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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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Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
Dec 15, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 2 “But You Will Be” |
Aug 18, 14 | 618 – Thanks to Money Man |
Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Feb 5, 18 | 760 – OG Thrice |
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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Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Jan 25, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 9 “We Can Work With That” |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
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 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Jan 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
Sep 2, 15 | 677 – His Greatest Creation |
Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
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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Jan 30, 07 | 90 – Introducing Star Maiden! |
Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
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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Jan 22, 14 | 565 – Suckface |
Jun 30, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 20 “He Was a Noncombatant!” |
Apr 17, 13 | 498 – Zurida’s Conditions |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
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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Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Mar 2, 07 | 105 – Dr. Klein is Leaving? |
Sep 16, 13 | 535 – A Superhero, His Sons, His Ex and His Evil Best Friend are Locked Up in a Palace… |
Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
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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Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
May 2, 12 | 408 – Remember Your Mission |
Sep 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
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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Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
Oct 10, 06 | 17 – Spy Gal Doesn’t Need Jerry |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
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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Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Oct 26, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 9 “What Is Strength?” |
Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
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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Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Feb 5, 09 | 194 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 11 “Helpful Suggestions” |
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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Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
Dec 21, 11 | 373 – SWAT! |
Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
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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Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
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 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Dec 2, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter The Space Pig” |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
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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Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Sep 1, 14 | 622 – Portalmaker |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
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 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
Aug 22, 14 | Pg. 8 “The Captor Revealed” |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
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Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
Aug 28, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 5 “A Spot of Drool” |
Jun 24, 15 | 647 – Ms. Carter Sings the Blues |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
Jun 9, 22 | 896 – Pushed Aside |
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 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Aug 13, 14 | 617 – 4 Seconds Earlier |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
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 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
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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Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
Oct 5, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 6 “The Lips That Should Not Be Touched” |
Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
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, 14 | 586 – The New Percy |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
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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Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Jan 7, 13 | 469 – Beating Into Submission with Peace |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
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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Sep 30, 13 | 539 – Spy Gal Beats Up Somebody |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Jun 12, 13 | 512 – The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened to Swifty |
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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May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
May 21, 14 | 597 – Him Who? |
Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
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 9, 19 | 798 – A Dark Past, A Questionable Present |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Mar 18, 20 | 840 – Twice the Thrice |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
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 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
Jan 27, 14 | 566 – Guns Blazin’ |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
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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Feb 5, 09 | 194 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 11 “Helpful Suggestions” |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
This first strip in chapter 2 is all about setting up the game and introducing Dr. Klein, an obviously important figure at Valhalla. When I started the SuperFogeys, I always had it in the back of my mind that I would need to create a “man-in-charge” at some point. Dr. Klein, with his german name [...]
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Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
Jul 30, 12 | 431 – Blights of the Round Table |
Nov 4, 10 | 283 – Future or Past? |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
Aug 16, 10 | 271 – Is Spy Gal Not a Good Woman? |
I love Spy Gal. It’s probably the adolescent schoolboy in me, but I have a lot of fun teasing her and putting her in some horrible situations. It’s always fun to see what she’ll do. Gene is the stand-in for my fifteen-year-old self. And, in case you can’t make it out, the book Spy Gal [...]
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Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
One of the better-paced strips I’ve done (or so I’ve been told) and a solid, economical reintroduction to three of the main characters.
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Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Nov 15, 06 | 43 – The Healer Approaches the Captain |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
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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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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Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
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 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
Jun 25, 18 | Pg. 4 “The Greatest Woman Who Ever Lived” |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
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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Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Sep 3, 12 | 441 – She Misses Brunch |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Mar 19, 07 | 118 – Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden |
Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
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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Dec 16, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 3 “The New Dr. Rocket” |
Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
Mar 3, 11 | 298 – Vile Villainous Vole |
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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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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May 15, 13 | 504 – A Striking Mustache |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
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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Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Aug 5, 11 | Pg. 3 “A Decent Fish Stick” |
Jan 19, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 2 “Homewreckers” |
Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
Jan 9, 13 | 470 – Soviet Sam Strikes Again |
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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Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
Jun 18, 14 | 602 – The Legless Speedster |
Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
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Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
Dec 6, 06 | 55 – A Mysterious Figure in the Wings |
Aug 20, 09 | 221 – And By Books Do You Mean Skin Rags? |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
Dec 12, 11 | 370 – Ugly Little Man |
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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Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
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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May 25, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 1 “Where the Story Begins” |
May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
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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Feb 24, 11 | 297 – A Strong Man |
Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Dec 21, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 3 “Out of Mongoloids” |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
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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Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
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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Oct 14, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter: Jimmy-Go-Dead” |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Jul 4, 14 | Pg. 1 “One Month Later” |
Mar 1, 07 | 104 – Is Spy Gal Paranoid? |
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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Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
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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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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Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
Aug 10, 11 | 341 – Stop |
May 28, 09 | 210 – What Happens Next |
Jun 24, 15 | 647 – Ms. Carter Sings the Blues |
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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Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
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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Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Apr 5, 07 | 135 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein, Conclusion |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
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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Oct 10, 06 | 17 – Spy Gal Doesn’t Need Jerry |
Aug 10, 20 | 843 – What About the Crawfish? |
Nov 7, 16 | 711- Fallen Son |
Nov 2, 11 | The 2nd SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page |
Nov 12, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
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 4, 11 | 330 – Swim City |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Sep 10, 12 | 443 – “Open to Ideas” |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
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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…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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Jan 4, 12 | 375 – In The Zone |
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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May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
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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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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