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This is one of those that’s a favorite of a lot of people (or so I’m told) but that I’ve never really liked much. Bathroom humor always feels cheap and forced to me. On these early strips I was drawing at a smaller size and using paper and pens that were quite a bit different [...]
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Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
Feb 12, 18 | 762 – Jerry vs. Soviet Sam |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
After I did the first 10 SuperFogeys strips on my blog at MySpace, I decided to try to find a place to get the strip hosted and see if I could produce something like it on a regular basis. When the SuperFogeys did find a host site (pre-Th3rd World) I decided to start the strip [...]
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Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
This is the first strip where I’m really demonstrating the perverseness of Dr. Rocket, an aspect of his personality that would come to define him later. It’s hard writing a perverse character in what is essentially an all-ages strip, but I think this strip is a good example of how it can be done. It’s [...]
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Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
I knew I wanted Dr. Rocket’s monologue to be about how he got Spy Gal unconscious, but I wanted his means of accomplishing that to be something humorous, brief and unique. I thought he might drug her, but just any ol’ drug wouldn’t do. It had to be something exotic. Boom: Space Pig Urine. It [...]
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Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
There are essentially two ways to do a comic strip (as I see it): with or without a continuing story. The intro of Spy Gal is when I realized that I just wasn’t capable of doing one-off jokes. I ALWAYS have a story to tell. Spy Gal was originally supposed to be a character named [...]
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Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
May 18, 12 | Pg. 2 “Not Ready or Able” |
May 18, 11 | 317 – Why Dr. Klein Needs a Robot |
Nov 6, 17 | 744 – The USZ is Truly a Wondrous Place |
Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
For Spy Gal’s intro, I wanted to push the boundaries of good taste a little. Is it right to make light of the dementia that all-too-often takes over the minds of older people? …Depends on how you do it. Turns out Spy Gal was faking, but it’s a theme I plan on revisting. Why Turnip? [...]
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Feb 3, 11 | 294 – Funny Ya Should Mention That |
Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
Sep 9, 11 | Pg. 1 “Blood on the Table” |
Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
It still pains me to look at the art in a lot of these early strips. Where the crud are the frickin’ wheelchairs? The only answer I have is that I was lazy and was trying to draw as little as possible. I really saw the strips as more of an exercise in pacing and [...]
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Nov 19, 12 | 459 – A Family Thing |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
Dec 8, 06 | 57 – Captain Spectacular Forgot His Pants |
his is the second of the additions I made to the original 10 black and white strips I did to kick off the SuperFogeys. Originally, episode 8 went into what is now episode 10 without this minor stopover to make explicit what was once subtle. She’s Spy Gal. Spy Gal is a spy. Duh. It [...]
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Nov 6, 06 | 34 – Introducing the Healer! |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
This is one of my favorites. I think it really brings home the idea that these guys are old. We don’t know how Mr. Crook died, but he was in a nursing home and that’s what people tend to do there so we don’t even wonder what the cause was. Maybe that’s a story I’ll [...]
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May 18, 12 | Pg. 2 “Not Ready or Able” |
Aug 27, 14 | 621 – Jerry’s Powers |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
I had written myself into a bit of a corner. I had Spy Gal come to Valhalla, but she didn’t really need to be there. Somehow, I had to make her stay. Enter the Orderly (later named Gene) and the Power Dampener. Visually, Spy Gal would never be the same after this strip and I [...]
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Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
May 18, 11 | 317 – Why Dr. Klein Needs a Robot |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
May 15, 13 | 504 – A Striking Mustache |
This is one of my absolute favorites. I think it’s one of the funniest last panels I’ve ever come up with. So, of course, only about half the people who read it actually get it. This one gets knocked down by a lot of people for not standing too well on its own. I suppose [...]
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Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Mar 12, 14 | 579 – The Romantic Smell of Blood and Suffering |
Time between the creation of SuperFogeys 12 and 13: 2 months. This is the first strip that really sets the tone for what the SuperFogeys would be. The art is finally coming into its own, resulting in a strip that I’m really proud of. I love the subtle pacing of the camera zoom. It’s a [...]
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Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
First of all: yes, they’re watching Jeopardy. The real point of this strip was to show Jerry’s concern for Spy Gal and Captain Spectacular’s utter lack of it. I wrapped that point in a Jeopardy joke recycled from Groundhog Day because I figured I’d better do this joke now and early in order to get [...]
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Sep 16, 13 | 535 – A Superhero, His Sons, His Ex and His Evil Best Friend are Locked Up in a Palace… |
Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
What’s sadder than a guy who can run really fast that’s stuck behind a walker? The answer is nothing, my friends, nothing. That’s what makes Swifty so much fun–we all know exactly why he’s so bitter and grumpy and you just can’t blame the guy. For Swifty’s design, I couldn’t make him look too much [...]
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Nov 1, 06 | 29 – Introducing Dr. Klein! |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Jul 16, 09 | 216 – Cami |
Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
This is one of those strips I really, really struggled with. I knew the last thing I wanted was for Dr. Rocket to successfully take advantage of Spy Gal. I mean, this just isn’t that kind of strip. The simplest solution would have been to have Jerry or Captain Spectacular bust through the wall and [...]
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Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad On |
Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
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Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
Sep 16, 19 | 800 – Earth-Avenge |
Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
This one is just ugly. None of the characters look right, though I do love how the idea of Spy Gal kissing Dr. Rocket just rolls off Captain Spectacular. The man just does not care. Plus: sexy shoulder blades.
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Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
Jan 8, 18 | 752 – Like Jerry |
Although I didn’t realize it at the time, this was a step in the right artistic direction for the SuperFogeys. The changing camera views were necesitated by the storyline and made for a much stronger reading experience. There’s a little easter egg in this one with the picture of the girl on the wall in [...]
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Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
Mar 4, 20 | 836 – Keep Away |
Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
I love this strip. I think this is the one where you get the best sense of the relationship between Captain Spectacular and Jerry. The first panel alone–I think if the entire strip were just that panel, I’d be happy. I don’t think anyone else laughs at that first panel (That’s not where the joke [...]
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Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
Aug 8, 11 | 340 – What Lovely Teeth You Have |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Me: Hey, I’ve got a great idea. Me: What’s that? Me: You know how we could get a lot of strips done quickly? Me: How? Me: We could just cut/paste all the best bits from previous strips and add only minor alterations! Me: Genius. Future Me: I beg to differ.
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Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
Nov 9, 16 | 712 – Ah-ah-ah |
My lazy self strikes again. As for the story here, this strip was important to me because I had a very real fear at the time that it was going to be perceived that I had a hatred towards women. Dumb, right? I mean, Dr. Rocket is a character, he doesn’t speak for me, but [...]
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Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
Aug 10, 20 | 843 – What About the Crawfish? |
Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
This is the strip that finally broke me. I enjoy the dialogue here a lot, but the art is the (seemingly) umpteenth strip made out of spare parts. This is when I realized things had to change.
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Mar 27, 07 | 126 – Who the @#$% is the Third Man? |
May 6, 11 | Pg. 4 “Contrast” |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
I do believe this strip marks the first close-up I’d ever done in the Superfogeys. I began looking for ways to change the camera around and push the framing into the storytelling more. It was just one panel, but it was a start.
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Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
I love this little experiment. It’s two jokes, one the main plot and one a jokey subplot, that don’t work so well on their own but that compliment each other, I think, pretty well. Jerry’s frustration here is my own. Sleep, it seems, will always be denied me. I had no idea the Space Pig [...]
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Jul 23, 14 | 612 – A Tale of Two Swifties. |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Jun 18, 14 | 602 – The Legless Speedster |
Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Double-sized strips are always fun, but I’m not sure this is the best use of it. The flashback certainly was fun to do. The idea here should be clear: Jerry is Captain Spectacular’s sidekick. This is all set-up and revelation. You should be getting the idea by now that Chapter 1 is really Jerry’s story.
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Jun 10, 11 | Pg. 9 “College Years” |
Apr 17, 13 | 498 – Zurida’s Conditions |
Oct 24, 16 | 707 – Demise |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
This is the episode that almost never was. My original plan was to go from strip 26 to the last strip of Chapter 1–what is now strip 28. However, I realized fairly late in the game that I hadn’t really done anything to set up WHY CS and Spy Gal would get back together. I [...]
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Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Jul 13, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 8 “Sweet Dreams” |
The last strip of Chapter One is one that I had planned for a long, long time. Once I decided to do the SuperFogeys for real, I quickly came up with a grand plan. This plan extends far, far beyond this chapter, though this ending is the first touchstone in that plan. If you ever [...]
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Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
This first strip in chapter 2 is all about setting up the game and introducing Dr. Klein, an obviously important figure at Valhalla. When I started the SuperFogeys, I always had it in the back of my mind that I would need to create a “man-in-charge” at some point. Dr. Klein, with his german name [...]
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Jan 16, 07 | 71 – Is Gene Crying? |
Dec 12, 11 | 370 – Ugly Little Man |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
I love Spy Gal. It’s probably the adolescent schoolboy in me, but I have a lot of fun teasing her and putting her in some horrible situations. It’s always fun to see what she’ll do. Gene is the stand-in for my fifteen-year-old self. And, in case you can’t make it out, the book Spy Gal [...]
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Jan 27, 14 | 566 – Guns Blazin’ |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Mar 25, 20 | 842 – Someone to Hit |
Feb 12, 14 | 571 – ZBC Nightly News with Richelieu Madden and Gwen Dreck |
Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
One of the better-paced strips I’ve done (or so I’ve been told) and a solid, economical reintroduction to three of the main characters.
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Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Some people thought Dr. Klein’s look in the third panel coupled with his German name mean that Dr. Klein is evil. I won’t comment on the prejudices of my readership, but I will say that I did not have that in mind when I drew it. I was just experimenting with what I could do [...]
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Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
Nov 9, 16 | 712 – Ah-ah-ah |
Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
Nov 30, 16 | 715 – Master and Student |
Ugh. This is my failed experiment. Like Strip 25, I had two ideas for a strip and tried to make them into one. As drawn, panel 3 preceded panel 2, but at the last minute I got the idea to integrate them more. It didn’t work. Not helping matters is the last panel. For the [...]
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Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Mar 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Like Spy Gal in Chapter 1, I had spent two strips building up the arrival of the Healer. I wanted his entrance to be important and surprising. Originally, the Healer was going to be an old man in a cloak. Much more like Dr. Strange or something like that. After being comfortable with that for [...]
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Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Nov 16, 06 | 44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed |
Jun 30, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 20 “He Was a Noncombatant!” |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
The SuperFogeys are so stiff and immobile, it was fun to cut loose a little on a character like the Healer. I made it double-sized because I wanted the figures to breathe a little and see what I could do with a character who is real expressive. There’s some good lines in this one (Dr. [...]
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Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Apr 2, 07 | 132 – Shake! Shake! Shake! |
May 9, 11 | 314 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 3: The One He Truly Hunts |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
More Healer nonsense. You can see how my camera is really changing up now. I’ve left behind almost completely the cut/paste of the previous chapter, something I was real glad to do. The Space Pig is always fun to bring back. There’s no way to explain him and his function every time out, so I [...]
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Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Apr 2, 07 | 132 – Shake! Shake! Shake! |
Oct 24, 11 | 357 – Now Leaving Medieval Midway |
I hate the first panel of this one. CS and Spy Gal just don’t look right and I don’t know what I was thinking. The entire point of this strip was to establish that Spy Gal is attracted to Dr. Klein. I don’t do anything more with it for the whole of Chapter 2, but [...]
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May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Jan 2, 17 | 722 – Help or Mourn? |
Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
This is a strip I’m really proud of. It’s very much a side-trip from the main story, but I think it’s poignant in a way that SuperFogeys hasn’t been up until now. While writing the SuperFogeys, I often have to ask myself, “What will it be like when I’m old?” I guess this is one [...]
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Dec 29, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel! |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
Jerry was late to the party because I needed to remind the audience of his feelings for Spy Gal. I’m sure there was a better way to do that. Not a favorite of mine.
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Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
I knew the back half of this chapter would be light on the Swifty, so I wanted to make sure his last time in the spotlight was a memorable one. Everyone seems to have a different favorite Swifty ailment, but the one I like the best (and the first one I wrote) is the one [...]
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Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Apr 5, 07 | 135 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein, Conclusion |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
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Jul 23, 14 | 612 – A Tale of Two Swifties. |
Apr 15, 10 | 252 – Like A Son |
Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Yeah, I did a Viagra joke. You almost have to, given the subject matter. I think I did it in the best possible way. It was important to me to have the Healer is so disapproving and grossed out. I think that’s how we all felt the first time we saw Bob Dole talking about [...]
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Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
Sep 10, 18 | Pg. 15 “Something Missing” |
I had been looking for an excuse to do a single-panel strip for a long time and this conclusion of the Healer’s interviews with all the SuperFogeys was a good excuse for it. Originally, the dialogue on this one was vastly different. It was a back and forth between the Healer and the Captain; none [...]
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Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Apr 7, 14 | 586 – The New Percy |
Nov 5, 09 | 232 – It’s Insane Here |
44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed
by Brock Heasley on November 16th, 2006This is one of those connecting strips that I didn’t know I needed until I did. Strip 45 was always a story I was going to tell, but before I got to that story I realized that I had nothing leading into it. What would be Dr. Rocket’s final scheme? Why, bunnies of course. Why [...]
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Aug 13, 09 | 220 – Don’t Act Like You Care |
Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
Jul 30, 12 | 431 – Blights of the Round Table |
45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion
by Brock Heasley on November 17th, 2006See the bunny? I liked the idea that Dr. Rocket kept one bunny for himself. Of course it begs the question…what happened to the bunny? That answer is coming in Chapter 6. This strip took a little longer than your average strip. In the end, I think I probably pumped a little too much detail [...]
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May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Another “ugh” strip for me. I have a real problem with drawing too big for the panel. I truly need to zoom the camera out more. The Healer declaring the Captain the winner without checking the score should come across as a bit strange. He’s just being too nice. It’s the first hint there might [...]
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Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Sep 21, 15 | 685 – Doom Comes to Abbadon |
I absolutely love this strip. This is a case of art elevating the script. On paper, this one didn’t seem like it would be much. If anything, I felt like I was trying to do too much. However…I think it works. Bingo Knight was a character name given to me by a reader of my [...]
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Sep 14, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 3 “She Dead” |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Dec 21, 11 | 373 – SWAT! |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
Bingo Knight’s design came from the idea that he is essentially a super accountant. I mean, a super hero who settles Bingo scores? How could he be anything BUT an accountant? Once I knew that, all I had to do was put a dorky guy in a Knight costume and the idea sold itself.
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Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
Feb 3, 11 | 294 – Funny Ya Should Mention That |
Jul 4, 14 | Pg. 1 “One Month Later” |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
I don’t know how much this strip actually adds to the plot, but it makes me laugh and sometimes that’s enough. A genuinely well-drawn Spy Gal in this strip, I think. She’s a tough one to draw just right and I always have a hard time with her hair.
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Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
I tried and tried to not make this one a double-sized. I had just done one and I didn’t want to take the time to do another one, but there just wasn’t any other way to make it work. Too many characters all interacting with each other. It has been said that this is one [...]
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Aug 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
This is the one that was lifted almost entirely from the rejected version of strip 43. That’s how a lot of strips get written. I may write lots and lots of possible dialogue for any given strip and if something isn’t right for the idea, but the dialogue is good anyway, I’ll save it and [...]
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Aug 15, 12 | 436 – Bigger in Person |
Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
This is one I was really excited about doing. The art in the SuperFogeys represents a style that I invented just for this strip. I work in a lot of different styles at my 9-to-5 and in my freelance work, so it was fun to show off one of those styles in this strip. Plus, [...]
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By the time I got to this strip I’d really tossed away any notion I had of keeping the same structure of four panels for each strip. This is another of those ideas I had from almost the very beginning of Chapter 2. It’s so weird seeing the Captain standing. I don’t know that I’ll [...]
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Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
I love Gene. He’s such a jerk and yet, I think, you feel sorry for him. I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s just me. I broke my rule of having Spy Gal being tough enough to defend herself because I couldn’t pass up the joke. I hope no one minded.
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Talk about left field, huh? All I’ll say here is that I do know who the Healer is talking to and it is a hint at something greater and we WILL find out who it is. There are more questions to be asked about this one, but I’ll let you figure out what they are.
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I’m color-blind (mildly so, but still…), but the SuperFogeys are a one man show so you all have to put up with my puke palette. However, it’s always nice when a strip looks pretty like I think this one does. The entire point of this strip is to justify the next one…
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Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
…just as the entire point of Chapter 2 was to justify this one joke. See, I wrote this one as one of the first 10 strips back in the first weeks of the creation of the SuperFogeys. I quickly realized that I couldn’t use it because, uh, hello? Captain Spectacular can’t walk. Thus, Chapter 2 [...]
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Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
This is an important call back to the end of Chapter 1. I had to keep Jerry’s unrequited love alive somehow and it seems particularly harsh that it’s now Spy Gal herself who is diminishing him. Jerry’s just fun to mess with.
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May 6, 11 | Pg. 4 “Contrast” |
Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
Dec 7, 16 | 717 – The Fury of Soviet Sam |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
And that’s it, folks! Captain Spectacular’s dialogue here with Dr. Klein offers real insight into his character. CS has retired from not only the hero business, but also from life. Even though this seems like a return to the status quo, the Captain will remain healed and able to walk. Might make things interesting later [...]
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Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Sep 2, 08 | 159 – Strange Dreams and Wedding Plans |
May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
Titling a chapter is a source of great stress for me. I’m not very good at it and I put it off until I absolutely have to come up with something. That said, “The Techno Shuffle” very much fits what this chapter is going to be all about. Originally, this chapter opened on two characters [...]