And we’re back! Thanks for your patience during the past two weeks while we rejuiced and got ready for this next chapter–which is a big one. Seriously, I know we’ve raised a lot of questions and started a lot of mysteries over the years–and certainly we’ve done some big reveals along the way–but with this [...]
Archive for ‘Chapter 19 – The Man Who Sold the World’
This might be the most Thrice Evil (whichever incarnation in whichever story you want to pick) has ever spoken at once. It’s… weird. Marc did a bang-up job with the color orange here, and with the lighting in particular. I mean, look at panel four. Wow. That’s some solid villainy right there. Next week: A whoooole [...]
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Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Aug 19, 15 | 671 – A Little Window Above My Head |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
People crash through walls a lot in this saga. (<–I’m sure there are more.) You’ve met the Earth-Avalon version of the Lodge of Doom… now, here’s the Society of Heroes. To save you the trouble of looking through the tags, from left to right that’s Ms. Missile, Swifty, Raptor XII, General Will, Captain Spectacular II, [...]
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Jul 23, 14 | 612 – A Tale of Two Swifties. |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
Mar 23, 20 | 841 – Better Than Strained Peas |
Oct 22, 14 | 530 – The Long Arm of the Universe |
There’s a little bit of an info drop in that first panel, but forget about that BECAUSE HOLY CRUD THAT SECOND PANEL! The only bad thing about it is it’s so small. Marc draws battles and combat as good as the best and he did not disappoint here. The new coloring technique he’s been using [...]
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Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
Jan 26, 21 | 868 – The Blame Game |
My scripts are usually pretty detailed, but this is one of those times Marc and I worked in the ‘Marvel Style’–I give Marc the general idea and he illustrates it accordingly, deciding how he wants to break things into panels and what he wants to show. I’ve learned to do this as much as possible [...]
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Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
May 19, 14 | 596 – That’s the Mission |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Nov 13, 06 | 41 – Swifty’s Litany |
For a second there I thought this was strip #666. Would have been appropriate if it was. I have to say it’s crazy fun to work on this alternate reality. I love what Marc did here with the Thrice Cave. OF COURSE it looks just like Thrice Evil’s head from the outside. Y’know, Thrice, that [...]
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Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Jan 29, 20 | 828 – Sorry About the Torture |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Aug 29, 16 | 694 – Soviet Sam Crackdown |
Swifty was gone so long from the strip that I kind of forgot how much fun he can be to write. There’s a lot of dialogue crammed into this strip, but his stuff, though incidental, is my favorite. I guess even when you bring a ton of new characters onto the stage, they can’t really [...]
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Greetings,Fellow Fogeys Fans! Marc here on posting duties while Brock takes a well deserved family vacation. Here we find ourselves back in Zurida’s torture chamber where our poor Captain has been spending a LOT of his free time.
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Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
Feb 9, 09 | SF Origins: The Money Man, Pg. 1 “Dinner Party” |
Happy Mondays, folks! I’m not much of a “words” kind of guy. I prefer to let my pictures do the talking, so I’ll keep this brief and let you all handle the speculation. Speaking of my art, did you know you can follow me on Instagram, Tumblr, and Facebook and see some of my other [...]
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Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Aug 11, 14 | Marc Lapierre and The SuperFogeys |
Jan 2, 17 | 722 – Help or Mourn? |
Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
What is Money Man’s escape plan? How much fight is left in Cap? What is up with Dark Maiden? Tune in next week!
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Mar 12, 09 | 199 – Life is Like Pastry |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Oct 22, 14 | 530 – The Long Arm of the Universe |
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Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Once again, Brock keeps the twists and surprises coming. I mean, here we have two versions of Swifty in the same place at the same time and not a single “@#$%!” was uttered! Unbelievable!
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May 26, 14 | 598 – Do You Moisturize? |
Jul 17, 15 | 657 – The Most Difficult Thing Swifty Has Ever Done |
Jan 9, 13 | 470 – Soviet Sam Strikes Again |
Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Hey, I’m back! Had a nice little break there and now I’m back in full force (though I’ve been active in the comments and in posting blogs), ready to provide the regular dose of inanity for you to skip over on your way down to the comments. Today’s strip is a reveal I’ve been looking [...]
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Aug 14, 15 | 669 – Press Conference, Interrupted |
Dec 25, 09 | Merry Christmas From Swifty (2009) |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Did you hear the big news? SuperFogeys is now on Comixology! We’ve been working on this for what seems like forever and I’m so glad it’s finally, FINALLY real. You can get all the details right here in yesterday’s blog. Please help support SF! Don’t forget there’s a new SuperFogeys Origins page on Friday. This [...]
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Jul 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
Mar 28, 11 | 302 – Don’t Remember Any of This |
Just for the record: this is 100% what I would do if I ever went to the White House. What woman doesn’t like to hear she’s sane? Hey! Guess what? SuperFogey is a featured free comic on Comixology! How cool is that? Don’t forget to rate the book if you pick it up!
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Aug 12, 15 | 668 – Dealing in Facts |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
Mar 16, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 2 “The Prophecy” |
Jul 26, 22 | 909 – Get Outta Town |
This chapter is gonna zip back and forth pretty often between Earth-Avalon and Earth-? (so named for now, though the number of this strip–616–has a nice ring to it, don’t you think? (major Captain-America-Wizard-of-Oz points if you get that)), so get your charts out. Actually–hopefully–you shouldn’t need them. If you’ll notice, something I’ve been doing [...]
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Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Jun 8, 11 | 323 – What is a Villain? |
Another beautiful effort by Marc, treading over ground we just covered last week. I try to think of interesting ways to put in bits of action here and there (always with a purpose–this strip also gets Cap right past all the powerless stuff he was saddled with during the Invasion) because Marc is so great [...]
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Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
Yikes! I’m posting this a bit late so I better make it quick. How’s that? See you on Wednesday with a double-sized strip!
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Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
Jun 8, 11 | 323 – What is a Villain? |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
Feb 14, 18 | 763 – Serious Issues |
For Soviet Sam, the journey to this moment has been a long one. I’d encourage you to click on Sam’s name in the tags (or right here) to check out his past appearances to see the full scope of what this hug might mean to him. Infamous Nefarious commented on Monday’s strip (which saw Sam [...]
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Apr 18, 18 | 779 – The Only Failure |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
Aug 26, 15 | 674 – A Little Window Above His Head |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Jan 2, 17 | 722 – Help or Mourn? |
One of Marc’s artistic high watermarks has got to be the Donutron destruction of Las Vegas. That’s a sequence that also took place at night. I think Marc is just really good at nighttime stuff, and this strip is no exception. The colors sing. This chapter is about to get down to brass tacks. You [...]
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May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Nov 12, 12 | 457 – Again, He Soars |
I’m INCREDIBLY excited for what this strip is leading into. One thing we used to do a lot of around here is flashbacks. Been a while since we had a good one, but that’s about to change in a big way. You want to know stuff? You will know stuff. ANNOUNCEMENT: Because of scheduling conflicts [...]
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Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Hey everyone, I want to take away from today’s strip (I count at least two revelations! One I’m pretty sure some of you saw coming, and one I don’t think anyone did), but I wanted to let you know about a little situation here at SuperFogeys Central. Unfortunately, in a double whammy, my wife and [...]
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Aug 12, 20 | 844 – You Got This, Percy |
Jul 23, 14 | 612 – A Tale of Two Swifties. |
Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Nov 1, 17 | 743 – Never Inspired Anybody |
Gotta be honest with you, guys. I don’t have it in me for much of a post tonight. This unemployment thing is emotionally draining. I’m barely eating and just seem to be nervous a lot. I know things will get better, but right now I’m kind of living in the muck of it all. Apologies [...]
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Jun 30, 14 | 605 – Underground Brawl |
Jan 24, 18 | 757 – Just Another (Thrice) Evil TV Star |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
Aug 31, 15 | 676 – Jerry, Meet Thrice Evil |
Jun 23, 14 | 603 – General Will and the Society of Heroes |
Marc here with a brand new strip full of Earth (or Earths) shattering information. Both Brock and I thank you for your patience while the dust settles from Brock’s unemployment situation. For the time being, we’ll be scaling back our schedule a bit to accommodate the unexpected curve balls of life. There will be no [...]
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Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
Nov 12, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
Dec 12, 16 | 718 – What is Deserved |
Hey, everybody! Sorry I’ve been gone so long. These past couple of weeks have been rough ones. There have been good times, but I haven’t been unemployed since I was 21-years-old and trying to figure out how this new life is supposed to work while also figuring out how to put food on the table [...]
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Aug 28, 15 | 675 – Crossing Worlds |
Nov 11, 19 | 811 – Attack Pattern |
May 16, 11 | 316 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 5: The Last Place Anyone Would Think to Look |
Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |
Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
I just can’t even comprehend the amount of work that had to go into that second panel. Strips may be small, but that deserves blowing up. Wow. I haven’t counted how many characters Marc managed to cram in there, but I know it’s a lot. I script these things but Marc always, always turns it [...]
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Today’s strip reads a little weird without the context surrounding it. I try to avoid this sort of thing. I much prefer it when the strips can stand at least somewhat on their own, but the nature of this section of the chapter makes that a little difficult. I highly recommend going back a few [...]
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Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Sep 29, 14 | 626 – Battle at the Beginning of Time |
Oct 28, 10 | 282 – Mucking with Space and Time |
Jul 22, 13 | 519 – Three Months Ago |
Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
One of the things noted in a recent comment (forgive me for not remembering who said it) was that this storyline is making SuperFogeys the inverse of the “mirror universe” trope in which alternate realities are generally worse. That’s pretty much exactly right, as today’s strip makes abundantly clear. You guys are so smart. GOOD [...]
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Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
From the beginning you’ve all been weirded out by the whole three finger hand thing. Well, this one’s for you. This week we’re finally back to our twice-a-week schedule. You’ll be glad we are. Lots of juice still left in this chapter. Unemployment update: I’m still unemployed and working hard on fixing that. Some recent [...]
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Sep 21, 15 | 685 – Doom Comes to Abbadon |
Jul 20, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 1 “Entry” |
Dec 4, 08 | 185 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 2 “Babylonian Invasion” |
May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Getting some good discussions going in the comments lately. Even though the dark secret of the SF Universe has been revealed, many of you are still wondering about certain things, certain… details that don’t quite make sense or suggest still other mysteries. There’s still some big revelations coming this chapter, don’t worry. Things are gonna [...]
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May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Sometimes, I ask Marc to accomplish the tricky task of communicating a character’s entire state of mind or silent conversation purely through a facial expression. I think in order to write effective character dramas within the comics medium, you’ve GOT to be able to handle facial expressions well. It’s why Marc is such an effective [...]
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Jul 11, 11 | 332 – Captain Spectacular’s Buds |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Apr 1, 13 | 493 – Dr. Rocket’s Game |
Jun 13, 12 | 420 – The Leslie Knope |
Every once in a while someone will make a comment about how everything goes back to Jerry. How right they are. He may disappear for a chapter on some crazy, worldwide scavenger hunt, but still he lurks. He underlines everything in this story. It’s always been that way and it always will be. Had a [...]
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Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Jan 7, 13 | 469 – Beating Into Submission with Peace |
Jun 25, 12 | 423 – Family Resemblance (or Lack Thereof) |
May 5, 14 | 592 – Bubbles of Light 9 |
May 7, 14 | 593 – When Did Swifty Die? |
Today’s strip kind of unlocks a big piece of the puzzle and I’m looking forward to seeing what you guys make of it. I know some of you have objections to the way these flashbacks are playing out, and that’s okay. Chapter’s not over yet. A flashback heavy strip like today deserves a few annotations. [...]
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Mar 2, 20 | 835 – Because of the Struggle |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
Aug 26, 15 | 674 – A Little Window Above His Head |
Man, this is a real trip down memory lane. Longtime readers will recognize these scenes from throughout both SuperFogeys and SuperFogeys Origins. Newbies, don’t worry. Knowing all these references or not knowing them isn’t going to impact future reading. But, for those who want to know, I present to you: annotations! Panel 1: This is [...]
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Jan 5, 21 | 864 – Walking the Dark Side |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
Jun 8, 12 | Pg. 5 “In the 1950s” |
Jan 4, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part Two |
Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
This isn’t any kind of secret, but at the same time I’m not sure anyone has noticed that Swifty is the one character who has not changed one bit since Chapter 1. There’s no arc for him, no softening of his hard edges. Swifty is Swifty. Does that mean he can NEVER change? No, but [...]
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Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
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Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
Mar 28, 11 | 302 – Don’t Remember Any of This |
I challenge you to not love Marc’s Carl Sagan-esque redesign of Dr. Rocket. You can’t do it. Zurida’s pretty smokin’ as well. Enough of that! Did you see our latest blog? Marvel used some of Marc’s art for their 75th Anniversary television special without his permission. This is a thing that happened! Well, Marc’s friends [...]
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Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
Jun 24, 15 | 647 – Ms. Carter Sings the Blues |
Mar 4, 20 | 836 – Keep Away |
Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
Swifty. Nothing if not consistent. If you missed it–and because it’s such a big deal it deserves repeating–Marc’s art was recently used by Marvel without his persmission for their 75th Anniversary television special. All of his friends jumped on this and took to social media and the result was quite surprising. You can read all [...]
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May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
This is a subject that’s been in much debate in the comments lately. Is Jerry at fault for the things he’s done? Do you agree or disagree with Money Man?
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May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Hey, everyone! The intense debate that followed last week’s strip took me a bit by surprise. I opted out of commenting because I didn’t want to give weight to one view over another, but at some point today I’m finally going to dive in and try my hand at a little opining. The issue of [...]
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Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Sep 9, 10 | 275 – A Moment of Silence |
Suddenly, Jerry is a very popular guy. Won’t he be so pleased when he finds out? Great shot at the end there by Marc. That’s a total hero shot. And shirtless! You’re welcome. Chapter 19 – The Man Who Sold the World ends next week!
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Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Aug 1, 12 | 432 – Tea Time, Interrupted |
Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Yikes! Sorry, folks. Didn’t mean to take so long to get some notes up. The big revelation with this strip hearkens allllll the way back to this strip, when we saw for the first (and only) time what the Thrice Evil of Earth-Abaddon would be like were certain controls not in place. And now you [...]
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Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
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Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Oct 2, 17 | 734 – Lovely and Darling |
Today, Chapter Nineteen comes to a close. More than any other chapter, I think this one may be best read in one sitting. You can start it at the beginning right here. This has been, for me anyway, a vastly different chapter from any we’ve done before. I was going through old SuperFogeys files just [...]
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Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
Mar 21, 18 | 773 – The Burning House |