what the SuperFogeys would be. The art is finally coming into its own, resulting in a strip that I’m really proud of. I love the subtle pacing of the camera zoom. It’s a [...]
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May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Aug 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
First of all: yes, they’re watching Jeopardy. The real point of this strip was to show Jerry’s concern for Spy Gal and Captain Spectacular’s utter lack of it. I wrapped that point in a Jeopardy joke recycled from Groundhog Day because I figured I’d better do this joke now and early in order to get [...]
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Jan 4, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part Two |
Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
What’s sadder than a guy who can run really fast that’s stuck behind a walker? The answer is nothing, my friends, nothing. That’s what makes Swifty so much fun–we all know exactly why he’s so bitter and grumpy and you just can’t blame the guy. For Swifty’s design, I couldn’t make him look too much [...]
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Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Jul 4, 11 | 330 – Swim City |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
This is one of those strips I really, really struggled with. I knew the last thing I wanted was for Dr. Rocket to successfully take advantage of Spy Gal. I mean, this just isn’t that kind of strip. The simplest solution would have been to have Jerry or Captain Spectacular bust through the wall and [...]
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Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
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Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Jun 30, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 20 “He Was a Noncombatant!” |
Jun 25, 18 | Pg. 4 “The Greatest Woman Who Ever Lived” |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
This one is just ugly. None of the characters look right, though I do love how the idea of Spy Gal kissing Dr. Rocket just rolls off Captain Spectacular. The man just does not care. Plus: sexy shoulder blades.
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Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Although I didn’t realize it at the time, this was a step in the right artistic direction for the SuperFogeys. The changing camera views were necesitated by the storyline and made for a much stronger reading experience. There’s a little easter egg in this one with the picture of the girl on the wall in [...]
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Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
Jan 9, 17 | 724 – Requiem for Tangerine |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
I love this strip. I think this is the one where you get the best sense of the relationship between Captain Spectacular and Jerry. The first panel alone–I think if the entire strip were just that panel, I’d be happy. I don’t think anyone else laughs at that first panel (That’s not where the joke [...]
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Me: Hey, I’ve got a great idea. Me: What’s that? Me: You know how we could get a lot of strips done quickly? Me: How? Me: We could just cut/paste all the best bits from previous strips and add only minor alterations! Me: Genius. Future Me: I beg to differ.
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My lazy self strikes again. As for the story here, this strip was important to me because I had a very real fear at the time that it was going to be perceived that I had a hatred towards women. Dumb, right? I mean, Dr. Rocket is a character, he doesn’t speak for me, but [...]
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Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Jan 23, 07 | 82 – Refuge in Dr. Klein’s Office |
Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
This is the strip that finally broke me. I enjoy the dialogue here a lot, but the art is the (seemingly) umpteenth strip made out of spare parts. This is when I realized things had to change.
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Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
Feb 29, 12 | 391 – Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun… |
Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Dec 14, 16 | 719 – It’s Easy When You Know How |
I do believe this strip marks the first close-up I’d ever done in the Superfogeys. I began looking for ways to change the camera around and push the framing into the storytelling more. It was just one panel, but it was a start.
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Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Apr 28, 14 | 590 – Will He Fight? |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
I love this little experiment. It’s two jokes, one the main plot and one a jokey subplot, that don’t work so well on their own but that compliment each other, I think, pretty well. Jerry’s frustration here is my own. Sleep, it seems, will always be denied me. I had no idea the Space Pig [...]
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Aug 13, 12 | 435 – A Job Well Done |
Sep 10, 18 | Pg. 15 “Something Missing” |
Jul 11, 11 | 332 – Captain Spectacular’s Buds |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Jul 10, 08 | Guest Strip by Lucas Turnbloom of “Imagine This!” |
Double-sized strips are always fun, but I’m not sure this is the best use of it. The flashback certainly was fun to do. The idea here should be clear: Jerry is Captain Spectacular’s sidekick. This is all set-up and revelation. You should be getting the idea by now that Chapter 1 is really Jerry’s story.
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Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
Jul 27, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 2 “Down” |
Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
This is the episode that almost never was. My original plan was to go from strip 26 to the last strip of Chapter 1–what is now strip 28. However, I realized fairly late in the game that I hadn’t really done anything to set up WHY CS and Spy Gal would get back together. I [...]
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Mar 1, 11 | Pg. 5 “Couture Fashion” |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Feb 9, 07 | 99 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden Met and Married, Conclusion |
Nov 30, 16 | 715 – Master and Student |
The last strip of Chapter One is one that I had planned for a long, long time. Once I decided to do the SuperFogeys for real, I quickly came up with a grand plan. This plan extends far, far beyond this chapter, though this ending is the first touchstone in that plan. If you ever [...]
