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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Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
Mar 2, 20 | 835 – Because of the Struggle |
Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
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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Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Dec 18, 08 | 189 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 6 “The Medallion” |
Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
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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Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Jan 29, 14 | 567 – The Day Spa |
Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
Oct 24, 11 | 357 – Now Leaving Medieval Midway |
Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
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Feb 16, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 6 “The Bottle and the Women” |
Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
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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Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
Aug 7, 13 | 524 – Cracked |
Aug 18, 14 | 618 – Thanks to Money Man |
Nov 2, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 10 “Anywhere But Here” |
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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May 11, 12 | Pg. 1 “Now This is a Story…” |
Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Dec 22, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 4 “His Darlings” |
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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Jun 20, 11 | 326 – Air Valhalla |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
Aug 1, 12 | 432 – Tea Time, Interrupted |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
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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Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Nov 23, 06 | 50 – And the Actual Winner of Bingo Night is… |
Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
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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May 30, 11 | 320 – One Thing Left |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
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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Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Nov 16, 06 | 44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
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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Jul 8, 15 | 653 – When a Shirtless Captain Spectacular Shows Up |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Apr 2, 18 | 776 – Tragedy Strikes (Literally) |
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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Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
Mar 26, 09 | 201 – The Orphan BBQ Will Have to Wait |
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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Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
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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Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
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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Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
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 |
Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
Apr 2, 09 | 202 – He Started Stuttering |
Oct 26, 12 | Pg. 10 “The End?” |
Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
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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Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
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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Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion”
by Brock Heasley on February 12th, 2009Related Comics ¬
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
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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Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Aug 8, 14 | Pg. 6 “Back From the Dead” |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
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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May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Oct 15, 09 | 229 – Father and Tom |
Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
Mar 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 9 “Mature Love” |
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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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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Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
Aug 12, 19 | 790 – Hey-O! |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
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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Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Oct 22, 14 | 530 – The Long Arm of the Universe |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
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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May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Dec 22, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 4 “His Darlings” |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
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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Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
May 11, 12 | Pg. 1 “Now This is a Story…” |
Jul 28, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 1 “A Chance to Think” |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
“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 3, 07 | 106 – What’s in the Box? |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
May 25, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 1 “Where the Story Begins” |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
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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May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
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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Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
“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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Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Sep 19, 11 | 352 – Megatron is Copyrighted |
Aug 22, 12 | 438 – Don’t Insult the ‘Do |
Jul 30, 09 | 218 – Good Friends |
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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Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
May 17, 22 | 889 – So Much Love to Share |
Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
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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Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
Aug 18, 10 | 272 – GET OUT! |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
Apr 5, 07 | 135 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein, Conclusion |