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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Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Oct 28, 10 | 282 – Mucking with Space and Time |
Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
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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Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Jul 22, 11 | Pg. 1 “Uh Oh” |
Mar 25, 11 | Pg. 8 “Get Her” |
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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, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
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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Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
Dec 30, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part Two |
Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
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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Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Apr 8, 10 | 251 – One-On-One |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Oct 8, 06 | 15 – Introducing Swifty! |
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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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 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
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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Dec 29, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel! |
Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
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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Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |
Jun 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
Jun 10, 11 | Pg. 9 “College Years” |
Apr 16, 12 | 403 – Don’t Say No to Dark Maiden |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
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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Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
Jan 26, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 3 “Explosive Ending” |
Mar 11, 13 | 487 – Innocent Travelers |
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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Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
Oct 14, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter: Jimmy-Go-Dead” |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
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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Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
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 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Aug 11, 14 | Marc Lapierre and The SuperFogeys |
Oct 21, 06 | 27 – Spy Gal’s Explanation |
Jan 26, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 3 “Explosive Ending” |
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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Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
Oct 21, 06 | 27 – Spy Gal’s Explanation |
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 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Jan 8, 09 | 191 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 8 “The Process Explained” |
Jun 24, 11 | Pg. 11 “Partners Again” |
Jun 24, 10 | 262 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 4 “All Hail” |
Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
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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Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion”
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Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Sep 21, 15 | 685 – Doom Comes to Abbadon |
Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
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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Jul 22, 11 | Pg. 1 “Uh Oh” |
Jun 21, 22 | 899 – Apocalyptic Lovers |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
Nov 17, 06 | 45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion |
Jun 24, 10 | 262 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 4 “All Hail” |
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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Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
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 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
Dec 14, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 2 “No One Should Die Among Strangers” |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
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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Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Sep 10, 18 | Pg. 15 “Something Missing” |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
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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Dec 22, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 4 “His Darlings” |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
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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Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
Aug 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
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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Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
“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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Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Mar 31, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 7 “Good Looks Good on You” |
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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Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
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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Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Nov 7, 16 | 711- Fallen Son |
Aug 25, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 2 “Interrupting Tea Time” |
May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
May 23, 11 | 318 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 1 “Getting Rid of Captain Spectacular” |
“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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Jan 27, 11 | 293 – Good Actor |
Aug 15, 14 | Pg. 7 “Kill ‘Em All” |
Oct 12, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg.7 “BOOM” |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
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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Nov 16, 10 | SF Origins: The Death of Mr. Crook, Pg. 1 “Lights On, Lights Off” |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Jan 27, 20 | 827 – Lay Her Down |
Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
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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Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |