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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Aug 25, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 5 “Making It Right” |
Sep 9, 19 | 798 – A Dark Past, A Questionable Present |
Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
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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Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Aug 7, 13 | 524 – Cracked |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
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 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
Dec 22, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 4 “His Darlings” |
Nov 23, 06 | 50 – And the Actual Winner of Bingo Night is… |
Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
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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Sep 17, 09 | 225 – And the Winner Is… |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
Nov 17, 14 | 637 – Dimension-Crossed Haters |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
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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Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Oct 7, 13 | 541 – Husband |
Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Feb 3, 14 | 568 – Old Biddy |
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 21, 12 | 460 – Riding the Sunway |
Dec 4, 08 | 185 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 2 “Babylonian Invasion” |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
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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Feb 17, 12 | Pg. 2, “Devil Horned Goodbye” |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
May 23, 11 | 318 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 1 “Getting Rid of Captain Spectacular” |
Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Oct 7, 13 | 541 – Husband |
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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Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
Jun 16, 22 | 898 – Palace Falls |
Aug 5, 11 | Pg. 3 “A Decent Fish Stick” |
Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
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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Jan 6, 10 | Guest Strip by Jermaine McGruder of “Warrior Born!” |
Jan 7, 13 | 469 – Beating Into Submission with Peace |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Jun 11, 12 | 419 – Adrenalin |
Crystal Murphy is back again! Last part of “Summer Fun” hits tomorrow. Hiatus is over on October 1st!
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Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
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 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Aug 27, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 13 “Doom” |
Aug 12, 11 | Pg. 4 “Fear of the Space Pig” |
Mar 3, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 3 “The Captain and Jerry” |
Jan 18, 12 | 379 – A True Hero |
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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Nov 8, 12 | A Call to Arms |
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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Jan 30, 13 | 476 – Regret |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
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 |
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 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
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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Mar 16, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 2 “The Prophecy” |
May 5, 14 | 592 – Bubbles of Light 9 |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Nov 19, 12 | 459 – A Family Thing |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
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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Mar 16, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 2 “The Prophecy” |
Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
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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Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Sep 10, 09 | 224 – The Race |
Nov 1, 06 | 29 – Introducing Dr. Klein! |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Jun 22, 15 | 646 – Dark Maiden Wants What Now? |
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 16, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 2 of 4 |
Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
May 26, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 15 “DUDE!” |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
Jul 6, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 7 “Do You Wanna Die?” |
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 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
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 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
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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Apr 4, 11 | 304 – Catchy and Mysterious |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Nov 12, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
Sep 14, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 3 “She Dead” |
Oct 19, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 8 “Back Home” |
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 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
Dec 22, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 4 “His Darlings” |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
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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Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
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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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Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
May 23, 11 | 318 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 1 “Getting Rid of Captain Spectacular” |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
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Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Mar 19, 07 | 118 – Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden |
Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
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Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
May 17, 22 | 889 – So Much Love to Share |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
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 12, 20 | 844 – You Got This, Percy |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Oct 9, 19 | 802 – Nothing More Important Than Loyalty |
Nov 7, 12 | 456 – Percy and Tom |
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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Oct 19, 16 | 706 – Money Man’s Daughter |
Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Sep 12, 14 | Pg. 10 – Breaking Free |
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 16, 14 | 601 – Kneel Before Thrice |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
Sep 22, 14 | 625 – The Edict of Chaos |
Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
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… |
Nov 2, 12 | SuperFogeys Kickstarter! |
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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Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
Apr 11, 12 | 402 – Lost Signal |
May 17, 22 | 889 – So Much Love to Share |
Apr 9, 14 | 587 – Your Attention Please |
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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Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
Dec 31, 09 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott” – The Sequel! |
Dec 14, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 2 “No One Should Die Among Strangers” |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
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 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Dec 2, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter The Space Pig” |
Oct 24, 11 | 357 – Now Leaving Medieval Midway |
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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Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Oct 10, 06 | 17 – Spy Gal Doesn’t Need Jerry |
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 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
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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Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
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 [...]
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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Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
Nov 19, 12 | 459 – A Family Thing |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |