Kind of a weird way to start a chapter. You could argue that this really belongs in Chapter 3 (as it’s mostly old business), but I knew Dr. Klein was going to be disappearing for the bulk of the chapter and wanted to make sure he got in there in some way so that things [...]
Archive for ‘Chapter 04 – Dictator Tot’s Revenge’
After the reveal of the last chapter that Dr. Klein is the Third Man, everything he says is just a little more sinister. This is my playing with that a bit. Artistically, this strip is bunk. Nothing looks right and that third panel is atrocious.
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Hands down, this is my most favorite Dictator Tot strip. I think I really scored with her dialog here, none of which I can take credit for. This is very, very similar to conversations I’ve had with my daughter Elora. It was fun to break the 4 panel structure a bit as well, even though [...]
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Jan 27, 07 | 87 – The Third Man is Not Pleased |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Oct 17, 16 | 705 – Saber |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Another ugly, ugly strip. An important one though. This is one of those that I think people read and then didn’t ask the right questions about. Jerry’s tears are a leftover plot thread from Chapter 3. The last time anyone talked about him it was in Episode 88 when Captain Spectacular mentioned that Jerry had [...]
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Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
May 12, 14 | 594 – The State of Valhalla |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Slapsticky? Yes, definitely. But I still love it. Shoot, I love it because it’s slapsticky. Obviously, I’m riffing on the Nintendo Wii here, notorious for it’s flying game remotes. I got a Wii in December of 2006. Love that thing and with all the reports of the sytem being used in nursing homes across the [...]
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Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
As bad as the art was in the firs few strips of this chapter, I think it got that much better once the Wii stuff came in. Spy Gal’s jumping pose was something I was nervous about doing (I’m not good with the action), but I’m really pleased with how it turned out. All of [...]
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Nov 4, 11 | Pg. 6 “A Zombie Rabbit” |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
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Oct 24, 16 | 707 – Demise |
Aug 18, 10 | 272 – GET OUT! |
Sep 9, 10 | 275 – A Moment of Silence |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Sep 21, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 4 “The Best Day Ever, Ever” |
Some readers thought Jerry was out-of-character here. In my mind, Jerry is basically a decent guy, but even decent guys can be pushed too far. If it’s Swifty talking, then you can be sure that Jerry is being pushed too far. I labored and labored over the wording of Dr. Rocket’s apology. It had to [...]
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Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
Jun 15, 12 | Pg. 1 “Through the Portal” |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
I had a TON of fun with this episode. Webcomics can, at times, be a bit of a grind. That schedule, even at just twice a week, can be killer. A visually interesting episode like this where I get to play with depth of field and extreme reactions is just a blast. I had only [...]
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Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
Jun 26, 15 | 648 – Ready Air Force One |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Jun 2, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 16 “Eagle vs. Bear” |
Eh. I can take or leave this one. I think there’s some neat character animation going on in those first panels, but it’s not drawn very well. This is one of the first strips I wrote for this chapter, and one of the least successful. When I first wrote it, it seemed to encapsulate what [...]
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Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Feb 16, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 6 “The Bottle and the Women” |
And now you see the entire impetus for the Wii storyline. I knew I wanted Star Maiden to be so deranged that she actually sees the Fogeys as their younger selves. With that in mind, I thought her interpretation of “air boxing” would be hilarious. Turned out to be more dramatic, but what are you [...]
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Jan 25, 12 | 381 – Shut Up |
Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
Apr 27, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Mirror Weeps” |
Mar 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
Nov 2, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 10 “Anywhere But Here” |
Visually, this is a very exciting strip for me. Even the lame “Kirby Dot” I used for the energy effect on Star Maiden’s blast look pretty decent. This is the strip where I began to realize just how much fun writing Star Maiden was going to be. I mean, here I have a character that [...]
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Jul 31, 08 | 150 – Star Maiden and Clovis the Bear |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
This is another callback to Spy Gal’s initial appearance in Chapter 1 where the Fogeys discussed her “hotness.” Again, Star Maiden’s reference to bunnies is not so random as it first appears. A quick read of episodes 44 and 45 of Chapter 2 should give enough of a clue to what she might be talking [...]
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Jun 1, 12 | Pg. 4 “The O’Hara Family Tragedy” |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Oct 12, 06 | 19 – Back From the Colonoscopy |
May 30, 12 | 416 – Alcohol is His Kryptonite |
Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
Some pretty loaded dialog here, and one of my favorite CS/Jerry conversations at that. I like the talky stuff. Action is fun and I understand the need for it, but I always see the core of the SuperFogeys being the interplay between the characters. That’s where the meat is. Love the promise of the last [...]
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Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
Sep 2, 15 | 677 – His Greatest Creation |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
I did it. I did a strip with no males in it. In one sense, I really like writing women. It’s different and it’s fun to get outside of myself like that. On the other hand…I”m no woman. There’s a lot going on here. Star Maiden is obviously not on the same page as Spy [...]
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Mar 4, 07 | 107 – Bubbles of Light 1 |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
Some readers misunderstood this strip to mean that Spy Gal is upset at Star Maiden again. Not my intention at all, something I hope becomes clear in the next strip. Swifty’s line at the end came from trial and error. All of his dialog in the last panel went through many iterations. I think the [...]
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Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
Apr 30, 14 | 591 – About That Thing… That One Time |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
The rare one-paneler! Very rarely do I have an idea for a strip that lends itself to this. The challenge is the layout. Getting all those characters into one frame isn’t easy for me, but well worth it, I think.
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Nov 17, 14 | 637 – Dimension-Crossed Haters |
Nov 11, 19 | 811 – Attack Pattern |
Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Jun 12, 13 | 512 – The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened to Swifty |
My mother hates the language in the SuperFogeys. This bleeped out stuff isn’t for her. Can’t imagine what she’d say if I didn’t censor. Personally, I can’t stand foul language. I think I’ve said the “F” word twice in my life. Once out of anger and another time by accident. Both times, it ruined my [...]
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Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
May 19, 22 | 890 – Loved In Her Own Way |
Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
A transitional strip. I hate these. Usually, I’m able to cover it up better with a joke, but not so much here.
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Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Jun 20, 11 | 326 – Air Valhalla |
Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
The plot of this particular strip was pretty simple: Jerry and Dictator Tot play Wii Bowling. DT loses. DT pulls out a gun. Here’s the script, as originally written: 123 – 1: DT assuming the bowling stance. DT: Bowling is very simple. The remote is like the ball. You pull it back with the button… [...]
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Jan 1, 09 | Guest Strip by Mark R. Engel of “Prematurely Disappointed!” |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
May 25, 11 | 319 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 2 “Isn’t Everybody?” |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
I’ve made no secret that I have a long, long term plan for the SuperFogeys. Pieces of a puzzle that I want to lay down and that will add up into something (I hope) special one day. This is one of those pieces. I won’t say I always knew it would be Jerry to get [...]
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Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
There’s a kid with a gun. The kid’s a villain though, so I’m asking you to go with it. There’s not much funny about gun violence. This isn’t the place to really get into it, but my life has certainly been affected by gun violence on more than one occasion. My feeling is that if [...]
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Jun 20, 11 | 326 – Air Valhalla |
Nov 20, 19 | 814 – Ptoof! |
Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
Sep 22, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 4 “I Am Dr. Rocket” |
I love this strip. You need that reaction to the name “Third Man” and the leap in logic Star Maiden makes here is a nice shout-out to one of my heroes, Orson Welles. Some day, I have to actually draw a Zombie Orson Welles. In that first panel, Dictator Tot is being removed from the room [...]
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Aug 19, 19 | 792 – Dashing, Like Hyphens |
Oct 16, 17 | 738 – Old Lady McGoth |
Jan 5, 21 | 864 – Walking the Dark Side |
Nov 2, 11 | The 2nd SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Did Swifty go too far? That’s what some readers thought. I admit that I had second thoughts about this one as well, but knowing what I know about Swifty and Jerry’s relationship, I think he is justified. True, I haven’t actually REVEALED why Swifty hates Jerry so much, but still… The second panel with Spy Gal’s [...]
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Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Here’s a bit of a storytelling trick…by keeping Dr. Rocket out of the strip for several weeks (off camera–he was in the room the whole time), I make his appearance in the last panel just that much more surprising. That’s the hope anyway. It all seems terribly convenient, I agree. You’re supposed to be thinking [...]
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Nothing funny here. Again. I’m pushing the readers’ limits, but all for a (hopefully) good purpose. Some people felt the Captain was out of character here. I disagree, of course, but I think I understand why they might think that. To me, the Captain sees Jerry as his “son.” He would do anything for him, [...]
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Jan 18, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 5 “Hungry” |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Nov 14, 06 | 42 – Dr. Rocket Needs a Special Kind of Healing |
Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
How did I go this long without a “When Pigs Fly” joke? That first panel was a challenge for me. In case you haven’t already been able to tell, perspective isn’t my strong suit. Still, I’m pleased with how it turned out. I think it works for what it is. Again, Star Maiden is just [...]
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Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
This is the payoff for all the set-up I did at the beginning of the chapter with Spy Gal and Jerry. Wait, I take that back, you don’t really get the payoff for this until Chapter 5, but this is the beginning. Pants. Always good for a joke. Spy Gal growing suspicious of Dr. Klein [...]
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Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
Nurse Carter has a personality! I think I do an alright job of developing my characters, but Nurse Carter has always been the one that I’ve neglected. Here, finally, she says something that hints at something resembling a thought in her head. It’s the kind of character humor that can be difficult to do, but [...]
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Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
Feb 29, 12 | 391 – Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun… |
Feb 24, 14 | 574 – Jerry Stirring |
133 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein
by Brock Heasley on April 3rd, 2007Drawing a sauced Captain Spectacular was so much fun that I have to find a way to do it again. I WILL find a way to do it again. Originally, this was going to be flashback to how CS met Jerry. I’ll still tell that story one day, but with Spy Gal’s suspicions raised, I [...]
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Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Apr 2, 18 | 776 – Tragedy Strikes (Literally) |
Here’s one of the advantages of planning far, far ahead: I can drop tidbits in here and there because, to me, the stories already exist. Tom and the Mysterious Woman in the photograph are something for later (probably Chapter 7), but knowing about them already, I can use them to illustrate a point here. The [...]
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Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
Feb 18, 13 | 481 – Awfully Suspicious |
Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
Feb 8, 07 | 98 – The Wedding of Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden |
Nov 1, 06 | 29 – Introducing Dr. Klein! |
Had a blast with the first panel. I love drawing Mr. Crook, design courtesy of Eskimo Dave creator Mike Hartigan. I wish he wasn’t dead. Check back to Episode 10 of Chapter 1 for a part of Mr. Crook’s story. Mustache on Captain Spectacular doesn’t look too bad. A little more insight on the Jerry/Swifty [...]
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Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Mar 1, 07 | 104 – Is Spy Gal Paranoid? |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
This was supposed to be a very normal operation with some choice quips from Dr. Rocket. That was the idea anyway. Then I remembered, “Oh yeah, this is the SuperFogeys.” As with most things involving Dr. Rocket, this crosses the line from weird into disturbing. I’m pretty much okay with that.
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Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
Jan 23, 12 | 380 – Mr. Jerry |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
May 14, 18 | 786 – The Opening of the Door |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Wow. Just, wow. This strip is sooooo busy. I think there’s a certain charm to it, but hold crud, those panels are just loaded. Usually not a good idea. I have no idea why the Space Pig is singing “Last Kiss.” That was the song that seemed to fit and once I got the idea [...]
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Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
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Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
This is a mean, mean cliffhanger. I don’t know that it’s fair to end this chapte like this, but it really couldn’t end any other way. Thematically, the next chapter has to begin a few seconds after Dr. Rockets declaration of good news and bad news. I’m hoping it’ll make sense why I did it [...]
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Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
May 12, 14 | 594 – The State of Valhalla |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
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