UPDATE – THE SCRIPT Below in the comments, Greg Bulmash asked a great question about how exactly TL and I work together. Specifically, he was curious as to how much influence I, as the writer, have over the visuals and how much is TL’s invention. I figure some of you might like to know as [...]
Archive for ‘SF Origins: The Society of Heroes’
SUPERFOGEYS SUMMIT ’09 Over the weekend, SuperFogeys Summit 09 was held with “the brain trust:” myself and Th3rd World publishers Mike DeVito and Jon Conkling. We talked about the SF publishing schedule, new ways to get SF to the people, how to grow the SF audience, etc. I’m really excited about 09. It’s a lock [...]
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Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Jan 13, 11 | 291 – Ear Cancer |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
SUPERFOGEYS COLLECTIONS PRICE CHANGES …and probably not the ones you’re hoping for. We ran last year’s numbers and did the math twice and…there’s no choice now…we have to raise the prices on the SuperFogeys collections. I hate doing this. I’m determined to make these books affordable so that anyone can pick ‘em up, but, realistically, [...]
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Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Nov 20, 17 | 748 – Good Enough |
TL COLLINS Y’all might be getting sick of me saying it, but TL just keeps knocking it out of the park over and over again and this page is no exception. I’ve got to find a way to script in a challenge for him! THE SUPERFOGEYS ON WEBCOMIC TV! Big thanks to Christopher Schultz for making [...]
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Sep 12, 11 | 350 – Great Things Ahead |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Nov 3, 06 | 31- Spittin’ Oatmeal |
MR. CROOK Mr. Crook is one of those guys that gets mentioned from time to time, but that you don’t really know much about. In fact, unless I’m completely wrong, I do believe this is the first time he’s ever spoken a word. It was fun to finally have him do that. His time as [...]
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FLASHING BACK Long time fans might find today’s Origins a little familiar. Essentially, what we have here is this little scene done up TL Collins style and given some context. There are some subtle inconsistencies (like Dr. Rocket’s hair), but nothing too imporant. Really like what TL did with the top panel in particular–he showed me [...]
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Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
Dec 3, 14 | 642 – A Star Falls |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
TODAY’S SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS I do try to not be so wordy (not that you can tell) and every time I get out of his way, TL just shows me how its done. This was kind of a tricky layout, but he nailed it. NEW T-SHIRT Over the weekend, on the suggestion of one Mr. Tom [...]
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Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Jan 15, 20 | 824 – Knives Out |
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Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
BIG INTERVIEW IN THE OFFING Did an interview yesterday with a big time comics news site. Don’t know how much I can say about it yet, but when it hits it’s gonna put SF in front of a whole bunch more eyeballs. Details here just as soon as I can give ‘em. I won’t wait [...]
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Apr 29, 11 | Pg. 3 “Lucky” |
Aug 26, 15 | 674 – A Little Window Above His Head |
Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
UPDATED WITH PIC AND LINK!! THE SUPERFOGEYS ON BIG BANG THEORY!? BIG THANKS to Norm Feuti of the absolutely amazing webcomic Gill for providing this screen shot! You can also check out the clip to this scenehere! So freakin’ cool… Original post: As of this writing The Big Bang Theory hasn’t aired in California yet, but [...]
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Oct 24, 16 | 707 – Demise |
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Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
NEW TALL TALE RADIO INTERVIEW! To celebrate SuperFogeys 200 and a few other things, Tom Racine interviewed me last week and we had a blast. I think this is a good one. I was very careful about inappropriate laughter and even reduced my number of “ums” per minute by 75%! Heck yeah! Tom puts it [...]
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Apr 3, 07 | 133 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
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Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |
“CHARACTERS” PAGE UPDATE! Hey, don’t if everybody know this, but just above the strip is a tab that links to a page with a rundown of all the characters that have graced the pages of the SuperFogeys. I try to keep it as current as possible. I just did a massive update that takes into [...]
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Jul 17, 15 | 657 – The Most Difficult Thing Swifty Has Ever Done |
Mar 1, 07 | 104 – Is Spy Gal Paranoid? |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY WRAP-UP! What a whirlwind of a weekend. Not only did my brother get married on Friday, but I was also recovering from food poisoning and attended my first Free Comic Book Day as a comic creator. I arrived with my wife Erin and eldest daughter Elora at 9:40am at Heroes Comics [...]
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Dec 27, 10 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One (2010) |
Oct 8, 06 | 15 – Introducing Swifty! |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
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Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
T.L. COLLINS AND THE AIDS WALK/RUN Hey all, just wanted to let you know about this great thing SuperFogeys Origins Artist T.L. Collins is doing. Show him some support, won’t you? (UPDATED WITH LINKS!) BUBBLES OF LIGHT A SuperFogeys Origins/SuperFogeys crossover? Yep. Wondering how they sync up? Well, the Bubbles of Light have shown up before. [...]
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Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
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May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Nov 6, 19 | 810 – Meanwhile, In Las Vegas |
PACING Pacing is an important aspect of the art form that is comics, thought not heavily examined. How do you get a reader to slow down or speed up when they can pretty much take things in as quickly or as slowly as they desire? I don’t pretend to really know the answer to that [...]
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Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
Nov 15, 17 | 747 – The Popped Grape |
Jul 25, 11 | 336 – Walking Diagonally |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
Jul 16, 09 | 216 – Cami |
THE SUPERFOGEYS – NOW THE NEWEST APP ON THE iPHONE! This has been in the works for a little while now, so I couldn’t be more pleased to finally be able to tell you about it. The SuperFogeys is now on the iPhone/iPod Touch! If you head on over to this link you’ll be able to [...]
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Aug 17, 10 | SF Origins: Baby Swifty’s First Words, Pg. 1 “Back to Start” |
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Jul 28, 14 | 613 – President Reed |
Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
Sep 9, 15 | 680 – Thrice Evil is Not Pleased |
A PEACOCK NAMED ARISTOTLE Okay, this is just too weird not to share. There I am, just minding my own business at work and taking a brief break to check out Facebook. I notice that my wife has posted something new. I look closely. I can’t be seeing what I’m actually seeing, can I? I click [...]
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Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
May 18, 12 | Pg. 2 “Not Ready or Able” |
Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
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Jan 13, 11 | 291 – Ear Cancer |
Sep 2, 11 | Pg. 7 – “Silent Heart” |
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May 25, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 1 “Where the Story Begins” |
Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
See you on Thursday with SuperFogeys 212! ——————- FREE! Download SF Ch. 1, “Insane Romance From Hell” on Your iPhone/iTouch Here (AVAILABLE NOW) Order Your Copy of “The SuperFogeys Collection #4 “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” ARTIST Edition Here! (SHIPS JUNE 18th) Order Your Copy of “The SuperFogeys Collection #4 “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” [...]
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Feb 4, 13 | 477 – The Most Annoying Kid in the World |
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Jun 30, 14 | 605 – Underground Brawl |
SITE UPDATE Recently updated: The “STORY” page with new summaries for SF Chapter 6 and SuperFogeys Origins. Also now including links! Also updated: The “CHARACTERS” page with new info on many characters and new ones added in from SuperFogeys Origins. Worth a read! WIZARD WORLD PHILLY Over the weekend, Th3rd World made the trek over to Philadelphia [...]
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Dec 8, 06 | 57 – Captain Spectacular Forgot His Pants |
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ORDER YOUR BULLFINCH COMIC BOOK TODAY! Anyone who reads SuperFogeys Origins knows very well how incredible talented TL Collins is. As the artist, TL brings it week in a week out, even tweaking the pages when I go all diva on him and demand that Spy Gal’s hairy back be erased! (Okay, that’s never happened, [...]
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Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
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Jun 11, 12 | 419 – Adrenalin |
SWIFTY’S NEW COSTUME This went mostly unaddressed last week, but chances are a few more of you will notice it today. Yes, it’s true that Swifty’s costume has suffered a mid-story change out of nowhere. It’s similar enough to the old one that Swifty in the Valhalla continuity won’t need changing, but it looks pretty [...]
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Oct 16, 17 | 738 – Old Lady McGoth |
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Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
May 17, 22 | 889 – So Much Love to Share |
END OF SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS BOOK ONE How about a big round of applause for T.L. Collins! Week in and week out, his work has both excited and inspired me. His art got better and better as we went along and he never missed a deadline. Not once. You gotta give it up to him for [...]
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Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
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Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |