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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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Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
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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Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Aug 31, 15 | 676 – Jerry, Meet Thrice Evil |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
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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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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Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Apr 16, 18 | 778 – Sam’s Guilt |
Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
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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Aug 3, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 3 “Hitting Bottom” |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
Oct 7, 08 | 169 – Faker! |
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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Aug 8, 11 | 340 – What Lovely Teeth You Have |
Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
Jan 29, 14 | 567 – The Day Spa |
Apr 17, 13 | 498 – Zurida’s Conditions |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
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, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
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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Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
Oct 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
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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Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Aug 7, 15 | 666 – When He Can Smell You From in There, It’s a Problem |
Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
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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Mar 2, 07 | 105 – Dr. Klein is Leaving? |
Dec 8, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. One, Pg. 1 “Dr. Rocket Wears a Dress” |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
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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Sep 7, 11 | 349 – Avalanche of Wins |
Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
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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Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
May 2, 12 | 408 – Remember Your Mission |
May 9, 11 | 314 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 3: The One He Truly Hunts |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
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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Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
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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Oct 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
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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Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
Jan 13, 07 | 68 – Jerry’s Computer Troubles |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
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Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Aug 31, 11 | 347 – Witch Fontana’s Fortunate Fortunes |
Mar 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 9 “Mature Love” |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
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 15, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 4 “Pantsless” |
Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
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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Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Aug 7, 13 | 524 – Cracked |
Sep 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
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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Sep 9, 19 | 798 – A Dark Past, A Questionable Present |
Mar 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
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 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
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 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
May 25, 11 | 319 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 2 “Isn’t Everybody?” |
Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
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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Oct 8, 06 | 15 – Introducing Swifty! |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
May 18, 12 | Pg. 2 “Not Ready or Able” |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
May 19, 14 | 596 – That’s the Mission |
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 24, 14 | 574 – Jerry Stirring |
May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
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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Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
Aug 27, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 13 “Doom” |
Nov 3, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “The Mrs. and the Ex” |
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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Jan 23, 07 | 82 – Refuge in Dr. Klein’s Office |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Jan 26, 07 | 84 – You Don’t Mess with Dr. Klein |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Apr 2, 14 | 585 – Atomic Fly’s Special Delivery |
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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Aug 27, 14 | 621 – Jerry’s Powers |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Aug 28, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 5 “A Spot of Drool” |
Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
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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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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Jun 26, 15 | 648 – Ready Air Force One |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Sep 11, 08 | 162 – Just Another Purty Face? |
May 7, 14 | 593 – When Did Swifty Die? |
Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
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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Aug 18, 14 | 618 – Thanks to Money Man |
Feb 10, 07 | 100 – The Third Man Revealed |
Jun 3, 11 | Pg. 8 “Future Imperfect” |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
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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Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
Jan 10, 07 | 66 – Captain Spectacular’s Fear of Modern Technology |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
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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Feb 18, 13 | 481 – Awfully Suspicious |
Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
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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Oct 9, 08 | 170 – There Will Be Blood |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
Jun 3, 10 | 259 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 1 “Homesick” |
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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Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
Apr 23, 09 | 205 – Here is What I Propose |
Aug 16, 10 | 271 – Is Spy Gal Not a Good Woman? |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
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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Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Dec 12, 16 | 718 – What is Deserved |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
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 26, 12 | 398 – Rookie Hero Move |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
May 5, 12 | Pg. 11 “Fly Away” |
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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Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Jul 20, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 1 “Entry” |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
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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Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
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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Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Sep 9, 15 | 680 – Thrice Evil is Not Pleased |
Jan 8, 09 | 191 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 8 “The Process Explained” |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
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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Jan 21, 21 | 867 – Sam I Am |
Sep 3, 12 | 441 – She Misses Brunch |
Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Mar 23, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 3 “After That Bear!” |
Dec 8, 20 | 860 – Idiot Martha |
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Dec 27, 11 | Guest Strip by Dan White! |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Dec 12, 11 | 370 – Ugly Little Man |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
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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Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Aug 21, 15 | 672 – To The USZ! |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
Jun 30, 22 | 902 – Devastation |
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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Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Jan 26, 07 | 84 – You Don’t Mess with Dr. Klein |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
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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Sep 2, 08 | 159 – Strange Dreams and Wedding Plans |
Aug 22, 11 | 344 – Now |
Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
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 17, 18 | 755 – Under the Radar |
Jan 11, 10 | Guest Strip by Bearman of “Bearman Cartoons!” |
Oct 9, 19 | 802 – Nothing More Important Than Loyalty |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
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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Jan 12, 07 | 67 – Dr. Rocket Draws a Webcomic? |
Aug 3, 12 | Pg. 6 “Inevitably Betrayed” |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Apr 5, 07 | 135 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein, Conclusion |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
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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Nov 15, 06 | 43 – The Healer Approaches the Captain |
Nov 10, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Girlfight” |
Sep 12, 14 | Pg. 10 – Breaking Free |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
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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Sep 21, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 4 “The Best Day Ever, Ever” |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
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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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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Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Sep 18, 18 | Cover |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Oct 14, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter: Jimmy-Go-Dead” |
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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May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
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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Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
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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Aug 11, 14 | Marc Lapierre and The SuperFogeys |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
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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Nov 1, 06 | 29 – Introducing Dr. Klein! |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
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 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Jun 1, 12 | Pg. 4 “The O’Hara Family Tragedy” |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
Jan 30, 13 | 476 – Regret |
Jun 24, 13 | Bubbles of Light 0 |
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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Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Nov 21, 12 | 460 – Riding the Sunway |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
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Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
…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 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
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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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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Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
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Jun 15, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 4 “Pantsless” |
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 [...]