Holy stinking snot bunnies. We just hit 600 strips. 600 STRIPS! How did this happen? How is it even possible that SuperFogeys is still going strong almost 7 years after it first debuted? I’ll tell you how: Marc Lapierre. Today marks the publication of Marc’s 300th SuperFogeys strip. Those of you with long memories will [...]
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There’s a little bit of an info drop in that first panel, but forget about that BECAUSE HOLY CRUD THAT SECOND PANEL! The only bad thing about it is it’s so small. Marc draws battles and combat as good as the best and he did not disappoint here. The new coloring technique he’s been using [...]
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| Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
My scripts are usually pretty detailed, but this is one of those times Marc and I worked in the ‘Marvel Style’–I give Marc the general idea and he illustrates it accordingly, deciding how he wants to break things into panels and what he wants to show. I’ve learned to do this as much as possible [...]
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| Nov 18, 19 | 813 – Villains Landing |
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| Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
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| Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
For a second there I thought this was strip #666. Would have been appropriate if it was. I have to say it’s crazy fun to work on this alternate reality. I love what Marc did here with the Thrice Cave. OF COURSE it looks just like Thrice Evil’s head from the outside. Y’know, Thrice, that [...]
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| Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
I just can’t even comprehend the amount of work that had to go into that second panel. Strips may be small, but that deserves blowing up. Wow. I haven’t counted how many characters Marc managed to cram in there, but I know it’s a lot. I script these things but Marc always, always turns it [...]
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| Aug 19, 15 | 671 – A Little Window Above My Head |
Double-sized goodness! And so soon after the last one. This strip basically marks the third act of this chapter. We’re in the home stretch now! See you on Monday with 670 – “Maybe They’re Just Stopping By For a Cup of Coffee”
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I really hope everyone is checking out SuperFogeys on Comixology. I truly feel like that’s the ideal reading experience. Case in point: today’s strip. Thrice Evil has a plan, and I think if you read the past couple of chapters in collected form that plan is really, really obvious. But as it is right here? [...]
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This is the big moment we’ve been ramping up to (and fearing) for several chapters now. Alt. Thrice Evil. On Earth-Abbadon. It doesn’t get scarier. There’s nothing holding him back now. See you on Monday with 676 – “Jerry, Meet Thrice Evil”
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This is one of those strips I can easily point to as an example of the character taking over a bit. I knew I wanted to Thrice Evil and Jerry to meet, but it wasn’t until I started scripting it that Jerry’s cheery greeting came out as absolutely how he confronts our Big Bad. It [...]
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Since my comments on this strip are a little late, I have a opportunity to respond to the first comment right here. Jordan wants to know who is the person talking to Thrice Evil in the second panel. That would be the Cape of Wrath, a villain who was featured in two SuperFogeys Origins stories, [...]
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This has been a long time coming. Zurida meets Earth-Avalon Thrice Evil. If you’ll recall (and you probably don’t because they were posted a long dang while ago), both Money Man and Star Matron have warned of this meeting. Not good! (He wrote, in his best Trump voice.) HOW YOU CAN GET ORIGINAL SUPERFOGEYS ART [...]
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| Jun 17, 13 | 513 – Devil’s Bargain |
For those of you who can’t remember (and who can??), the Lodge of Doom from Earth-Avalon came over to the more familiar Earth-Abbadon. Most of them immediately headed up North, but two stayed behind, Starbrighter and Evil Tangerine. They, obviously, are looking for Jerry for… reasons. Money Man–this Money Man, anyway–is also from Earth-Avalon. He [...]
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| May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
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| Jun 2, 14 | 600 – Earth-Avalon |
One of the more annoying things journalists do in mainstream publications is accompany any article about comics-related topics with a lazy headline cribbed from the fight scenes of the old Batman television show from the 60′s. Like, “Biff! Bam! Pow! Superhero Movies are Hotter Than Ever!” or some such inanity like that. But those same [...]
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| Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
Longtime SuperFogeys fans will remember the original Money Man both from his brief origin in the very first SuperFogeys Origins story, and for his key role in putting the Society of Heroes together. And, of course, his untimely death. The man featured in today’s strip is not that man. He comes from another world where [...]
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| Feb 17, 11 | 296 – Even Her |
Cell phones are a blight upon this land. And by this land, I mean the entire Earth. The whole thing. It used to be if you were talking to someone and someone else came along and you immediately turned your attention to them, that was rude. Now, it’s just a matter of course for a [...]
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If you’re a parent, you get this strip. If you’re not… well, not every joke is for everybody. This strip is special for me because the two little girls in the last panel–Dictator Tot and Violent Violet–are based on two of my girls, Elora and Violet. Both were kind of crazy at age 3, hence [...]
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When the art came in from Marc on this one, I laughed out loud. The look on Starbrighter’s face is just so perfect. And to go from biting his ankle to shooting him with this megaton gun… that’s everything you need to know about this little girl villains. It’s wonderful. THE NEXT SIX WEEKS… So, [...]
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| Mar 2, 20 | 835 – Because of the Struggle |
UPDATE: Sorry about the delay, folks! Our site crashed due to content overload so we had expand and switch everything over to a new server. That’s all done now, so we should be okay for quite a while. Everything I said a week ago is basically still true–I’m working like mad on a film set. [...]
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One of things I did a lot of in the early days of the strip was drop little hints of the characters’ back stories through dialogue or a look. Some of those hints got turned into full fledged stories through the SuperFogeys Origins series–a lot of them, actually. What’s fun now is that with the [...]
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If you’re a longtime fan you know today’s strip carries a lot of weight. This is, of course, the Money Man from an alternate dimension, but it’s also the Money Man we’ve spent the most time with. It’s a grisly death, but even more than the admittedly visceral impact of that last panel, it’s the [...]
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And we’re back! Thanks for your patience during our short hiatus. We were falling behind and with the Thanksgiving holiday it seemed like a good time to try to gain some ground. THE END OF SOVIET SAM? In a chapter entitled “Death and Destruction” and with so much death having already occurred… what’s happening in [...]
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Starbrighter. Racist… misogynist…. is there any -ist he won’t do? Probably not! CATCHING MY BREATH Well, I’m finally slowing down a bit. Tremendum Pictures wrapped production on our newest feature film last week which means I’m finally seeing my family again. I remember now what it was like to wake up early and get the [...]
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ART GIVEAWAY WINNERS! Every month we hold a drawing for our Patrons on Patreon who pledge at at least the $5 level to receive a piece of original SuperFogeys art from Marc. This week we’re playing a little catch up thanks to my life being so up in the air the past few months, so [...]
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There’s more to come from Star Matron meeting Dark Maiden, but this is a fun primer. Marc did some fun stuff in this one. I love Starbrighter’s reaction in panel 2. Not hard to picture that one animated. MY CRAZY WEEKEND So, like a lot of you, I have family coming into town for Christmas. [...]
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Look, when you’ve got one book and all the time in the world with nothing else to do, you’re gonna dig in, alright?
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Y’know, if Michelle had been on the scene she NEVER would have let this happen. See you on Thursday with 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect!
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This episode just looks cool. The canted angles, the coloring, the little inset of Percy’s eyes… It’s just cool. Great job, Marc. Also, can I please do a SuperFogeys Origins story called The History of Earth-Avalon if only so we can see Starbrighter’s turn from hero and back to villain? His hinted-at familiarity with the [...]
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A speedster with a broken leg? That can’t be good. See you on Thursday with 877 – The Honor is Hers!
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SUPPORT SUPERFOGEYS ON PATREON The new Jerry, everybody! He’s a real fun guy to hang around with. (Sorry. I’m ashamed of myself for that one.) See you on Tuesday with 909 – Get Outta Town!
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SUPPORT SUPERFOGEYS ON PATREON Pink power, activate! I honestly don’t know why Marc chose pink for the last panel, but I love it. Collaboration, ladies and gentlemen. And thus ends the incursion from Earth-Avalon. I’ll admit the Earth-Avalonians stuck around longer than I thought they would, taking up multiple chapters. They’ve been so embedded in [...]
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