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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Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |
Oct 24, 16 | 707 – Demise |
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 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
Jan 8, 18 | 752 – Like Jerry |
May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
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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Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Aug 3, 12 | Pg. 6 “Inevitably Betrayed” |
Sep 20, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 1! |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Aug 19, 15 | 671 – A Little Window Above My Head |
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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Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
Jul 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
May 17, 22 | 889 – So Much Love to Share |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
Jul 6, 12 | Pg. 4 “The Very, Very Long Battle” |
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Jun 30, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 20 “He Was a Noncombatant!” |
Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
Jan 19, 07 | 76 – Space Pig’s Feelings Get Hurt |
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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Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Feb 9, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 5 “Michelle Masters” |
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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Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Mar 19, 07 | 118 – Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden |
Jul 13, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 8 “Sweet Dreams” |
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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Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Aug 23, 10 | SF Origins: Baby Swifty’s First Words, Pg. 2 “Preposterous” |
Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
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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Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
Jul 30, 14 | 614 – The First Lady |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
Crystal Murphy is back again! Last part of “Summer Fun” hits tomorrow. Hiatus is over on October 1st!
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Jun 20, 12 | 422 – Whoof! |
Feb 27, 12 | 390 – Bubbles of Light 7 |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
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, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
Jun 18, 14 | 602 – The Legless Speedster |
Sep 1, 14 | 622 – Portalmaker |
Aug 5, 11 | Pg. 3 “A Decent Fish Stick” |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
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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Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
Oct 23, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 4 of 4 |
Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
Oct 19, 16 | 706 – Money Man’s Daughter |
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! |
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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Apr 11, 12 | 402 – Lost Signal |
Nov 15, 06 | 43 – The Healer Approaches the Captain |
Jun 13, 12 | 420 – The Leslie Knope |
Jun 19, 13 | 514 – The Handover |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
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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Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
Jul 29, 10 | 267 – Without Pants, Nothing is Possible |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
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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Dec 4, 19 | 816 – Who’s Crazy? |
Dec 4, 13 | 554 – Not In a Way That Matters |
Oct 5, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 6 “The Lips That Should Not Be Touched” |
Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
Oct 26, 12 | Pg. 10 “The End?” |
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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Nov 13, 06 | 41 – Swifty’s Litany |
Dec 18, 08 | 189 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 6 “The Medallion” |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
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 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
Mar 23, 21 | 884 – No Good at This |
May 26, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 15 “DUDE!” |
Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
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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Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
Jan 31, 25 | SuperFogeys 2025 Update |
Aug 7, 13 | 524 – Cracked |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
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 5, 12 | Pg. 11 “Fly Away” |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
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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Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
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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Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
Feb 29, 12 | 391 – Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun… |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Dec 8, 14 | The SuperFogeys 2015 Teaser and Special Announcements |
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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Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
Dec 27, 11 | Guest Strip by Dan White! |
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Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
May 9, 11 | 314 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 3: The One He Truly Hunts |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
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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Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Sep 9, 15 | 680 – Thrice Evil is Not Pleased |
Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
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Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Apr 4, 11 | 304 – Catchy and Mysterious |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
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Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
Aug 10, 20 | 843 – What About the Crawfish? |
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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Mar 13, 13 | 488 – A Pale Queen Commands Them |
Feb 18, 21 | 875 – Much More Impressive |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
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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Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Jan 12, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 1 “Sweet Samantha” |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
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 |
Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
Jul 17, 15 | 657 – The Most Difficult Thing Swifty Has Ever Done |
Jun 16, 14 | 601 – Kneel Before Thrice |
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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May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
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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Oct 14, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 1 of 4 |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Mar 21, 18 | 773 – The Burning House |
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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Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
Aug 10, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 4 “Courtesy Call” |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
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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Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
Jul 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
Oct 12, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg.7 “BOOM” |
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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Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Jan 29, 14 | 567 – The Day Spa |
Jan 26, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 3 “Explosive Ending” |
Aug 28, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 5 “A Spot of Drool” |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
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 23, 08 | 190 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 7 “Test Subjects” |
Jul 11, 11 | 332 – Captain Spectacular’s Buds |
Oct 31, 16 | 709 – Gina Galloway to the Rescue |
Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
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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Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
Jul 17, 15 | 657 – The Most Difficult Thing Swifty Has Ever Done |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Jan 22, 14 | 565 – Suckface |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
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 2, 12 | SuperFogeys Kickstarter! |
Nov 8, 12 | A Call to Arms |
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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Aug 20, 12 | 437 – Ever Since The Shriveled Speedster Left |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
Oct 16, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 2 of 4 |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |