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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| May 29, 13 | 508 – Slightly More Conclusive Evidence |
| Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
| Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
| Jul 22, 10 | 266 – The Greatest Book Ever Written |
| Jan 8, 14 | 561 – Blind Rage |
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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| Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
| Feb 12, 18 | 762 – Jerry vs. Soviet Sam |
| Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
| Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
| Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
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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| Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
| Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
| Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
| Oct 17, 11 | 355 – Bubbles of Light 6 |
| Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
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 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
| Mar 6, 07 | 108 – Spy Gal Will Protect Jerry |
| May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
| Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
| Apr 22, 13 | 499 – Statuesque |
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| Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
| Jan 13, 11 | 291 – Ear Cancer |
| Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
| Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
| Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
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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| Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
| May 27, 13 | 507 – Telling Off Skunk Head |
| Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
| Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
| Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
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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| Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
| Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
| May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
| Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
| Dec 28, 11 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
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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| Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
| Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
| Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
| Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
| Nov 15, 06 | 43 – The Healer Approaches the Captain |
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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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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| Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
| Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
| Mar 22, 07 | 121 – Swifty Gets Slapped |
| Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
| Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Crystal Murphy is back again! Last part of “Summer Fun” hits tomorrow. Hiatus is over on October 1st!
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| Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
| Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
| Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
| Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
| Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
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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| Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
| Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
| Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
| Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
| Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
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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| Aug 24, 16 | 693 – Lack of Bathing |
| Feb 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Money Man, Pg. 2 “The Bat” |
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 2, 12 | SuperFogeys 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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| Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
| Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
| Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
| Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
| Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
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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| May 14, 14 | 595 – Gotta Get Some Internet |
| Nov 13, 06 | 41 – Swifty’s Litany |
| Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
| Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
| Oct 22, 06 | 28 – The Tragedy of Jerry |
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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| Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
| Apr 30, 14 | 591 – About That Thing… That One Time |
| Mar 31, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 7 “Good Looks Good on You” |
| Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
| Aug 19, 10 | 273 – All Is Revealed |
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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| May 18, 12 | Pg. 2 “Not Ready or Able” |
| Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
| Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
| Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
| May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
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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| Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
| Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
| Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
| Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
| Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
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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| Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
| Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
| Dec 4, 13 | 554 – Not In a Way That Matters |
| Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
| Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
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 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
| Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
| Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
| Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
| Mar 31, 14 | 584 – Once He Was Mighty |
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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| Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
| Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
| Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
| Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
| Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
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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| Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
| Sep 22, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 4 “I Am Dr. Rocket” |
| Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
| Jan 18, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 5 “Hungry” |
| Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
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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| Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
| Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
| Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
| May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
| Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
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| Nov 23, 06 | 50 – And the Actual Winner of Bingo Night is… |
| Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
| Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad On |
| Dec 23, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 5 “ |
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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| Oct 24, 12 | 452 – Book of Mormon Story |
| Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
| Oct 7, 13 | 541 – Husband |
| Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
| Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
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| Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
| Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
| Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
| Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
| Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
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| Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
| Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
| Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
| Nov 28, 11 | 366 – Who Dares? |
| Sep 5, 11 | 348 – The Wheel of Fortune |
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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| Jun 13, 12 | 420 – The Leslie Knope |
| Nov 12, 12 | 457 – Again, He Soars |
| Jan 13, 20 | 823 – Beating The Enemy Back |
| Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
| Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
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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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 18, 14 | 602 – The Legless Speedster |
| Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
| Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
| Nov 10, 14 | 635 – The Blame Game |
| Sep 22, 14 | 625 – The Edict of Chaos |
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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| Mar 24, 19 | Get SuperFogeys Going Again |
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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| Apr 9, 14 | 587 – Your Attention Please |
| Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
| Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
| Mar 28, 18 | 775 – Raging Percy |
| Feb 18, 13 | 481 – Awfully Suspicious |
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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| Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
| Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
| Oct 23, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 4 of 4 |
| Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
| Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
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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| Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
| Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
| Feb 2, 21 | 870 – Spy Gal’s Patience Runs Out |
| Aug 18, 10 | 272 – GET OUT! |
| Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
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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| Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
| Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
| Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
| Jan 23, 07 | 82 – Refuge in Dr. Klein’s Office |
| Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
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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| Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
| Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
| May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
| Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
| May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
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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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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| Nov 12, 14 | 636 – Rotten Little Saplings |
| May 5, 15 | The SuperFogeys is Now on Patreon! |
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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| May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
| Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
| Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
| Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
| Nov 6, 17 | 744 – The USZ is Truly a Wondrous Place |
