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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Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
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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Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Mar 4, 07 | 107 – Bubbles of Light 1 |
Jun 11, 09 | 211 – Shrinking Your Carbon Footprint |
Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
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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Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Jan 25, 07 | 83 – The Seduction of Dr. Klein |
Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
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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 15, 17 | 747 – The Popped Grape |
Jul 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
May 11, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 5 “Hurts to Look at Her” |
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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Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Oct 1, 09 | 227 – Star Maiden’s Fan Club |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
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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May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
May 11, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 5 “Hurts to Look at Her” |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
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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Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
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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Jun 24, 10 | 262 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 4 “All Hail” |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Jan 13, 07 | 68 – Jerry’s Computer Troubles |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
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 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
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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May 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Jun 30, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 20 “He Was a Noncombatant!” |
Sep 4, 13 | 532 – How Hard is the Rock Upon Which Stands Your Principles? |
Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
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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Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
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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Feb 11, 13 | 479 – Rescued By Fidel Castro |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
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 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Aug 20, 12 | 437 – Ever Since The Shriveled Speedster Left |
Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
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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Apr 23, 09 | 205 – Here is What I Propose |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
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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Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
Jul 10, 08 | Guest Strip by Lucas Turnbloom of “Imagine This!” |
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 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
Mar 11, 13 | 487 – Innocent Travelers |
Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
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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195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion”
by Brock Heasley on February 12th, 2009Related Comics ¬
Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
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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Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Oct 28, 10 | 282 – Mucking with Space and Time |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |
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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Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
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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May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
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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May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
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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Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
Dec 9, 08 | 186 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 3 “Going Up” |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
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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Nov 5, 12 | 455 – You’re Not My Father! |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
Jul 23, 09 | 217 – Jerry’s Family? |
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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“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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Jan 11, 10 | Guest Strip by Bearman of “Bearman Cartoons!” |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Jan 11, 12 | 377 – The Blue Light of Revelation |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
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 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Aug 24, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 1 “Incoming!” |
Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
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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Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
Nov 1, 06 | 29 – Introducing Dr. Klein! |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
“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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Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Jan 25, 12 | 381 – Shut Up |
Aug 8, 11 | 340 – What Lovely Teeth You Have |
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 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Jun 10, 11 | Pg. 9 “College Years” |
Jun 2, 22 | 894 – Idiot |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
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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Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
Dec 29, 10 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar (Extra) |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |