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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Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
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 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Sep 18, 18 | Cover |
May 2, 08 | 85 – WebSpace Page: Spy Gal |
Jul 18, 14 | Pg. 3 “Naughty Girl” |
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 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
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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Jul 12, 22 | 905 – Big Landing |
Jun 16, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 18 “KAPOW!” |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Nov 30, 10 | SF Origins: The Death of Mr. Crook, Pg. 3 “A Man Dies, An Idea is Born” |
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Aug 24, 15 | 673 – Captain Spectacular’s New Duds |
Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Jun 25, 18 | Pg. 4 “The Greatest Woman Who Ever Lived” |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
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 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
Aug 3, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 3 “Hitting Bottom” |
May 5, 12 | Pg. 11 “Fly Away” |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
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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Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
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 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Jul 31, 13 | 522 – A Favor for Spy Gal |
Nov 10, 20 | 854 – Don’t Touch the Lava |
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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Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
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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Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
Crystal Murphy is back again! Last part of “Summer Fun” hits tomorrow. Hiatus is over on October 1st!
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May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Jan 13, 11 | 291 – Ear Cancer |
Jul 25, 12 | 430 – Meanwhile, At The Great Hall of the Society of Heroes… |
Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
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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May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Jul 29, 10 | 267 – Without Pants, Nothing is Possible |
Oct 20, 20 | 848 – Organic Deodorant |
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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Mar 3, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 3 “The Captain and Jerry” |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
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 15, 18 | LAST DAY to Back SuperFogeys Vol. 1: Inaction Heroes! |
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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Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Mar 4, 20 | 836 – Keep Away |
May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
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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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 10, 11 | Pg. 9 “College Years” |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Apr 22, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Boy Who Lived” |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Jul 30, 12 | 431 – Blights of the Round Table |
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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Mar 9, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 1 “Nice Moves” |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
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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Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Oct 17, 16 | 705 – Saber |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Feb 19, 20 | 832 – The Power of Percy |
Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
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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May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Dec 8, 14 | The SuperFogeys 2015 Teaser and Special Announcements |
Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
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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Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |
Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
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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Mar 28, 18 | 775 – Raging Percy |
Jan 9, 13 | 470 – Soviet Sam Strikes Again |
Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
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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Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
Feb 21, 18 | 765 – The Spark Between Them |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
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 3, 11 | 298 – Vile Villainous Vole |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
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Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Mar 19, 12 | 396 – Give Tom a Chance |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
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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Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Apr 2, 07 | 132 – Shake! Shake! Shake! |
Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
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Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
Sep 2, 08 | 159 – Strange Dreams and Wedding Plans |
Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
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Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Nov 24, 20 | 858 – She Brewed Beer Yesterday |
Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
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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Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
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 20, 12 | 437 – Ever Since The Shriveled Speedster Left |
Aug 18, 10 | 272 – GET OUT! |
Aug 13, 09 | 220 – Don’t Act Like You Care |
Jun 7, 22 | 895 – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop |
Jun 10, 11 | Pg. 9 “College Years” |
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 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
Jun 15, 15 | 643 – Special Delivery |
Nov 17, 14 | 637 – Dimension-Crossed Haters |
Jun 30, 14 | 605 – Underground Brawl |
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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Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Jan 27, 20 | 827 – Lay Her Down |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
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 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
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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Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
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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Oct 9, 08 | 170 – There Will Be Blood |
Jan 19, 14 | 564 – One Year Later |
Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Oct 7, 06 | 14 – Watchin’ TV |
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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Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
Jun 29, 15 | 649 – Can You Take a Punch? |
Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
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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Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Jan 25, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 9 “We Can Work With That” |
Oct 26, 16 | 708 – Don’t Worry, He’s Okay |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
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 2, 12 | SuperFogeys Kickstarter! |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on 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 [...]
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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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Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
Oct 2, 17 | 734 – Lovely and Darling |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |