CHAPTER 9 “HEAD GAMES” BEGINS! MAN, does it feel good to finally be here! Head Games is probably the chapter I’ve most been looking forward to. Despite this low key beginning, there’s gonna be some meaty stuff for you guys to unpack as we go forward. Here’s hoping I can pull it off and you [...]
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WHO IS DRAWING THE NEXT SUPERFOGEYS ORIGIN? COULD IT BE…YOU? Wanted to repost this in case people missed it on Tuesday. Big thanks to Jason Sigler for covering it over at Digital Strips! Believe it or not, we already have our first submission. Scroll down to see it! Original post as follows: Have I got some [...]
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May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 253 Bringing together a lot of characters and a lot of threads here. Let me see if I can break it down a little. (Remember: I only do these as a service to you, the reader. Feel free to skip it.) 1. Michelle is the ex-wife of Captain Spectacular and mother to his son, [...]
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Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
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Jul 7, 14 | 607 – Too Easy |
THE SUPERFOGEYS AND FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! Guess what? This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day! Once a year, all the publishers and retailers get together to offer a slew of new, free books. All you have to do is walk into your local comic book shop and snag ‘em. Last year, Th3rd World’s free [...]
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Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
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Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
AND THE WINNER OF THE SPY GAL ORIGIN COMPETITION IS…LEE CHEROLIS! I can’t begin to tell you how much fun the past few weeks have been. Seeing one entry after another come in–all those great pinups of Spy Gal–I just got a huge kick out of it. It was also humbling to see how much [...]
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Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 256 This is admittedly a strip that draws on a lot of continuity. Well, some. This whole chapter is going to be like this. Hopefully, you longtime readers will see this as a reward for your investment. As for the newbies…well, that’s what the annotations are for! Okay, on with it. The [...]
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Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
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May 20, 10 | 257 – Blood on the Carpet |
Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
AH, WEBCOMICS If I had my way about things, I’d be able to freeze time and spend as long as humanly possible honing each strip. As it is, I not only have a deadline but I have other life stuff too. Only so much effort can go into each strip. And believe me, time = [...]
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May 13, 10 | 256 – A Misnomerstanding |
STAR MAIDEN RETURNS It’s been so long since Star Maiden has had any significant face time in the regular SF strip. Anyone else notice that? Glad we had theStar Maiden origin these past several weeks. Although it’s tough to connect this Star Maiden with that one, they are indeed the same person. Gonna be having [...]
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Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 259 I doubt you can tell, but I just got new Micron pens and paper yesterday. I can always tell because the lines I draw are just a little too thick and a little too lacking in energy when I’m using new pens. Takes a little while for the flow to settle [...]
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Dec 31, 08 | Guest Strip by Edward Krebes of “Hobo and Bowser!” |
THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 260 I don’t think this strip will give you too much trouble if you haven’t read it, but if you want more background of these “new” characters from Star Maiden’s past, why not give her origin a read? I think you’ll be glad you did. THE PROBLEM WITH SUPERHEROES NOT PUBLISHED [...]
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STAR MAIDEN’S BIPOLAR TALE Confused? We’re in flashback mode here as Star Maiden tells the tale of a recent trip she made back to her home planet. She begins her tale here. If you’d like to find out more about Star Maiden and where she came from, be sure and check out her origin here! One note [...]
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Feb 8, 07 | 98 – The Wedding of Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden |
UPDATED!! WHAT HAPPENED WITH TODAY’S STRIP?? IT LOOKS…NAKED Okay, there it is! SF 262 – The Fully Clothed Edition. Thanks for your patience everyone. For those of you that missed it, no worries. The Naked Edition was kind of ugly. Original post as follows… There are not very many things that will stop me from [...]
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BREAKING NEWS: MONSTERPLEX IS DEAD Today, quite unexpectedly, Zuda comics, the webcomics arm of DC Comics, shut down, taking my February Competition-winning comic, Monsterplex with it. Full explanation and details and thanks in this Monsterplex blog. NEW GOO. BLUE GOO. GOOEY. GOOEY. Forgive me, I’ve been a single parent to Cami this week and there’s nothing [...]
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STAR MAIDEN’S MINI-ARC COMES TO A CLOSE… This Star Maiden story I’ve been telling for the past month or so is one that I’ve been looking forward to sharing for a long, long time. I first had the vague notion of what was wrong with her back around the time she was first introduced in [...]
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THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 265 Been a while since we heard from Tangerine, so here’s a little primer, with links: • After coming to Valhalla, Big T wasted no time in killing the shape-shifter Herman, then disguised as the villain Dr. Rocket. • Now incarcerated in a the Valhalla dungeon, he was visited by Captain Spectacular and told him something [...]
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THE BIBLE Wouldn’t you love to be in a book club with Tangerine? REMINDER! COMIC-CON! AND…BOOKMARKS! Just a quick reminder that I’ll be at the San Diego Comic-Con this weekend. This is the big one. I’ll be speaking at the Digital Comics panel inRoom 7AB on Friday at 11:30am. There will be a Q&A, so [...]
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PANTSLESSNESS IS HAPPINESS Remember the first time we found out that Captain Spectacular doesn’t like to wear pants? Good times. And it’s not like that was the last time a no pants joke was made. You know what we need? A pantsless Captain Spectacular jokes compendium. IMPORTANT! THE AUGUST SUPERFOGEYS SCHEDULE You say you [...]
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I’M AHEAD OF SCHEDULE…FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS. SERIOUSLY. As many of you already know, I pretty much never work ahead. I PLAN ahead–years into the future. But I don’t work ahead. The new strips you see are usually completed about 6 or 7 hours before you see them. It’s often just that [...]
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WELCOME TO A SPECIAL MONDAY SUPERFOGEYS UPDATE! This is it! The beginning of a substantial increase in updates for the month of August. Check the schedule below to see how it all shakes out. UPDATED AUGUST SCHEDULE Tuesday, Aug. 10 – SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, pg. 4 (final page) Thursday, Aug. 12 – [...]
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UPDATE! BRAND NEW INTERVIEW! This week I had a chance to get together with Holiday Wars writer and blogger supreme Scott King to talk about SuperFogeys in a whole new way. Not only did we talk a lot about the upcoming big reveal next week, but we went in depth into my writing process, the themes of [...]
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THE BIGGEST WEEK FOR SUPERFOGEYS…EVER. THIS IS IT! Today begins a short run of four consecutive update days, all leading into the big, triple-sized ending to Chapter 9, Head Games. Tell the neighbors and gather the kids. This is the big one. If you’re new to the SuperFogeys, welcome. You’ve come in at the just the right [...]
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IF YOU READ ONE SUPERFOGEYS COMIC THIS YEAR… It must be tomorrow’s comic! Everything you’ve seen thus far has been leading to what you’re going to see tomorrow. And everything you see after tomorrow will come from SuperFogeys 273 – “All is Revealed.” You don’t want to miss it. New to the SuperFogeys? Chapter One [...]
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