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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Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
Oct 9, 13 | 542 – The Visible Man |
Sep 9, 10 | 275 – A Moment of Silence |
Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
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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Dec 2, 19 | 815 – Two of Them |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
Feb 11, 13 | 479 – Rescued By Fidel Castro |
Jul 6, 15 | 652 – On the Great Wall |
Oct 20, 20 | 848 – Organic Deodorant |
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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May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
Jul 10, 08 | Guest Strip by Lucas Turnbloom of “Imagine This!” |
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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May 16, 18 | 787 – Where to Start? |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
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Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
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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Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
Mar 23, 21 | 884 – No Good at This |
Feb 5, 14 | 569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Mar 31, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 7 “Good Looks Good on You” |
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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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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Oct 7, 13 | 541 – Husband |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
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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Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Aug 5, 11 | Pg. 3 “A Decent Fish Stick” |
Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
Crystal Murphy is back again! Last part of “Summer Fun” hits tomorrow. Hiatus is over on October 1st!
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Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
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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Mar 28, 12 | 399 – Surprise, Swifty Disapproves of Everyone |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Dec 31, 08 | Guest Strip by Edward Krebes of “Hobo and Bowser!” |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
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 [...]
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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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May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
Aug 29, 16 | 694 – Soviet Sam Crackdown |
Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
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 15, 18 | LAST DAY to Back SuperFogeys Vol. 1: Inaction Heroes! |
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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Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
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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Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Nov 4, 10 | 283 – Future or Past? |
Mar 23, 11 | 301 – Hmph |
Apr 17, 13 | 498 – Zurida’s Conditions |
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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Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
Sep 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
Mar 2, 07 | 105 – Dr. Klein is Leaving? |
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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Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Feb 25, 13 | 483 – Bubbles of Light 8 |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Jun 14, 22 | 897 – Streaking Past |
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 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
Jan 20, 20 | 825 – Yummy Yummy in His Tummy |
Feb 5, 14 | 569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
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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Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Oct 20, 20 | 848 – Organic Deodorant |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
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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Sep 30, 13 | 539 – Spy Gal Beats Up Somebody |
Jan 30, 13 | 476 – Regret |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
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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Sep 14, 11 | 351 – Dreams Come Crashing In |
Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
Aug 15, 16 | 690 – Name Calling |
Aug 16, 10 | 271 – Is Spy Gal Not a Good Woman? |
Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
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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Jan 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
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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Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
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Jun 14, 22 | 897 – Streaking Past |
Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Dec 16, 08 | 188 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 5 “In The Dark” |
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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Nov 20, 17 | 748 – Good Enough |
Sep 11, 15 | 681 – Man Child |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Aug 18, 22 | 916 – Restoration |
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Aug 1, 14 | Pg. 5 “Many Doors, All Locked” |
Jan 19, 14 | 564 – One Year Later |
Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
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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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Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
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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Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Nov 30, 11 | 367 – The Division Sword |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
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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Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
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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May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Feb 14, 18 | 763 – Serious Issues |
May 10, 22 | 887 – Swipe |
Aug 24, 15 | 673 – Captain Spectacular’s New Duds |
Dec 23, 13 | 559 – A Death in the Family |
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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Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Nov 11, 19 | 811 – Attack Pattern |
Nov 30, 16 | 715 – Master and Student |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
Aug 13, 09 | 220 – Don’t Act Like You Care |
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 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
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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Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Aug 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
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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Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Feb 16, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 6 “The Bottle and the Women” |
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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Jul 27, 11 | 337 – Naked Greed |
Feb 24, 11 | 297 – A Strong Man |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
Apr 8, 10 | 251 – One-On-One |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
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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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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Aug 11, 14 | Marc Lapierre and The SuperFogeys |
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 |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Nov 6, 17 | 744 – The USZ is Truly a Wondrous Place |