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May 26, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 15 “DUDE!” |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
This first strip in chapter 2 is all about setting up the game and introducing Dr. Klein, an obviously important figure at Valhalla. When I started the SuperFogeys, I always had it in the back of my mind that I would need to create a “man-in-charge” at some point. Dr. Klein, with his german name [...]
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Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Dec 23, 10 | 290 – Too Much Sun |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
May 17, 22 | 889 – So Much Love to Share |
I love Spy Gal. It’s probably the adolescent schoolboy in me, but I have a lot of fun teasing her and putting her in some horrible situations. It’s always fun to see what she’ll do. Gene is the stand-in for my fifteen-year-old self. And, in case you can’t make it out, the book Spy Gal [...]
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Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Jun 30, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 20 “He Was a Noncombatant!” |
Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
One of the better-paced strips I’ve done (or so I’ve been told) and a solid, economical reintroduction to three of the main characters.
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Jul 26, 22 | 909 – Get Outta Town |
Jun 30, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 20 “He Was a Noncombatant!” |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Some people thought Dr. Klein’s look in the third panel coupled with his German name mean that Dr. Klein is evil. I won’t comment on the prejudices of my readership, but I will say that I did not have that in mind when I drew it. I was just experimenting with what I could do [...]
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Jul 29, 13 | 521 – Spy Gal Awakened |
Jun 22, 15 | 646 – Dark Maiden Wants What Now? |
Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Ugh. This is my failed experiment. Like Strip 25, I had two ideas for a strip and tried to make them into one. As drawn, panel 3 preceded panel 2, but at the last minute I got the idea to integrate them more. It didn’t work. Not helping matters is the last panel. For the [...]
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Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Mar 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
May 30, 11 | 320 – One Thing Left |
Like Spy Gal in Chapter 1, I had spent two strips building up the arrival of the Healer. I wanted his entrance to be important and surprising. Originally, the Healer was going to be an old man in a cloak. Much more like Dr. Strange or something like that. After being comfortable with that for [...]
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Aug 19, 10 | 273 – All Is Revealed |
Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
The SuperFogeys are so stiff and immobile, it was fun to cut loose a little on a character like the Healer. I made it double-sized because I wanted the figures to breathe a little and see what I could do with a character who is real expressive. There’s some good lines in this one (Dr. [...]
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May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
Apr 2, 07 | 132 – Shake! Shake! Shake! |
Mar 12, 14 | 579 – The Romantic Smell of Blood and Suffering |
May 27, 13 | 507 – Telling Off Skunk Head |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
More Healer nonsense. You can see how my camera is really changing up now. I’ve left behind almost completely the cut/paste of the previous chapter, something I was real glad to do. The Space Pig is always fun to bring back. There’s no way to explain him and his function every time out, so I [...]
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Nov 8, 17 | 745 – The Song of Rocket’s Loyalty |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
I hate the first panel of this one. CS and Spy Gal just don’t look right and I don’t know what I was thinking. The entire point of this strip was to establish that Spy Gal is attracted to Dr. Klein. I don’t do anything more with it for the whole of Chapter 2, but [...]
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Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Jan 9, 07 | 65 – Co-Conspirators |
This is a strip I’m really proud of. It’s very much a side-trip from the main story, but I think it’s poignant in a way that SuperFogeys hasn’t been up until now. While writing the SuperFogeys, I often have to ask myself, “What will it be like when I’m old?” I guess this is one [...]
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Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Nov 15, 06 | 43 – The Healer Approaches the Captain |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Jerry was late to the party because I needed to remind the audience of his feelings for Spy Gal. I’m sure there was a better way to do that. Not a favorite of mine.
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I knew the back half of this chapter would be light on the Swifty, so I wanted to make sure his last time in the spotlight was a memorable one. Everyone seems to have a different favorite Swifty ailment, but the one I like the best (and the first one I wrote) is the one [...]
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Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
Jul 12, 22 | 905 – Big Landing |
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May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Yeah, I did a Viagra joke. You almost have to, given the subject matter. I think I did it in the best possible way. It was important to me to have the Healer is so disapproving and grossed out. I think that’s how we all felt the first time we saw Bob Dole talking about [...]
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Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Sep 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
I had been looking for an excuse to do a single-panel strip for a long time and this conclusion of the Healer’s interviews with all the SuperFogeys was a good excuse for it. Originally, the dialogue on this one was vastly different. It was a back and forth between the Healer and the Captain; none [...]
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Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
May 25, 12 | Pg. 3 “A Couple of Brothers” |
May 13, 10 | 256 – A Misnomerstanding |
Oct 23, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 4 of 4 |
44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed
by Brock Heasley on November 16th, 2006This is one of those connecting strips that I didn’t know I needed until I did. Strip 45 was always a story I was going to tell, but before I got to that story I realized that I had nothing leading into it. What would be Dr. Rocket’s final scheme? Why, bunnies of course. Why [...]
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45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion
by Brock Heasley on November 17th, 2006See the bunny? I liked the idea that Dr. Rocket kept one bunny for himself. Of course it begs the question…what happened to the bunny? That answer is coming in Chapter 6. This strip took a little longer than your average strip. In the end, I think I probably pumped a little too much detail [...]
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Jan 12, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 1 “Sweet Samantha” |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
Jan 29, 20 | 828 – Sorry About the Torture |
Another “ugh” strip for me. I have a real problem with drawing too big for the panel. I truly need to zoom the camera out more. The Healer declaring the Captain the winner without checking the score should come across as a bit strange. He’s just being too nice. It’s the first hint there might [...]
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Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
Jun 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
I absolutely love this strip. This is a case of art elevating the script. On paper, this one didn’t seem like it would be much. If anything, I felt like I was trying to do too much. However…I think it works. Bingo Knight was a character name given to me by a reader of my [...]
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Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
Jul 27, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 2 “Down” |
Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Bingo Knight’s design came from the idea that he is essentially a super accountant. I mean, a super hero who settles Bingo scores? How could he be anything BUT an accountant? Once I knew that, all I had to do was put a dorky guy in a Knight costume and the idea sold itself.
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Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
I don’t know how much this strip actually adds to the plot, but it makes me laugh and sometimes that’s enough. A genuinely well-drawn Spy Gal in this strip, I think. She’s a tough one to draw just right and I always have a hard time with her hair.
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Nov 24, 14 | 639 – What She Had to Do |
Nov 3, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “The Mrs. and the Ex” |
Nov 30, 11 | 367 – The Division Sword |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
I tried and tried to not make this one a double-sized. I had just done one and I didn’t want to take the time to do another one, but there just wasn’t any other way to make it work. Too many characters all interacting with each other. It has been said that this is one [...]
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Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Oct 24, 11 | 357 – Now Leaving Medieval Midway |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
This is the one that was lifted almost entirely from the rejected version of strip 43. That’s how a lot of strips get written. I may write lots and lots of possible dialogue for any given strip and if something isn’t right for the idea, but the dialogue is good anyway, I’ll save it and [...]
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This is one I was really excited about doing. The art in the SuperFogeys represents a style that I invented just for this strip. I work in a lot of different styles at my 9-to-5 and in my freelance work, so it was fun to show off one of those styles in this strip. Plus, [...]
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Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
By the time I got to this strip I’d really tossed away any notion I had of keeping the same structure of four panels for each strip. This is another of those ideas I had from almost the very beginning of Chapter 2. It’s so weird seeing the Captain standing. I don’t know that I’ll [...]
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I love Gene. He’s such a jerk and yet, I think, you feel sorry for him. I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s just me. I broke my rule of having Spy Gal being tough enough to defend herself because I couldn’t pass up the joke. I hope no one minded.
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Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
May 18, 12 | Pg. 2 “Not Ready or Able” |
Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
Nov 16, 06 | 44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed |
Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
Talk about left field, huh? All I’ll say here is that I do know who the Healer is talking to and it is a hint at something greater and we WILL find out who it is. There are more questions to be asked about this one, but I’ll let you figure out what they are.
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Sep 10, 12 | 443 – “Open to Ideas” |
Apr 2, 09 | 202 – He Started Stuttering |
Nov 14, 06 | 42 – Dr. Rocket Needs a Special Kind of Healing |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
May 24, 22 | 891 – Third Eye Blind |
I’m color-blind (mildly so, but still…), but the SuperFogeys are a one man show so you all have to put up with my puke palette. However, it’s always nice when a strip looks pretty like I think this one does. The entire point of this strip is to justify the next one…
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Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
…just as the entire point of Chapter 2 was to justify this one joke. See, I wrote this one as one of the first 10 strips back in the first weeks of the creation of the SuperFogeys. I quickly realized that I couldn’t use it because, uh, hello? Captain Spectacular can’t walk. Thus, Chapter 2 [...]
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Feb 20, 13 | 482 – The Disappearance of Dr. Klein |
Sep 7, 11 | 349 – Avalanche of Wins |
Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Jan 19, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 2 “Homewreckers” |
Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
This is an important call back to the end of Chapter 1. I had to keep Jerry’s unrequited love alive somehow and it seems particularly harsh that it’s now Spy Gal herself who is diminishing him. Jerry’s just fun to mess with.
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Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
And that’s it, folks! Captain Spectacular’s dialogue here with Dr. Klein offers real insight into his character. CS has retired from not only the hero business, but also from life. Even though this seems like a return to the status quo, the Captain will remain healed and able to walk. Might make things interesting later [...]
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Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Titling a chapter is a source of great stress for me. I’m not very good at it and I put it off until I absolutely have to come up with something. That said, “The Techno Shuffle” very much fits what this chapter is going to be all about. Originally, this chapter opened on two characters [...]
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