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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 24, 13 | Bubbles of Light 0 |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
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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Feb 8, 07 | 98 – The Wedding of Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden |
Jun 19, 13 | 514 – The Handover |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
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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Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
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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Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Nov 4, 11 | Pg. 6 “A Zombie Rabbit” |
Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
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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Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
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 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
Nov 30, 16 | 715 – Master and Student |
Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
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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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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May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Jan 29, 20 | 828 – Sorry About the Torture |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
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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Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Jan 27, 20 | 827 – Lay Her Down |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
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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Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Feb 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
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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Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Feb 12, 14 | 571 – ZBC Nightly News with Richelieu Madden and Gwen Dreck |
Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad On |
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 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Aug 7, 13 | 524 – Cracked |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
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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Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
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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Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Aug 19, 19 | 792 – Dashing, Like Hyphens |
Apr 23, 18 | 780 – Don’t Be a Jerry |
Nov 16, 06 | 44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
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 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Dec 12, 16 | 718 – What is Deserved |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
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Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Nov 4, 10 | 283 – Future or Past? |
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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Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Jul 28, 22 | 910 – The Hero the World Needs |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
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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Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
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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Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Nov 20, 19 | 814 – Ptoof! |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
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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Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
May 30, 11 | 320 – One Thing Left |
Jan 15, 20 | 824 – Knives Out |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
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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Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Dec 23, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 5 “ |
Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
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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Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
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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May 2, 12 | 408 – Remember Your Mission |
Jun 19, 13 | 514 – The Handover |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Sep 21, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 4 “The Best Day Ever, Ever” |
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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Sep 2, 11 | Pg. 7 – “Silent Heart” |
Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
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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Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
Feb 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
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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Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Oct 24, 12 | 452 – Book of Mormon Story |
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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Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
May 5, 12 | Pg. 11 “Fly Away” |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Jan 4, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part Two |
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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Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
May 19, 22 | 890 – Loved In Her Own Way |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
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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Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
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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May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
Jan 23, 12 | 380 – Mr. Jerry |
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 22, 10 | 266 – The Greatest Book Ever Written |
Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
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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Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
Oct 24, 11 | 357 – Now Leaving Medieval Midway |
Sep 21, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 4 “The Best Day Ever, Ever” |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Dec 14, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 2 “No One Should Die Among Strangers” |
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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Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
Jun 23, 14 | 603 – General Will and the Society of Heroes |
Jun 20, 12 | 422 – Whoof! |
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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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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Jan 30, 07 | 90 – Introducing Star Maiden! |
Feb 8, 07 | 98 – The Wedding of Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden |
Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
Oct 15, 09 | 229 – Father and Tom |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
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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Jun 26, 13 | 516 – Time to Clean House |
Nov 2, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 10 “Anywhere But Here” |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
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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Oct 21, 06 | 27 – Spy Gal’s Explanation |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
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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Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Jun 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
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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Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
Aug 26, 15 | 674 – A Little Window Above His Head |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Jun 24, 13 | Bubbles of Light 0 |
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Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
Jul 9, 12 | 427 – I Bet He Wishes He Was a Lizard |
Jun 25, 09 | 213 – Bubbles of Light 4 |
May 26, 14 | 598 – Do You Moisturize? |
Jun 30, 14 | 605 – Underground Brawl |
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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Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
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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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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Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Aug 13, 09 | 220 – Don’t Act Like You Care |
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 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
Jun 3, 11 | Pg. 8 “Future Imperfect” |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
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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Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
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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Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Dec 3, 14 | 642 – A Star Falls |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
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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Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Aug 7, 13 | 524 – Cracked |
Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Jul 31, 13 | 522 – A Favor for Spy Gal |
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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Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Aug 10, 20 | 843 – What About the Crawfish? |
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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Aug 15, 14 | Pg. 7 “Kill ‘Em All” |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Aug 17, 10 | SF Origins: Baby Swifty’s First Words, Pg. 1 “Back to Start” |
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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Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
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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Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
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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May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
Feb 8, 07 | 98 – The Wedding of Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Jun 3, 11 | Pg. 8 “Future Imperfect” |
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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Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Feb 5, 14 | 569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year |
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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Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Aug 7, 13 | 524 – Cracked |
Jul 22, 11 | Pg. 1 “Uh Oh” |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
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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Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
…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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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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Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Oct 5, 16 | 704 – Ankle Biters |
Nov 30, 11 | 367 – The Division Sword |
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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Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
Oct 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
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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Apr 27, 11 | 311 – The Glow of the Screen Shines Brightly |
Jul 22, 10 | 266 – The Greatest Book Ever Written |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Aug 16, 10 | 271 – Is Spy Gal Not a Good Woman? |