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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| Aug 13, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 11 “Erased” |
| Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
| Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
| Aug 27, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 13 “Doom” |
| Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
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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| Aug 23, 10 | SF Origins: Baby Swifty’s First Words, Pg. 2 “Preposterous” |
| Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
| Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
| Jun 18, 14 | 602 – The Legless Speedster |
| Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
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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| Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
| Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
| May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
| Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
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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| Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
| May 28, 14 | 599 – Bubbles of Light Sideways |
| Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
| Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
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| Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
| Dec 28, 11 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
| Jun 20, 12 | 422 – Whoof! |
| Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
| Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
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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| Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
| Jun 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
| Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
| Oct 24, 16 | 707 – Demise |
| Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
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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| Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
| Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
| Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
| Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
| Mar 19, 12 | 396 – Give Tom a Chance |
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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| Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
| Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
| Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
| Aug 22, 14 | Pg. 8 “The Captor Revealed” |
| Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
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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| Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
| Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
| Aug 5, 10 | 268 – Sick and Unflattering |
| May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
| Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
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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| Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
| Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
| Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
| Nov 19, 12 | 459 – A Family Thing |
| Jan 18, 07 | 73 – It’s FUN to Share |
Crystal Murphy is back again! Last part of “Summer Fun” hits tomorrow. Hiatus is over on October 1st!
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| Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
| Jul 2, 12 | 425 – The Maiden Within |
| Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
| Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
| Nov 28, 11 | 366 – Who Dares? |
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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| Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
| Mar 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 9 “Mature Love” |
| Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
| Jun 3, 11 | Pg. 8 “Future Imperfect” |
| Mar 26, 12 | 398 – Rookie Hero Move |
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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| Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
| Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
| Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
| Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
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 |
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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| Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
| Nov 19, 12 | 459 – A Family Thing |
| Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
| Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
| Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
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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| Aug 4, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 2 “Master Masticate and the Concubine Cannibals” |
| Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
| Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
| Mar 28, 12 | 399 – Surprise, Swifty Disapproves of Everyone |
| Nov 1, 06 | 29 – Introducing Dr. Klein! |
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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| Nov 7, 16 | 711- Fallen Son |
| Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
| Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
| Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
| Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
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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| Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
| Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
| Nov 18, 19 | 813 – Villains Landing |
| Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
| Apr 23, 14 | 589 – The Lie of Never |
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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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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| Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
| Oct 2, 17 | 734 – Lovely and Darling |
| Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
| Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
| Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
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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| Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
| Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
| Jul 3, 13 | 518 – The Last Secret |
| May 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
| Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
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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| Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
| May 27, 13 | 507 – Telling Off Skunk Head |
| Feb 19, 20 | 832 – The Power of Percy |
| Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
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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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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| Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
| Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
| Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
| Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
| Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
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| Nov 6, 06 | 34 – Introducing the Healer! |
| Dec 21, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 3 “Out of Mongoloids” |
| Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
| Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
| Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
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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| Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
| Mar 3, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 3 “The Captain and Jerry” |
| Sep 11, 15 | 681 – Man Child |
| Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
| Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
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| Sep 21, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 4 “The Best Day Ever, Ever” |
| Jan 27, 14 | 566 – Guns Blazin’ |
| Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
| Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
| Aug 7, 08 | 152 – Best Man |
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| Jul 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
| Jun 9, 22 | 896 – Pushed Aside |
| Jul 6, 12 | Pg. 4 “The Very, Very Long Battle” |
| Jun 24, 10 | 262 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 4 “All Hail” |
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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| Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
| Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
| Dec 11, 13 | 556 – Sisters Rule, Pilatius Drools |
| Jan 2, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 5 |
| May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
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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| Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
| Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
| Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
| Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
| Jan 7, 10 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer of “The Misadventures of Super Milo!” |
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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| Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
| Nov 10, 14 | 635 – The Blame Game |
| Jun 26, 15 | 648 – Ready Air Force One |
| Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
| Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
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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| Dec 15, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 2 “But You Will Be” |
| Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
| Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
| Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
| Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
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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| Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
| Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
| Mar 1, 07 | 104 – Is Spy Gal Paranoid? |
| Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
| Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
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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| Jul 8, 15 | 653 – When a Shirtless Captain Spectacular Shows Up |
| Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
| Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
| Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
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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| Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
| Jun 30, 22 | 902 – Devastation |
| Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
| Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
| Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
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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| Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
| Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
| Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
| Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
| Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
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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| Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
| Jul 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
| Jan 20, 12 | Pg. 2 “Strange Visitor” |
| Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
| Feb 3, 11 | 294 – Funny Ya Should Mention That |
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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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| Dec 11, 13 | 556 – Sisters Rule, Pilatius Drools |
| Dec 9, 13 | 555 – She’ll Kill Them All |
| Jun 17, 13 | 513 – Devil’s Bargain |
| Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
| Apr 11, 12 | 402 – Lost Signal |
