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Archive for ‘Chapter 01 – Insane Romance From Hell’
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 3, 06 | 11 – The Power Dampener |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Nov 6, 06 | 34 – Introducing the Healer! |
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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Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Sep 11, 15 | 681 – Man Child |
Jan 17, 18 | 755 – Under the Radar |
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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Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
Jan 8, 18 | 752 – Like Jerry |
May 9, 11 | 314 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 3: The One He Truly Hunts |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
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 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Oct 16, 17 | 738 – Old Lady McGoth |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Feb 12, 18 | 762 – Jerry vs. Soviet Sam |
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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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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Dec 3, 14 | 642 – A Star Falls |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Dec 27, 10 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One (2010) |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
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 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
Jun 15, 11 | 325 – At Captain Spectacular’s Door |
Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
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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Sep 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
Jul 18, 14 | Pg. 3 “Naughty Girl” |
Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Aug 15, 11 | 342 – The Wrong Man |
Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
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 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
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 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Jan 18, 12 | 379 – A True Hero |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
Feb 12, 14 | 571 – ZBC Nightly News with Richelieu Madden and Gwen Dreck |
Feb 17, 11 | 296 – Even Her |
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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Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
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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Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Nov 20, 08 | 181 – The Thrice Evil |
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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Jun 15, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 4 “Pantsless” |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Jan 7, 10 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer of “The Misadventures of Super Milo!” |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Jul 15, 11 | Pg. 14 “Why Wouldn’t She?” |
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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Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
May 19, 22 | 890 – Loved In Her Own Way |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
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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Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Jun 18, 18 | Pg. 3 “The Prophecy” |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
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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May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Jul 23, 09 | 217 – Jerry’s Family? |
May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
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 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Sep 14, 11 | 351 – Dreams Come Crashing In |
Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
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 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
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 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
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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Nov 2, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 10 “Anywhere But Here” |
Oct 7, 13 | 541 – Husband |
Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
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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Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Sep 21, 15 | 685 – Doom Comes to Abbadon |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Oct 29, 09 | 231 – The Greatest Revenge Plot Never Imagined |
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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Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Aug 11, 22 | 914 – Time to Go |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
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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Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
Jan 9, 13 | 470 – Soviet Sam Strikes Again |
Jun 15, 12 | Pg. 1 “Through the Portal” |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
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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Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
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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Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
Oct 23, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 4 of 4 |
Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
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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Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |