Welcome to a new chapter–and a new era–of The SuperFogeys! I’m sure a lot of you are still reeling from the revelation of our jump to one year later on Monday, but we’re not wasting any time here. We gotta dive into this new world, and first up is a villain I’ve wanted to bring [...]
Archive for ‘Chapter 18 – One Year Later’
Marc knocked me out with the art in this one. A lot of it is in the coloring, particularly that last panel. I see every step of the art, from roughs to pencils to inks and finally to colors. There was nothing in any of the stages that prepared me for how awesome the background [...]
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Sep 7, 11 | 349 – Avalanche of Wins |
Oct 12, 06 | 19 – Back From the Colonoscopy |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
Hel, the opposite of Valhalla. You first went inside it here. And then you saw the outside. And, of course, Gene worked there. Now, it’s a day spa. Makes sense, right? A lot’s changed in a year. Zurida’s in charge of (most of) The United States. Soviet Sam wears an eye patch. Spy Gal got [...]
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Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
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Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Today is your first real look at the Reactors. What are Reactors? They’re basically Zurida’s peacekeeping force in this new world. For their design, I had Marc draw upon equal parts Mad Max and a particular kind of soldier in US history (I’m sure some astute reader will guess it correctly in the first or [...]
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Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
Sep 14, 11 | 351 – Dreams Come Crashing In |
569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year
by Brock Heasley on February 5th, 2014I want Suckface in all the strips. Marc has turned him into such a powerhouse I’m trying to think of a way to work him into all storylines. Does he fall in love with Dark Maiden? Should he be pen pals with Atomic Fly? What if Mega Matt was his annoying sidekick? The possibilities are [...]
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Jun 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
Jun 22, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 5 “How People Look at You” |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Aug 1, 11 | 338 – The Flying Dragon |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
And boom, like that, old favorites returning, new characters showing up for the first time. This is perhaps the motliest of crews, but together they are enough to strike fear in the heart of even someone as vile and powerful as Suckface. Marc, once again, stepped up in a big way with some great new [...]
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Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
Jun 26, 13 | 516 – Time to Clean House |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Jan 26, 21 | 868 – The Blame Game |
I told someone yesterday to watch out because today’s SuperFogeys has a lot of text. His response? “Dude, I can read.” Fair enough. This is the info dump that is not an info dump. I actually am a fan of exposition (I like just kind of getting on with it and moving on to the [...]
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Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
UPDATE 2:30pm PST: Whoops. Sorry about that folks. I have never, ever let it go so long without writing up something short to go beneath a strip. I spoke in church yesterday, and between that and the video I’ve spent weeks putting together for Violent Violet’s 3rd Birthday and my wife being sick and my [...]
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Jun 22, 15 | 646 – Dark Maiden Wants What Now? |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
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Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Welcome to the most accurate and boringly named SuperFogeys strip yet! Who says we don’t do pulse-pounding around here? I hope you all have seen the Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer by now. Hoo-boy. I’ve read the run on which this movie is based and while I think the comics fall into the “just okay” [...]
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Sep 11, 15 | 681 – Man Child |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Dec 4, 13 | 554 – Not In a Way That Matters |
Mar 25, 07 | 124 – Shooting |
May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Here you go, process junkies! How do you destroy a Pilatian Power Crystal? In today’s SuperFogeys we give you panel-by-panel instructions. For those times when you absolutely have to dispose of the ultimate power source/weapon and there’s no volcanoes where it was forged lying around. I think I first talked about this a looooong time [...]
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Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
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Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
The Crimson Spelunker has been mostly a background character, but he’s a great design and I always look forward to finding new opportunities to use him. Marc designed a terrific vehicle for him with that driller. Some of you had some questions about Jerry’s escape in the previous strip and the nature of his powers. [...]
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Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Oct 25, 17 | 741 – Scumbag Jerry |
Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
Took us a little while to get here, but we’ve finally caught up with Dr. Rocket and Captain Spectacular one year later. There was a lot of thought (mostly on Marc’s part) that went into Dr. Rocket’s new look. Points to those of you who can identify the influences. If you’re reading this and scratching [...]
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Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
I thought Marc did a particularly stellar job with the inking and the coloring of this strip. Especially in that last panel, where you can really feel Cap’s pain. Cap was one of those characters where I had to really work out in detail the journey he’d taken during the missing year. Obviously, it was [...]
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Aug 18, 22 | 916 – Restoration |
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Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
For those wondering, Dr. Rocket’s look here in One Year Later is based on Dr. No’s from the first James Bond film, “Dr. No.” What he’s wearing is called a nehru jacket. Apologies for my lack of engagement last week. You know those weeks you have that are just kind of awful and don’t leave [...]
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Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
Fun fact: the first panel of this strip was originally intended as the last panel of the previous strip. Marc had the great idea of splitting it differently to give the previous strip a heavier, more cinematic feel. I like the moodiness of it, which leads oddly perfectly into the more goofy/gross tone of today’s [...]
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Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
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Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
Many of you were a little grossed out by last week’s strip. I don’t think a little is enough, hence today’s strip. I want you to experience the full spectrum of grossed-outness. Anyone notice Zurida’s new outfit? Marc thought she was due for something more regal. The changes can be subtle if your’e not looking [...]
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Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
Jun 17, 13 | 513 – Devil’s Bargain |
Been a lot of speculation as to the identity of Gorgeous Guy (still technically unnamed in the strip, but the tags give it away). Some of you have guessed clone, some have guessed an altered Percy. One person suggested he was Justin Bieber after a lot of hamburgers and a healthy exercise regimen (no one [...]
