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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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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 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
Nov 12, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
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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Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
Jan 26, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 3 “Explosive Ending” |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
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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Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
Sep 14, 11 | 351 – Dreams Come Crashing In |
Aug 2, 22 | 911 – The Savior of the World |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
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 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
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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Dec 21, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 3 “Out of Mongoloids” |
Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
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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Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
May 2, 11 | 312 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 1: The Real Cause of Dr. Rocket’s Suffering |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
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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Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
Sep 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
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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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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Dec 21, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 3 “Out of Mongoloids” |
Jul 23, 09 | 217 – Jerry’s Family? |
Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
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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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 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
May 2, 11 | 312 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 1: The Real Cause of Dr. Rocket’s Suffering |
Mar 3, 11 | 298 – Vile Villainous Vole |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
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 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Sep 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
Oct 29, 09 | 231 – The Greatest Revenge Plot Never Imagined |
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 10, 09 | 224 – The Race |
Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
Sep 1, 14 | 622 – Portalmaker |
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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Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Oct 5, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 6 “The Lips That Should Not Be Touched” |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Apr 30, 14 | 591 – About That Thing… That One Time |
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Sep 24, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Gwen Patton! |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Mar 16, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 2 “The Prophecy” |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
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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Sep 12, 16 | 698 – Good Thing or Bad Thing? |
Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Sep 12, 11 | 350 – Great Things Ahead |
May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
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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Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
Aug 18, 10 | 272 – GET OUT! |
Sep 14, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 3 “She Dead” |
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 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Jan 25, 12 | 381 – Shut Up |
Nov 12, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
Aug 15, 11 | 342 – The Wrong Man |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
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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Dec 7, 16 | 717 – The Fury of Soviet Sam |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
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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Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Nov 16, 06 | 44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed |
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 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
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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Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Jul 23, 18 | Pg. 8 “Better When She Was a Villain” |
Aug 31, 11 | 347 – Witch Fontana’s Fortunate Fortunes |
Nov 12, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
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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Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Aug 5, 10 | 268 – Sick and Unflattering |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
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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Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Aug 16, 10 | 271 – Is Spy Gal Not a Good Woman? |
Jun 30, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 20 “He Was a Noncombatant!” |
Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
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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Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Jul 28, 22 | 910 – The Hero the World Needs |
May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
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 27, 07 | 87 – The Third Man is Not Pleased |
Feb 27, 12 | 390 – Bubbles of Light 7 |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Feb 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 2 “Swifty” |
May 28, 14 | 599 – Bubbles of Light Sideways |
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 20, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 1 “Entry” |
Oct 9, 13 | 542 – The Visible Man |
May 2, 12 | 408 – Remember Your Mission |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
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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Mar 19, 12 | 396 – Give Tom a Chance |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Oct 26, 12 | Pg. 10 “The End?” |
May 2, 11 | 312 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 1: The Real Cause of Dr. Rocket’s Suffering |
Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
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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Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
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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May 11, 11 | 315 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 4: The Pilatian Power Crystal |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Mar 2, 20 | 835 – Because of the Struggle |
Feb 18, 13 | 481 – Awfully Suspicious |
Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
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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Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Feb 27, 12 | 390 – Bubbles of Light 7 |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Jan 2, 07 | 61 – Dictator Tot in Hel |
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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Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
Jan 11, 10 | Guest Strip by Bearman of “Bearman Cartoons!” |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
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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Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
Nov 2, 11 | The 2nd SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page |
Oct 20, 20 | 848 – Organic Deodorant |
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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Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
Apr 4, 11 | 304 – Catchy and Mysterious |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
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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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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May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Jul 23, 09 | 217 – Jerry’s Family? |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Mar 28, 12 | 399 – Surprise, Swifty Disapproves of Everyone |
Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
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 23, 10 | 290 – Too Much Sun |
Jun 27, 12 | 424 – Somebody That He Used to Know |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Dec 8, 20 | 860 – Idiot Martha |
Jan 7, 10 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer of “The Misadventures of Super Milo!” |
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Jul 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
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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May 28, 09 | 210 – What Happens Next |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
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 11, 15 | 681 – Man Child |
Aug 13, 14 | 617 – 4 Seconds Earlier |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
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 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Aug 21, 15 | 672 – To The USZ! |
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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Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Dec 8, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. One, Pg. 1 “Dr. Rocket Wears a Dress” |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
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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Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Mar 16, 20 | 839 – What What |
Sep 22, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 4 “I Am Dr. Rocket” |
Jun 19, 15 | 645 – Say the Name Correctly, Idiot |
Aug 19, 10 | 273 – All Is Revealed |
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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Mar 2, 20 | 835 – Because of the Struggle |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
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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Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
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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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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Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Feb 8, 07 | 98 – The Wedding of Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
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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Dec 8, 14 | The SuperFogeys 2015 Teaser and Special Announcements |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
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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Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
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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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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Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
…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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Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
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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Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Dec 29, 10 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar (Extra) |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
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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Dec 16, 08 | 188 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 5 “In The Dark” |
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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