PINKERTON MOVES OVER TO TH3RD WORLD Didja’ hear? Mike Witmer has moved his great, abso-stinkin’ hilarious webcomic Pinkerton over to Th3rd World. Now, Pinkerton has been with Th3rd World for a few months now, but last week Mike finally make the big move of making Th3rd World the exclusive spot for all things Pinkerton. The best [...]
Archive for ‘Chapter 06 – Funeral For a Frenemy’
SUPERFOGEYS ON DIGITAL STRIPS Well, sadly, SF went out on the first round of Webcomic Idol. Were my readers confused about the voting process? Did SF have a target on its back? Were the other comics that much better? Is this all a result of a smear campaign by Marvel and DC for damage done [...]
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| Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
| May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
| Feb 27, 12 | 390 – Bubbles of Light 7 |
| Aug 10, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 4 “Courtesy Call” |
| Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
TWITTER Hey, anyone else on Twitter? I’ve been on it for about a month now and I think I’ve moved past the addictive stage and into the comfortable I’ll-post-when-I-really-have-something stage. It’s fun. See my Twitter page here. Right now I’m slowly working my way through adding commentary to the strips in Chapter 5. Every time I [...]
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UPDATE! CALL FOR GUEST STRIPS Each year I schedule a one week break for myself around Christmastime. I never miss updates, so I figured I deserve at least a week away. Nice time to recharge. Last year, I just didn’t post anything during that week, but now it occurs to me that there might be [...]
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| Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
| Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
| Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
| Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
| Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
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| Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
| Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
| Jan 29, 20 | 828 – Sorry About the Torture |
| Feb 9, 07 | 99 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden Met and Married, Conclusion |
| Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
ORIGINAL ART SALE UPDATE! Went ahead and added a piece of art to the store today! Man, that was a lot easier than I thought it would be! Just one strip’s pencils right now, but more to come. Make your requests now! Check out the pencils to 106! Okay, I’ve brought this up before, but [...]
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| Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
| Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
| Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
| Dec 12, 11 | 370 – Ugly Little Man |
MOTHER OF AN EPISODE So little dialogue…so much drawing…and I don’t like any of it. I’ve gotten slammed in the past for being too critical of my work. Whenever I get into that mode, people usually do one of two things: either 1) defend my work against me and my wonderful insecurities or 2) tell [...]
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| Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
| Feb 18, 21 | 875 – Much More Impressive |
| Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
| Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
| Jan 2, 07 | 61 – Dictator Tot in Hel |
FUNERAL It didn’t occur to me until this week how coincidentally timed this chapter of SF is. Unless I miss my guess, today is the 11th anniversary of my own father’s funeral. He died on the 23rd of November. The story of all that is amazing, funny, tragic, epic, inspiring and defining (for me). Yes, [...]
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| Nov 6, 06 | 34 – Introducing the Healer! |
| Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
| Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
| Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
| Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
COMIC MAKING AND THE HOLIDAYS DO NOT MIX Oh, man! I finished the strip you see above yesterday. Yesterday. I never do that. I’m admant about having Tuesday’s strip done by at least Thursday the week prior. Guess what happened last Thursday? I ended up having to stay up late on Saturday in order to [...]
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| Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
| Oct 18, 06 | 25 – Pee On Swifty |
| May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
| Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
| May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
MY YOUNGEST BROTHER GOT ENGAGED! This has no relation to SuperFogeys! But I’m excited for him! She’s a great girl! Virtual (non-alcoholic) toast! 588 B.C. As most of you have already guessed, this little origin story starts with a very real event–that of the Babylonian invasion of Israel. What happened was the ruling power in [...]
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| Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
| May 30, 12 | 416 – Alcohol is His Kryptonite |
| Jun 15, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 4 “Pantsless” |
| Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
| Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
186 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 3 “Going Up”
by Brock Heasley on December 9th, 2008RELIGION IN THE SUPERFOGEYS Well, I think it’s fair to say the last episode stirred the pot a little. And if it wasn’t the episode itself, then it was my comments. I don’t think there’s any need to rehash it all, but I just want to say that I don’t see the SuperFogeys as a [...]
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187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes”
by Brock Heasley on December 11th, 2008SUPERFOGEYS FEATURED ON AIN’T IT COOL NEWS! Ain’t It Cool News is the BIGGEST movie news/rumor site on the web. Every week they feature a comic book review column and every once in awhile they take a look at webcomics in their “dot.comics” feature. Well, this week Ambush Bug took a look at SuperFogeys and [...]
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| Sep 22, 14 | 625 – The Edict of Chaos |
| May 25, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 1 “Where the Story Begins” |
| Sep 16, 15 | 683 – What Makes Peace Worthless |
| Oct 12, 06 | 19 – Back From the Colonoscopy |
| Jul 4, 11 | 330 – Swim City |
188 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 5 “In The Dark”
by Brock Heasley on December 16th, 2008FANTASTIC SUPERFOGEYS FAN ART BY T.L. COLLINS How great is that? Big thanks to T.L. for this amazing piece of work. This is exactly the sort of thing you might have seen on the stands in 1963 in the Fogey universe! Be sure and check out T.L’s great comic Bullfinch when you get a chance. You [...]
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| Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
| Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
| Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
| Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
| Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
189 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 6 “The Medallion”
by Brock Heasley on December 18th, 2008LAST CALL FOR GUEST STRIPS! The last day I’m accepting guest strips for my upcoming Christmas break is fast approaching. I know for sure that some of you are working on them, so please get them in asap along with a link to your site or comic! Email your guest strip to me by 11:59pm [...]
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| Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
| Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
| Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
| Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
190 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 7 “Test Subjects”
by Brock Heasley on December 23rd, 2008GUEST STRIP SUBMISSION EXTENSION!! Okay, I think there may be a couple of you out there still who may want to submit. As such, I’m extending the deadline for submissions until 11am PST, today (Dec. 23). After that, I absolutely cannot accept any more. Email ‘em quick to heasley (at) th3rdworld.com! HIATUS Well, this the last regular [...]
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| Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
| May 23, 12 | 414 – Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe |
| Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
| Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
| Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
AANNNDDDD WE’RE BACK… I needed that vacation from the strip, but I am sorry that it came in the middle of this mini-arc of the origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket. Here, then, is a brief recap of the origin leading up to this strip so far: In 588 B.C. Dr. Rocket and Captain [...]
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UPDATE: HEALTH AND SCHEDULE Hey all, just a quick update to let you know that my surgery went just fine and I’m recuperating well. Thanks for all the concern and advice. My doctor and I will most certainly be speaking about my future diet during my follow-up appointment. As you know, for the rest of [...]
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| Oct 22, 06 | 28 – The Tragedy of Jerry |
| Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
| Sep 21, 15 | 685 – Doom Comes to Abbadon |
| May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
| Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape”
by Brock Heasley on January 29th, 2009BACK IN FIGHTIN’ SHAPE Man, do I feel better. While I regretted not being able to pull it together enough to get a proper strip out last week, I sure did need the rest. I guarantee you what you see above is not what I would have posted last week if I had pushed myself [...]
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| Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
| Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
| Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
| Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS LAUNCH WEEK Did you miss it? “SuperFogeys Origins” started on Tuesday. Click on over to see what all my excitement is about (although I’m told other people like it too). BLOGGING AT TALL TALE FEATURES Yesterday I posted a brand new blog over at Tall Tale Features, something I do every once in a [...]
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| Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
| Sep 29, 14 | 626 – Battle at the Beginning of Time |
| Dec 9, 08 | 186 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 3 “Going Up” |
| Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
| Dec 10, 06 | 59 – Will Captain Spectacular Stay or Will He Go? |
195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion”
by Brock Heasley on February 12th, 2009Related Comics ¬
| Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
| Aug 3, 12 | Pg. 6 “Inevitably Betrayed” |
| Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
| Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
| Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
SILENCE It’s taken me 197 strips (holy snot, that is such an impossible number to the me of 2 years ago), but I finally did a strip with no dialogue! Believe it or not, this has been a goal of mine for a while, but I could never come up with an idea I felt [...]
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| Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
| Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
| Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |
| Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
| Oct 7, 08 | 169 – Faker! |
PRE-ORDER FOR SUPERFOGEYS COLLECTION #4 NOW AVAILABLE! TWO EDITIONS! Yes! I’m so frickin’ pleased to announce that the pre-order for Collection #4 is now available in the SuperFogeys store! And this time it’s available in two editions! But first, here’s the lowdown on Collection 4: SuperFogeys Collection #4: Ch. 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket.” Featuring [...]
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| Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
| Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
| Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
| Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
| May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
SUPERFOGEYS 200 Consider today’s strip a bit of the calm before the storm. It’s a rare standalone strip that doesn’t require any real context. Next Thursday sees the release of the 200th regular SuperFogeys strip and it’s one I’ve been waiting to do for a long, long time. Those of you paying close attention should [...]
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| Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
| Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
| Oct 15, 09 | 229 – Father and Tom |
| May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
THE BIG 200! Ho dang. I’ve been teasing it for weeks and it’s finally here. Whether or not it was worth the wait is up to you, but overall I’m pretty happy with it. Those who have been paying close attention probably found this episode extra special, but I think it stands pretty well on its [...]
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TWITTER ROUND-UP Twitter is the latest internet addiction to blow up big lately. At first, you didn’t see to many people outside of the geek/tech community getting into it. Now you have people tweeting (the extremely annoying term for the act of using Twitter) births with live updates. Craziness (and, not something I want to [...]
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| Dec 8, 14 | The SuperFogeys 2015 Teaser and Special Announcements |
| Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
| Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
| Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
| Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
NEW SUPERFOGEYS T-SHIRT NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE! Anybody remember SF 201? C’mon, it’s not that hard. It was just a week ago. Still nothing? Okay, try this link. Remember now? Okay, good. Tall Tale Radio Host, super stud (so I’ve heard) and all-around good guy Tom Racine mentioned in the comments last week that one of [...]
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UPDATED WITH LINK! SUPERFOGEYS REVIEWS A-POPPIN’ Still no word on when that big time interview is landing, but hopefully it will be soon. In the meantime, how about some reviews? Jackson Ferrell over at one of my favorite sites, “This Week in Webcomics” has changed his reviewing tactics a bit and decided to focus solely on [...]
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| Aug 31, 15 | 676 – Jerry, Meet Thrice Evil |
| Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
| May 6, 11 | Pg. 4 “Contrast” |
| Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
| Mar 25, 20 | 842 – Someone to Hit |
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY APPEARANCE I’m kind of freaking out right now. You all know about Free Comic Book Day, right? Go to a comic book shop on May 2nd, get some free comics, etc. Pretty sweet. Well, if you live in the Fresno, CA area I hope you’ll join me over at Heroes Comics at Shaw [...]
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| Dec 17, 09 | 238 – Hello Everyone |
| Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
| Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
| Jun 24, 13 | Bubbles of Light 0 |
| Mar 19, 12 | 396 – Give Tom a Chance |
“SORRY, FIDEL” SHIRT UPDATE Hey, just wanted to drop in and let all of you that ordered the “Sorry, Fidel” shirt that those will be shipping soon. We did have a bit of an issue with the shirt in that the style we had originally planned on using is now unavailable. Instead, we’re going with more [...]
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| Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
| Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
| May 2, 11 | 312 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 1: The Real Cause of Dr. Rocket’s Suffering |
| Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
| Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
THE CALL AND RESPONSE OF SERIALIZED STORYTELLING There a serious disadvantage and a serious advantage of doing serialized storytelling. Oddly enough, they are the exact same thing: reader commentary. The way I do the SuperFogeys is that, before each chapter, I create an outline that tells me strip-by-strip what I need to accomplish. The actual [...]
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| Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
| Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
| Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
| Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
THE NEWSARAMA INTERVIEW! I teased this weeks ago, but now it’s finally here! On the web, there is no bigger site for comic book news than Newsarama. Their coverage is about 75% DC and Marvel, with the other 25% mostly reserved for the big independent publishers like Image, Dark Horse and IDW. Only very rarely [...]
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| Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
| Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
| Oct 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
| Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
“SORRY, FIDEL” SHIRT UPDATE! The shirts are in! They should be going out this week so those of you that ordered them will be getting them very, very soon. If you’ve been waiting to order yours, now’s the time! You can get them right here. LOST SEASON 5 FINALE I’m so frickin’ pumped for the finale! [...]
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| Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
| Oct 10, 06 | 17 – Spy Gal Doesn’t Need Jerry |
| Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
| Aug 15, 11 | 342 – The Wrong Man |
| Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
T.L. COLLINS INTERVIEWED ON THE VILLAINS CORNER WEBCOMIC CHAT! Found this while googling (why didn’t you tell me about it, TL!?). It’s a fantastic interview with TL and the guys over at Villains Corner about both Bullfinch and SuperFogeys Origins. TL goes in depth on the creation of Bullfinch and the painful process that it [...]
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| Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
| Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
| Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
| Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
IN-DEPTH REVIEW OF THE SUPERFOGEYS OVER AT “DIGITAL STRIPS!” Wow. The Midnight Cartooner, a contributor at Digital Strips, did an amazingly in-depth review of the SuperFogeys. He took a look at each strip–from the very first, all the way to last week’s 209 did a great job summing up the complete experience. It’s a nicely written [...]
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| May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
| Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
| Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
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| May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