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Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
UPDATE: The comments below reminded me that I really should have included a link to what Captain Spectacular is referring to in the last panel. Start here and just continue through the black and white strips if you’re curious! I should probably update this post later today with Marc’s inks from this this strip. Marc [...]
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Writing this kind of on the fly as my presence is due elsewhere in about half an hour (he said, to the interest of no one). A lot of you had some questions a couple days ago about stuff that hearkens back to the early days of the strip and I didn’t do a very [...]
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Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
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May 21, 14 | 597 – Him Who? |
Here’s a secret: these types of strips are some of my favorites. Moving this particular story along doesn’t always allow for these moments of reflection and contemplation, but when they can happen I love to see them. The gold standard, for me, is still this one, but there’s a lot to love in today’s as [...]
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Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
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Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
Mar 16, 20 | 839 – What What |
We’re getting pretty deep into One Year Later here and we’ve almost caught up with all the characters to see their new status quo. Obviously, there’s a promise in the last panel that Monday’s strip will fulfill. I can’t wait for you guys to see it. Anybody else seeing Captain America: The Winter Soldier this [...]
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Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Big thanks to Marc for this strip. We had a technical glitch with all the lettering I did and at the last minute Marc purchased the font himself and did it up real special like for us. I’ll be updating later today with the real lettering (just for the sake of consistency), but Marc did [...]
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Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Greetings, Fellow Fogey Fans! Marc here posting while Brock is out of town for the rest of the week on business. While he’s away, we’ll be taking next week off. Regular strips will return on Monday April 21, 2014 when we check in with a Fogey who was greatly affected by the events of the [...]
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Jul 22, 15 | 659 – Wasting Time |
Welcome back! We just took a short, one week break, but it felt a lot longer for some reason. This one’s on me as I had to leave town for work and it threw off our whole schedule. Good to be back now. As I type this, my daughter Cami is going nuts while Elsa [...]
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Jan 8, 14 | 561 – Blind Rage |
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Have you ever done something really, truly awful? This is a yes or a no question, not a tell-us-all-about-it question. I feel like I certainly have. I’ve done things that made me feel like I didn’t deserve love or a second chance or just basic, decent, good things in my life. I’ve also known people [...]
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Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Aug 13, 09 | 220 – Don’t Act Like You Care |
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Apr 21, 14 | 588 – In the Dark, Where He Thinks He Belongs |
Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
I think generals and leaders of men have a terrible burden of responsibility. We’re so quick to judge them, and sometimes rightly so, but if they’re actually good at what they do then they make the tough calls in favor of the greatest good and sometimes that means doing the unpopular or the seemingly insane. [...]
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Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
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For those wondering what in the world Soviet Sam is referring to, you can see it for yourself right here. I’m looking forward to the discussion today. The past several weeks you guys have really dug into the themes of SF and shown your love for the characters by how closely you pay attention. Like [...]
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You asked for him, you got–well, his return was already planned for this moment. The last time we saw Swifty was in “Bubbles of Light 0.” An important SF strip if there ever was one. The Bubbles of Light, in case you don’t already know, are always a sure sign of time travel. Swifty has [...]
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Jul 16, 09 | 216 – Cami |
Everything I said about how great Marc art was on the previous strip carries over here. This is the kind of stuff that makes what I was doing in the first few chapters a joke. You should get a better sense of Swifty’s perspective from today’s strip. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t really know [...]
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Nov 23, 11 | 365 – Bloody Roofie |
Gotta make this one fast because as I type this it’s Mother’s Day. Hope all of you gave your mom/wife/woman-in-your-life her due. This is our first look at Valhalla post-one year jump. It’s… looked better. See you on Wednesday!
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Jun 14, 22 | 897 – Streaking Past |
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Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
UPDATE! Marc’s still not 100%, but he was at least feeling well enough to get the strip into color, so there you go. For the curious, what everybody else saw for the first 18 hours after posting is below. Previous Post: Marc is super sick with a stomach flu, but managed to get these pencils [...]
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Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
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This is T-Magus and Gina. Their big intro was in Chapter 10 “Bubbles of Light” where they did some time travel shenanigans and put into motion a lot of stuff that’s still reverberating through the strip even today. Then we saw them again here, just before the One Year Later jump. If you’re finding yourself [...]
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Aug 1, 12 | 432 – Tea Time, Interrupted |
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Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Look! A hand! Next week: Will Gina get Swifty to leave? Will T-Magus discover his presence? Will Swifty get back to his own time? Will Zurida come out of her palace and do the Hustle? Be here next week as only one of these questions get answered in the affirmative!
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Saw a show last week (24) in which a woman got a couple fingers cut off. It looked like an awful experience. Gina doesn’t explain how “he” did it, but basically how it went down on the show was they put a metal wedge on her finger and then hit with a hammer. Popped the [...]
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UPDATE: I’m seeing a lot of confusion in the comments about the nature of what T-Magus is doing to Swifty, so Marc went ahead and updated the art a little to make it clear he is NOT using a different kind of Bubbles of Light. He’s using his own magic to hold Swifty in place. [...]
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Holy stinking snot bunnies. We just hit 600 strips. 600 STRIPS! How did this happen? How is it even possible that SuperFogeys is still going strong almost 7 years after it first debuted? I’ll tell you how: Marc Lapierre. Today marks the publication of Marc’s 300th SuperFogeys strip. Those of you with long memories will [...]
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