Hello everyone I’m Eric Merritt. When I comment on the SuperFogeys I’m SUTBEric and I draw the new webcomic Steer Valley. I’d chat it up more but let’s talk about why you know I exist: this strip right here! First I apologize to fans of the characters I didn’t represent but the interactions between Klein/Jerry/Third [...]
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UPDATE: Unfortunately, the person scheduled to do the Chapter 11 Recap was unable to complete the project. However, tomorrow the Recaps will wrap up in fine style with Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Also unfortunate: I’m battling a bad case of food poisoning and that’s why I haven’t been very present on the site in the past [...]
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Nov 8, 17 | 745 – The Song of Rocket’s Loyalty |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
Feb 25, 10 | 245 – One Week Later |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Aug 31, 15 | 676 – Jerry, Meet Thrice Evil |
Our 5th Anniversary Celebration concludes today with this stellar “recap” of Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” from Steve VanDyken. Steve had the unenviable task of recapping a chapter that isn’t even finished yet, but his take on how it could end is wonderfully dark and cynical–and all the funnier for it. You’ll see how close he gets [...]
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Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Jul 27, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 2 “Down” |
Jun 19, 13 | 514 – The Handover |
Nov 5, 12 | 455 – You’re Not My Father! |
Weather happens. And sometimes it knocks out Marc Lapierre’s power and he has no way to create the strip, much less post it. Apologies! Marc is one of the more dedicated artists I’ve ever worked with and believe you me–the strip would be done if it were possible. In fact, even the midst of this [...]
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Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Jul 4, 11 | 330 – Swim City |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Jun 16, 14 | 601 – Kneel Before Thrice |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
Those of you that celebrate it, I hope you had a great Christmas. I hope I did too. I wrote this 5 days ago! Welcome to Guest Strippin’ Xmas! Today and for the next three days I’ll be featuring strips from SuperFans like you who have banded together to give Marc and I a bit [...]
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Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
May 27, 13 | 507 – Telling Off Skunk Head |
Aug 19, 15 | 671 – A Little Window Above My Head |
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Nov 4, 10 | 283 – Future or Past? |
Jun 16, 14 | 601 – Kneel Before Thrice |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Guest Strippin’ Xmas Continues! This one comes from longtime guest stripper, Crystal Murphy. Great callback to SF Chapter One. Thanks, Crystal!
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Jul 27, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 2 “Down” |
Jan 10, 07 | 66 – Captain Spectacular’s Fear of Modern Technology |
Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Guest Strippin’ Xmas concludes with Marjorie Rishel of Draconis Wicked! Marjorie always does a great job picking some piece of SuperFogeys history and riffing on it and this is no exception. Thanks, Marjorie! Marc and I are back on Monday, Jan. 2. See you in the New Year!
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Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
There’s just one week of this hiatus left! Starting today and through Friday–Guest Strips! Today I bring you this deep dive into arcane continuity from Gwen Patton. Gwen is riffing off of something revealed not too long ago–namely that there are Space Monkey’s and their poo has a strange property that can turn human beings [...]
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Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Feb 15, 12 | 387 – A Hot Shower |
Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
Crystal Murphy is one of the very best of the SuperFans. She’s contributed many guest strips in the past and they’re always some of my favorites. This page is just a cover to a three page, end-of-summer story you’ll be enjoying from Wednesday to Friday. Then, on October 1st, HIATUS OVER. Don’t forget to check [...]
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Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Dec 25, 09 | Merry Christmas From Swifty (2009) |
Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Crystal Murphy always goes the extra mile. This is a four part guest strip. See parts three and four tomorrow and Friday! Hiatus ends on October 1st.
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Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
Crystal Murphy is back again! Last part of “Summer Fun” hits tomorrow. Hiatus is over on October 1st!
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Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Big thanks to Crystal Murphy for going above and beyond and turning out this very fun story. She and Gwen Patton really kept this week for being a boring slog. Nice job, both of you! See you back here on Monday with the beginning of Chapter 15 – Invasion, Part Two: Inaction Heroes No More!
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May 18, 12 | Pg. 2 “Not Ready or Able” |
May 26, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 15 “DUDE!” |
Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
This week is the big launch of the Kickstarter Campaign for the SuperFogeys Sourcebook and Adventure Game. Follow this link to check out the campaign, and here’s my blog post on the whole thing with details on how this whole thing got started and what it means for SuperFogeys fans. This is big and it’s [...]
Hi there. Can we talk for a second? Cool. It’s funny. The sixth anniversary of the SuperFogeys flew by last month and I barely noticed it. I have so much fun working on the strip that I forget about stuff like that. Just creating the SuperFogeys is its own reward, one I’m only too happy [...]
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Hey all, Well, it’s been a week since my last “Call to Arms” and in that time the needle on the SuperFogeys Sourcebook & Adventure Game Kickstarter has been moved in a big way! As of this writing, we’re 123% funded with $3,678! That’s incredible. Many of you really stepped up over the last week [...]
