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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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Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Jan 18, 12 | 379 – A True Hero |
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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Aug 3, 12 | Pg. 6 “Inevitably Betrayed” |
Feb 24, 11 | 297 – A Strong Man |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
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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Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
Oct 15, 09 | 229 – Father and Tom |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
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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Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
May 18, 11 | 317 – Why Dr. Klein Needs a Robot |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
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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Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
Feb 5, 14 | 569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
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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Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Aug 4, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 2 “Master Masticate and the Concubine Cannibals” |
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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Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Jan 22, 14 | 565 – Suckface |
Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
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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Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
May 9, 18 | 785 – What Spy Gal Wants |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
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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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 2, 09 | 202 – He Started Stuttering |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
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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Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
Mar 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
Aug 8, 16 | 688 – Zurida, The Peacemaker |
Aug 10, 11 | 341 – Stop |
Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
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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Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
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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Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
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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Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
Nov 30, 11 | 367 – The Division Sword |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
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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May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
Apr 1, 13 | 493 – Dr. Rocket’s Game |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
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Jun 11, 09 | 211 – Shrinking Your Carbon Footprint |
Nov 30, 11 | 367 – The Division Sword |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
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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Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
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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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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Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Jan 13, 07 | 68 – Jerry’s Computer Troubles |
Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
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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Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Aug 8, 14 | Pg. 6 “Back From the Dead” |
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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Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Oct 9, 08 | 170 – There Will Be Blood |
Mar 25, 11 | Pg. 8 “Get Her” |
Dec 27, 10 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One (2010) |
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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Feb 24, 11 | 297 – A Strong Man |
Jun 23, 14 | 603 – General Will and the Society of Heroes |
May 30, 12 | 416 – Alcohol is His Kryptonite |
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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Feb 12, 14 | 571 – ZBC Nightly News with Richelieu Madden and Gwen Dreck |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Oct 12, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg.7 “BOOM” |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
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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Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Aug 4, 14 | 615 – Flirting in the White House |
Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
Feb 15, 12 | 387 – A Hot Shower |
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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Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Nov 19, 12 | 459 – A Family Thing |
Feb 3, 14 | 568 – Old Biddy |
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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Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Feb 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 1 “Spy Gal” |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
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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Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Oct 25, 17 | 741 – Scumbag Jerry |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
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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Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
Feb 18, 13 | 481 – Awfully Suspicious |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Sep 2, 11 | Pg. 7 – “Silent Heart” |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
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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Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Jan 29, 14 | 567 – The Day Spa |
Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
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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Jan 12, 07 | 67 – Dr. Rocket Draws a Webcomic? |
Jan 18, 07 | 73 – It’s FUN to Share |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
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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Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Jul 3, 13 | 518 – The Last Secret |
May 25, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 1 “Where the Story Begins” |
Jan 9, 17 | 724 – Requiem for Tangerine |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
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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Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
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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Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Nov 10, 14 | 635 – The Blame Game |
Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
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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Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
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 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
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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Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
Apr 3, 07 | 133 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein |
Aug 27, 14 | 621 – Jerry’s Powers |
Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
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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Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
Feb 5, 09 | 194 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 11 “Helpful Suggestions” |
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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Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
Jul 27, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 2 “Down” |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
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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Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
Jun 19, 13 | 514 – The Handover |
Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
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Dec 31, 08 | Guest Strip by Edward Krebes of “Hobo and Bowser!” |
Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
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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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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Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
Nov 14, 06 | 42 – Dr. Rocket Needs a Special Kind of Healing |
Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
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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Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
Mar 12, 09 | 199 – Life is Like Pastry |
Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
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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Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
Sep 9, 10 | 275 – A Moment of Silence |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
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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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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May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Sep 24, 09 | 226 – The Deal is Off |
Aug 15, 14 | Pg. 7 “Kill ‘Em All” |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
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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Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Nov 22, 17 | 749 – Caught in the Act |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
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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Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
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 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
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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Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
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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May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
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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Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
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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Jul 2, 09 | 214 – Father and Sons |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
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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Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
Jun 13, 11 | 324 – What is a Hero? |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
May 24, 22 | 891 – Third Eye Blind |
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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…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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Jun 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Nov 11, 19 | 811 – Attack Pattern |
May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
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 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
Sep 20, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 1! |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Oct 3, 06 | 11 – The Power Dampener |
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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Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Jan 29, 20 | 828 – Sorry About the Torture |
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 [...]
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Feb 10, 14 | 570 – Cavalry |
May 20, 10 | 257 – Blood on the Carpet |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |