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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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Aug 10, 11 | 341 – Stop |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Apr 27, 11 | 311 – The Glow of the Screen Shines Brightly |
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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Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
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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Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Oct 7, 13 | 541 – Husband |
Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
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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Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Oct 20, 20 | 848 – Organic Deodorant |
Feb 11, 13 | 479 – Rescued By Fidel Castro |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
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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Jun 19, 13 | 514 – The Handover |
Feb 9, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 5 “Michelle Masters” |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
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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Jan 15, 20 | 824 – Knives Out |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Nov 6, 17 | 744 – The USZ is Truly a Wondrous Place |
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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Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
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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Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Mar 3, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 3 “The Captain and Jerry” |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Sep 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
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 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Jun 19, 15 | 645 – Say the Name Correctly, Idiot |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
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 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Oct 19, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 8 “Back Home” |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
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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Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Nov 14, 06 | 42 – Dr. Rocket Needs a Special Kind of Healing |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
May 14, 09 | 208 – Grab the Tush |
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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Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
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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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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Jan 27, 11 | 293 – Good Actor |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Feb 24, 14 | 574 – Jerry Stirring |
Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
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 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
Sep 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
Oct 26, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 9 “What Is Strength?” |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
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Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Sep 12, 14 | Pg. 10 – Breaking Free |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
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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Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Apr 29, 11 | Pg. 3 “Lucky” |
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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Jul 30, 09 | 218 – Good Friends |
Dec 1, 09 | SF Origins: When Tom Met Ms. Missile, Pg. 2 “Creepy Cute” |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
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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Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
May 15, 13 | 504 – A Striking Mustache |
Sep 9, 10 | 275 – A Moment of Silence |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
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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Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Aug 10, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 4 “Courtesy Call” |
Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
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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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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Jan 13, 07 | 68 – Jerry’s Computer Troubles |
Nov 24, 20 | 858 – She Brewed Beer Yesterday |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
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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Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
Jan 4, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part Two |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
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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Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad 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 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
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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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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Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
May 2, 11 | 312 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 1: The Real Cause of Dr. Rocket’s Suffering |
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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Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
Jun 9, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 17 “Er-Hurm!” |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Jan 9, 13 | 470 – Soviet Sam Strikes Again |
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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Jul 30, 09 | 218 – Good Friends |
Sep 10, 18 | Pg. 15 “Something Missing” |
Nov 23, 06 | 50 – And the Actual Winner of Bingo Night is… |
Sep 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
May 2, 08 | 85 – WebSpace Page: Spy Gal |
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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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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Mar 26, 14 | 583 – The Captain is Not as Alone as He Thinks |
Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Oct 3, 06 | 11 – The Power Dampener |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
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 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Apr 23, 09 | 205 – Here is What I Propose |
Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
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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Jun 12, 13 | 512 – The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened to Swifty |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
May 20, 10 | 257 – Blood on the Carpet |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
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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Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
Dec 2, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter The Space Pig” |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
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 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
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 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Oct 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
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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Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
May 9, 18 | 785 – What Spy Gal Wants |
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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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Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
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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Jun 19, 13 | 514 – The Handover |
Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
Dec 8, 14 | The SuperFogeys 2015 Teaser and Special Announcements |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
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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Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Aug 13, 14 | 617 – 4 Seconds Earlier |
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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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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Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Oct 18, 06 | 25 – Pee On Swifty |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Nov 3, 06 | 31- Spittin’ Oatmeal |
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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Jul 23, 09 | 217 – Jerry’s Family? |
Aug 10, 11 | 341 – Stop |
Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
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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Jan 19, 14 | 564 – One Year Later |
Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
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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Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
Sep 2, 08 | 159 – Strange Dreams and Wedding Plans |
Oct 12, 06 | 19 – Back From the Colonoscopy |
Mar 4, 07 | 107 – Bubbles of Light 1 |
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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Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Apr 16, 18 | 778 – Sam’s Guilt |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Nov 3, 06 | 31- Spittin’ Oatmeal |
Dec 9, 08 | 186 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 3 “Going Up” |
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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Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
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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May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Jan 8, 09 | 191 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 8 “The Process Explained” |
Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
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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Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
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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Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Mar 31, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 7 “Good Looks Good on You” |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Mar 25, 20 | 842 – Someone to Hit |
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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Jul 30, 12 | 431 – Blights of the Round Table |
Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
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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Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
May 28, 09 | 210 – What Happens Next |
Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
…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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Jun 13, 11 | 324 – What is a Hero? |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
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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Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Aug 19, 10 | 273 – All Is Revealed |
Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |
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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Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
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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Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Feb 10, 14 | 570 – Cavalry |
Nov 1, 06 | 29 – Introducing Dr. Klein! |