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 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
| Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
| Aug 27, 14 | 621 – Jerry’s Powers |
| Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
| Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
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 31, 09 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott” – The Sequel! |
| Jun 7, 22 | 895 – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop |
| Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
| Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
| Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
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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| Jan 7, 10 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer of “The Misadventures of Super Milo!” |
| Jun 9, 22 | 896 – Pushed Aside |
| Aug 12, 19 | 790 – Hey-O! |
| Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
| Aug 1, 12 | 432 – Tea Time, Interrupted |
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 9, 08 | 170 – There Will Be Blood |
| Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
| May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
| Feb 16, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 6 “The Bottle and the Women” |
| Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
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| Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
| Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
| Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
| Sep 26, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 2! |
| Sep 5, 11 | 348 – The Wheel of Fortune |
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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| Jan 15, 20 | 824 – Knives Out |
| Dec 27, 11 | Guest Strip by Dan White! |
| Aug 7, 13 | 524 – Cracked |
| Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
| Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
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 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
| Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
| Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
| Feb 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
| Oct 29, 09 | 231 – The Greatest Revenge Plot Never Imagined |
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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| Nov 28, 16 | 714 – Pathetic Counterpart |
| May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
| Aug 10, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 4 “Courtesy Call” |
| May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
| Nov 10, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Girlfight” |
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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| Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
| Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
| Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
| Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
| Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
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 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
| Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
| Aug 28, 15 | 675 – Crossing Worlds |
| Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
| Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
Crystal Murphy is back again! Last part of “Summer Fun” hits tomorrow. Hiatus is over on October 1st!
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| Jun 9, 22 | 896 – Pushed Aside |
| Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
| Aug 18, 22 | 916 – Restoration |
| Dec 18, 08 | 189 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 6 “The Medallion” |
| Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
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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| Sep 18, 18 | Cover |
| Jul 18, 11 | 334 – Whaddaya Wanna Do? |
| Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
| Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
| Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
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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| Dec 3, 14 | 642 – A Star Falls |
| Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
| Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
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! |
| Nov 8, 12 | A Call to Arms |
| 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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| Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
| Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
| Oct 2, 17 | 734 – Lovely and Darling |
| Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
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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| Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
| Mar 28, 11 | 302 – Don’t Remember Any of This |
| Oct 24, 12 | 452 – Book of Mormon Story |
| Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
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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| Jun 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
| Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
| Mar 23, 11 | 301 – Hmph |
| Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
| Nov 7, 16 | 711- Fallen Son |
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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| Jan 7, 13 | 469 – Beating Into Submission with Peace |
| Jul 29, 11 | Pg.2 “Bio Signature Giveaway” |
| Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
| Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
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 13, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 8 “Sweet Dreams” |
| Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
| Apr 21, 14 | 588 – In the Dark, Where He Thinks He Belongs |
| Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
| Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
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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| Jan 13, 20 | 823 – Beating The Enemy Back |
| May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
| Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
| Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
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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| Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
| Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
| Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
| Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
| Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
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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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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| Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
| Aug 8, 16 | 688 – Zurida, The Peacemaker |
| Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
| Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
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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| Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
| Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
| Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
| Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
| Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
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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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| Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
| Dec 8, 14 | The SuperFogeys 2015 Teaser and Special Announcements |
| Jul 28, 22 | 910 – The Hero the World Needs |
| Sep 9, 15 | 680 – Thrice Evil is Not Pleased |
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| Oct 9, 13 | 542 – The Visible Man |
| Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
| Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
| Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
| Mar 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 9 “Mature Love” |
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| Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
| Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
| Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
| Nov 10, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Girlfight” |
| Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
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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| May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
| Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
| Mar 21, 18 | 773 – The Burning House |
| Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
| Oct 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
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 16, 10 | 271 – Is Spy Gal Not a Good Woman? |
| Aug 1, 11 | 338 – The Flying Dragon |
| Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
| Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
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 26, 15 | 648 – Ready Air Force One |
| Nov 10, 14 | 635 – The Blame Game |
| Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
| Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
| Jul 17, 15 | 657 – The Most Difficult Thing Swifty Has Ever Done |
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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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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| Apr 23, 14 | 589 – The Lie of Never |
| Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
| Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
| Mar 26, 09 | 201 – The Orphan BBQ Will Have to Wait |
| Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
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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| Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
| Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
| Jul 10, 08 | Guest Strip by Lucas Turnbloom of “Imagine This!” |
| Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
| Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
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 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
| Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
| Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
| Jun 21, 22 | 899 – Apocalyptic Lovers |
| Dec 12, 16 | 718 – What is Deserved |
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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| Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
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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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| Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
| Jan 25, 07 | 83 – The Seduction of Dr. Klein |
| Sep 16, 19 | 800 – Earth-Avenge |
| Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
| Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
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 8, 12 | A Call to Arms |
| Nov 2, 12 | SuperFogeys Kickstarter! |
| Nov 15, 12 | A Call to Arms 2 |
| Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on 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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