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Nov 8, 12 | A Call to Arms |
Nov 2, 12 | SuperFogeys Kickstarter! |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Hey everybody, surprise update today! Marc got this sweet idea for a Fight Poster after reading some of the scripts for the strips that are just ahead. The Spy Gal-Zurida throw down promises to be EPIC. It all begins on Monday. I can’t wait to see what Marc does with it. And in case you [...]
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Dec 9, 13 | 555 – She’ll Kill Them All |
Jul 4, 14 | Pg. 1 “One Month Later” |
Aug 22, 14 | Pg. 8 “The Captor Revealed” |
Nov 11, 19 | 811 – Attack Pattern |
Jan 30, 07 | 90 – Introducing Star Maiden! |
Welcome to Guest Strippin’ Xmas 4! I’ve used and abused you guys lots this past year, so this Guest Strippin’ Xmas is gonna be a little lighter than usual. However, as a treat, look for a special piece by Marc Lapierre next week! Big thanks to Crystal Murphy for this very funny and seasonal strip. [...]
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Jun 11, 09 | 211 – Shrinking Your Carbon Footprint |
Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Hey, Merry Christmas everyone! Can you believe the above piece? I ask Marc very late last week if there was anything he might be able to do for Christmas and he came up with this in record time. I’m so over the moon in love with it. My wife is, too. She’s determined to get [...]
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Jul 29, 10 | 267 – Without Pants, Nothing is Possible |
Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Jun 6, 11 | 322 – Long Shadow on a Sunny Day |
Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
Happy New Year, everybody! As some of you may have noticed, guest strips were a little light this Christmas (thanks again, Crystal Murphy, for steppin’ up!). Marc did a beautiful piece to fill in the gap a bit, and now I thought I’d give it a try with my “guest” strip. How do you do [...]
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Oct 18, 06 | 25 – Pee On Swifty |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Feb 20, 13 | 482 – The Disappearance of Dr. Klein |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Welcome to a bit of extra fun. Marc is taking a short vacation from the regular duties and in the mean time I’m taking them back with a short, four-part series that’s a little off from our regular programming. Mostly, these serve to give me a chance to illustrate some characters I’ve never drawn before [...]
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Oct 17, 16 | 705 – Saber |
Jan 22, 14 | 565 – Suckface |
Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Mar 26, 12 | 398 – Rookie Hero Move |
Day 2 of Marc’s break means more extra stuff from just me! Believe it or not, this is the first time I’ve drawn Zurida (and Raptor X, but he’s newer). I’ve inked her, but I’ve never pencilled her until now. It helped me to really appreciate the amazing design artist Rossana Bugini came up with. [...]
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Week 2 of Marc’s break! I do art on these extra strips and Marc comes back next week! Miss the last regular update on the main story? Check it out right here. I couldn’t resist finding an excuse to draw Captain Spectacular. He’s still my favorite character to draw, even after all this time. I [...]
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May 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Jul 29, 13 | 521 – Spy Gal Awakened |
This is it! The end of our little Q&A side trip. I had a lot of fun making these, though, to be honest, they came about at a really crummy time in my schedule. I got pretty close to turning in this one a day late. This one is probably the meatiest of the four, [...]
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Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Merry Christmas, everybody! (For real this time. If you missed our final regular strip of 2013, then you don’t know just how unmerry things got.) Last year, Marc kicked butt with this classic holiday piece. This year, he does himself one better with a spot-on Dr. Suess impression. “How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas.” Brilliant. This [...]
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May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
Dec 16, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 3 “The New Dr. Rocket” |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
Guest Strippin’ Xmas begins! Crystal Murphy is the one Guest Stripper (that’s not right) I can always rely on and today is the first of six contributions from her this year, all of them in the coloring book style you see above. You’re in for some pretty insightful and funny stuff. Marc and I return [...]
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Jun 24, 11 | Pg. 11 “Partners Again” |
Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
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Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Jan 18, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 5 “Hungry” |
Happy New Year’s Eve, everybody! Crystal is back! For my money, this is friggin’ hilarious. Marc and I will return on Jan. 6!
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Sep 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
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Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
Sep 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Apr 2, 14 | 585 – Atomic Fly’s Special Delivery |
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May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
May 19, 22 | 890 – Loved In Her Own Way |
Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Annnnnd here’s Crystal Murphy with the big finish. Thanks so much, Crystal! You literally made Guest Strippin’ Xmas possible this year. Marc and I return Jan. 6th–MONDAY! There’s only four strips left in the current chapter. Everybody remember where we left off?
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Apr 2, 12 | 400 – Dark Maiden |
Oct 4, 17 | 735 – The MSNBC-FOX News Coalition |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
There’s a great story behind this one. A few months back, Marc’s wife Stephanie contacted me and several of Marc’s artist friends on Facebook to recruit us for help with an amazing present for Marc’s 40th birthday. Those of you who follow Marc on Twitter and Facebook know he’s a prolific artist. He draws on [...]
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May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Mar 26, 09 | 201 – The Orphan BBQ Will Have to Wait |
Dec 31, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 3 |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
Marc here with a look at my design sketch for The Caretaker, a new and important character in the secret history of the SuperFogeys universe. Here’s Brock’s description for The Caretaker in the script for Monday’s strip: The Caretaker—a cosmic god who lives on the Moon (think the Watcher, but actually active)—stands watch at Earthrise [...]
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Sep 22, 14 | 625 – The Edict of Chaos |
Nov 17, 14 | 637 – Dimension-Crossed Haters |
Jun 15, 15 | 643 – Special Delivery |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
THIRD UPDATE 5/11/15: In case you missed it in the blog, SuperFogeys will be moving to a 3-times-a-week schedule when we return in June to make things a bit easier on our patrons. Also, SuperFogeys issue 3 is now available on Comixology! SECOND UPDATE 5/5/15: Whoa! Just a few hours after we hit our first [...]
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Well, it’s finally settled. After six long months SuperFogeys is finally on its way back. With the majority of Chapter 20′s strip in progress or already finished, Marc and I are confident is saying definitively that we will be back with Chapter 20, “Crossing Worlds,” for a three-times-a-week engagement (MWF) starting June 15th! I’ve got [...]
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May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Dec 30, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 2 |
Nov 17, 14 | 637 – Dimension-Crossed Haters |
UPDATE 7/13/16: SUPERFOGEYS RETURNS MONDAY, AUG. 1st, 2016. GET ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT HERE! UPDATE! Is the comic dead? No! Full details right here. ORIGINAL POST: Marc and I are about to start work on Chapter 21 and in the meantime we give you this INCREDIBLE poster courtesy of Marc to show off a bit [...]
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Aug 8, 14 | Pg. 6 “Back From the Dead” |
Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Apr 16, 18 | 778 – Sam’s Guilt |
Welcome to the first of this week’s bonus strips! Each of the two strips will demonstrate a different side of the SuperFogeys, the humor and the serious. Today is humor. This actually constitutes a deleted scene from Chapter 20, and would have come directly after this strip. Looking back, I kind of wish I’d thought [...]
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Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Monday was action. Tuesday was humor. Today is the drama. I didn’t realize it until now, but each of the updates for this week’s 10th Anniversary Celebration represents of the three keys SuperFogeys typically plays in. That’s probably why today’s strip felt so right. So, in case you haven’t noticed, today’s strip marks my return [...]
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I love this. I love that it takes Money Man–a character usually identified (correctly) as a Batman analogue–and makes him Iron Man. Hilarious alternate take. This comes to us from Alethea Lim, a frequent commenter round these parts under the name “Alecat.” Thanks, Alethea, for being such a great fan! You did SF proud. 10th [...]
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Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter!
by Brock Heasley on October 17th, 2018UPDATE 11/15/18 This is the LAST DAY to pledge your support! We are over 250% funded at this point and there are so many Kickstarter-exclusive goodies available through our stretch goals for all those who pledge $35 and above that it’s insane. The book is done, it only needs to be printed. And now we [...]
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May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Mar 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
THIS IS IT! There is less than 24 hours left to back the SuperFogeys Kickstarter and secure your copy of Volume One: Inaction Heroes, a 300-page book collecting the first SEVENTEEN chapters of the SuperFogeys saga and bunch of SuperFogeys Origins stories besides. We’ve blown past SIX stretch goals, so there’s a bunch of goodies [...]
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Nov 15, 12 | A Call to Arms 2 |
Nov 8, 12 | A Call to Arms |
Nov 2, 12 | SuperFogeys Kickstarter! |
UPDATE: Great news! After just a day and a half we have met our goal and Marc can officially get what he needs and start drawing again! To say we’re both blown away would be an understatement. I knew the fans would come through for us, but to have it happen so fast is astounding. My [...]
Yes! After more than a YEAR, we are finally coming back with Chapter 23: The Captain and His Father on Monday, August 5, 2019. Not only that, but we are promising TWO chapters before our next significant hiatus, with only a two-week break in between them. We’re so sorry it’s taken us this long to [...]
Beginning today, there’s new SuperFogeys issues on ComiXology coming at you every week! You can pick up Issue 7 right now, and I highly recommend subscribing so you don’t miss a single one. They’re only .99 cents each because comics should cost a dollar, dangit! Why buy on ComiXology? Besides the obvious ease of reading [...]
Hey there! It’s been…a minute. Couple years? It’s been awhile. Bet you thought we forgot all about you, but we didn’t. Let’s get the main questions out of the way first: Q: Is The SuperFogeys dead? A: No. Q: Is it currently being produced? A: Yes. See the sample art from SF 933 that leads [...]
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Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Jun 1, 11 | 321 – Unified By a Common Purpose |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |