SCROLL DOWN FOR THE MEGA DAVID REDDICK/BROCK HEASLEY ANNOUNCEMENT! WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS, WES MOLEBASH! In a lot of ways, Wes Molebash is the man who got me into webcomics. Now, I don’t know if that’s something he wants to take credit for. It’s certainly not something he did consciously! It was his now finished [...]
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STAR MAIDEN’S PARENTS, BEZUEL AND NIADA This was a tricky, tricky page to script. Bezuel and Niada have a bit of a complicated interplay going on here and getting the ideas AND the emotion across was the challenge of this page. In these short origin stories the job is always the same–conveying the maximum amount [...]
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WES MOLEBASH DRAWS CAPES! WES MOLEBASH DRAWS MORE STAR MAIDEN! We’re four pages into this origin and we’re only just now seeing capes! Wes has been tackling each and every beat of this story with flair and this page is no exception. Hopefully my colors aren’t mucking things up too badly. Are you reading Wes’ [...]
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Jun 1, 11 | 321 – Unified By a Common Purpose |
Dec 2, 19 | 815 – Two of Them |
Apr 5, 07 | 135 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein, Conclusion |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Nov 28, 11 | 366 – Who Dares? |
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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Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
Jul 1, 10 | 263 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 5 “A Parting Gift” |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
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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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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Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
May 24, 22 | 891 – Third Eye Blind |
Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
THE END OF CHAPTER 11, THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR With today’s double-sized strip, Marc takes his art to the next level. I seriously had no idea he was capable of stuff like this when I asked him to hop onboard the SF train. You can imagine how pleased I am. But, honestly, it’s with [...]
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Mar 12, 14 | 579 – The Romantic Smell of Blood and Suffering |
Oct 25, 17 | 741 – Scumbag Jerry |
Sep 11, 13 | 534 – Tangerine’s Mission |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
This is it! The big 400th strip! 400 freakin’ strips. Can you believe that? And, like other past centennial strips, this one brings in a pretty big reveal! What do you think of Dark Maiden? This also marks Marc’s 100th SuperFogeys strip. Take that in. That’s amazing. Never late, always getting better and better, Marc [...]
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Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
Nov 6, 13 | 546 – Tangerine Makes a Decision |
Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Oct 17, 11 | 355 – Bubbles of Light 6 |
Here he is, the man of the hour, President Superknocker. He’s all I hoped for and more. Any resemblance to any Presidents either living or dead is strictly coincidental. These “news strips” come from my love of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. Besides being a great story, I love how Miller tells his story [...]
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Aug 12, 11 | Pg. 4 “Fear of the Space Pig” |
May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
Jun 30, 22 | 902 – Devastation |
May 12, 14 | 594 – The State of Valhalla |
Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
Apologies! Late post today and this time it wasn’t because of my bumbling. We’ve been experiencing some real technical difficulties in SuperFogeys Central lately and though the strip was more than done on time, it was just impossible to post it until now. Ticks me off when this happens because Marc and I work so [...]
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Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Sep 16, 15 | 683 – What Makes Peace Worthless |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Even the strongest of leaders know to fear the might of the Space Pigs. I’m always impressed how Marc is able to fit so many characters into a panel and still leave me room for the dialogue. It’s a real skill to be able to do that. Most artists don’t have a natural instinct for [...]
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Aug 14, 15 | 669 – Press Conference, Interrupted |
Aug 14, 13 | 526 – Stolen Away |
Mar 6, 13 | 486 – On a Thin Tether |
Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
Dec 12, 16 | 718 – What is Deserved |
Hey, gang, Marc here with the pinch hit posting for Brock. Looks like things are about to get awkward in DC, huh? Remember the last time Swifty and Star Maiden saw each other? Go back and relive some fond memories of Vegas.
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Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Jun 7, 22 | 895 – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop |
Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
Jan 27, 11 | 293 – Good Actor |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
I don’t know how, but somehow Marc managed to draw what I can only describe as “an angry brain.” It’s hard to make a brain in a jar emote, but look! It does! Kudos, Marc. There was a time when Star Maiden’s father looked a little bit more like her. Don’t believe me? Check out [...]
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Jun 25, 09 | 213 – Bubbles of Light 4 |
Feb 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 2 “Swifty” |
Jun 12, 13 | 512 – The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened to Swifty |
Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Everyone knows that all characters should be three dimensional. You’re more likely to believe in a fictional character when you can recognize the humanity–however manufactured–within them. One way of doing this, I’ve found, is to have characters treat some people one way and others a different way. There’s a side of Swifty that doesn’t really [...]
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Aug 20, 12 | 437 – Ever Since The Shriveled Speedster Left |
Jun 25, 14 | 604 – Vs. |
Jun 10, 11 | Pg. 9 “College Years” |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Jan 6, 10 | Guest Strip by Jermaine McGruder of “Warrior Born!” |
Happy Independence Day to my American friends! To my British friends… Happy Colonial Burden Freedom Day! I lost my own father many, many years ago, but if I could have him back as a brain in a jar with a speaker? I totally would! We could talk and… talk. That’s pretty much it. Does Bezuel [...]
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Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Sometimes, it’s just fun to put the joke in the first panel. Really frees up the rest of the panels to just tell the story. I always admire Marc’s ability to fit epic scale into small spaces. This story is gonna get a lot bigger before it’s over, but there’s aliens afoot (er, in the [...]
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Jan 13, 14 | 562 – Violent Amputation |
Jan 1, 09 | Guest Strip by Mark R. Engel of “Prematurely Disappointed!” |
Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
I’m trying to remember the last time I did a strip this wordy… and I’m coming up short. As usual, Marc finds a way to make it work anyway. I’m really digging writing for villains lately as well. There’s been a dearth of them up til now. And Star Maiden. Half the fun of any [...]
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Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Marc went with a very-different-than-normal approach to this strip and it works like gangbusters. (Which is an expression I’ve never really understood. If gangbusters work so well, why do don’t we have less gangs?) Fairly big shakeup today. And you thought Monday’s strip was big. Only two strips left in this chapter! Come back for [...]
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Dec 8, 14 | The SuperFogeys 2015 Teaser and Special Announcements |
Apr 2, 12 | 400 – Dark Maiden |
Jun 1, 12 | Pg. 4 “The O’Hara Family Tragedy” |
Jun 13, 12 | 420 – The Leslie Knope |
Aug 13, 12 | 435 – A Job Well Done |
What a fantastic job Marc did fitting in a lot of demanding action in just a few panels. Amazing. Also, looks like Dark Maiden is up to old tricks, but dow you know what’s new? THE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN for the SUPERFOGEYS SOURCEBOOK AND ADVENTURE GAME! I’m so, so friggin’ excited about this. We’ve been working in [...]
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I hate giving Marc strips with five panels. Believe it or not, I try to strip these things back as far as I can. If I can get it down to one panel, I will, but as you all know that almost never happens. Marc had a real challenge here. He had to set up [...]
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Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
Apr 20, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Into The Night” |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
I was just looking back at Marc’s first work on SuperFogeys yesterday and it really stuck me not only how far along his line work has come, but also how much his method for coloring has changed. There’s just far more shades and details in his coloring now–things that aren’t even in the drawings themselves. [...]
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Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
Jun 24, 11 | Pg. 11 “Partners Again” |
Today kicks off a short, long overdue flashback showing just what the heck happened to Dark (Star) Maiden after she left Las Vegas. While the 400th strip played out as a fun reveal, I really did see it as a promise of an untold story I’d have to tell one day. Enjoy. Why do you [...]
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Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Apr 4, 18 | 777 – The Howl |
Apr 3, 07 | 133 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein |
Apr 23, 12 | 405 – Comparing Death Counts |
There were two issues that plagued this strip kind of from the get-go. One was what Percy was going to eat in panel two. I originally scripted it as the femur of one of Zurida’s palace guards, but after seeing Marc draw it I realized that was just one cannibal too many for SuperFogeys. Plus, [...]
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Sep 26, 16 | 701 – Man Down |
Oct 25, 17 | 741 – Scumbag Jerry |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Aug 12, 19 | 790 – Hey-O! |
May 14, 12 | 411 – A Terrible Downward Dog |
Here’s a tip to writers of comics: Wanna go easy on your artist? Script a bunch of head shots. Writing comics is often about balance. I can’t load up the detail and the backgrounds for multiple strips at a time or I’m gonna wear Marc out, so I’ve gotta also write stuff that it’s a [...]
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Jan 11, 10 | Guest Strip by Bearman of “Bearman Cartoons!” |
Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad On |
Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
One of the things that’s really hard to achieve in the strip format is any sense of scale. A comic book page gives you that vertical space that really allows you to expand the visuals out that a strip just doesn’t. True, there’s nothing saying we HAVE to do this in strips–that’s a self-imposed restriction–but [...]
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Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
Aug 21, 15 | 672 – To The USZ! |
Some great, great discussion in Monday’s strip. I love that this little comic that started out as just a gagfest can inspire such great debate about such important things like temptation, what is right and wrong, and what makes a hero. I actually did post quite a few more comments than what you’ll see currently [...]
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Aug 25, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 5 “Making It Right” |
Dec 3, 14 | 642 – A Star Falls |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Jan 8, 14 | 561 – Blind Rage |
532 – How Hard is the Rock Upon Which Stands Your Principles?
by Brock Heasley on September 4th, 2013I think that, in annals of songwriting, one of the all-time stupidest is Bryan Adams’ “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)”. In the song, Mr. Adams names all the things he’d do for his love: lie, die, walk the wire, etc. First of all, who walks on wires for their love? Is this [...]
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Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Jun 25, 12 | 423 – Family Resemblance (or Lack Thereof) |
Apr 20, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Into The Night” |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
May 9, 11 | 314 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 3: The One He Truly Hunts |
My mind is at peace once again. No longer do I hear the chatter and the mantra, “Bring back Mega Matt! Bring back Mega Matt!” For he is here. You may commence rejoicing. While you can… Marc, ever the artistic scientist, did a some more experimenting to achieve the art in today’s strip. In his [...]
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Nov 30, 16 | 715 – Master and Student |
Oct 26, 16 | 708 – Don’t Worry, He’s Okay |
Jun 25, 12 | 423 – Family Resemblance (or Lack Thereof) |
May 11, 12 | Pg. 1 “Now This is a Story…” |
Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
I may have overextended a bit with this one. For those of you keeping track at home, there’s 7 characters in panel 2. You artists out there know that the more characters you add to a panel, the longer that panel takes. I kind of put Marc to work on this one since panels 1 [...]
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Oct 16, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 2 of 4 |
Jun 27, 12 | 424 – Somebody That He Used to Know |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
It’s the small SF 550! The milestone that isn’t! Do you feel it though? Pieces… pieces moving into place. Marc once again did a stellar job fitting a lot of characters into a small space. I’m always so grateful he’s on my team. What’s going on behind the scenes right now? (aka why are you [...]
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Jul 29, 10 | 267 – Without Pants, Nothing is Possible |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Jan 10, 07 | 66 – Captain Spectacular’s Fear of Modern Technology |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Jul 10, 08 | Guest Strip by Lucas Turnbloom of “Imagine This!” |
Marc is just killin’ it with these interior Palace scenes. I might have said that before, but I can’t really say it enough. There’s a lot more meat to this strip that might at first appear to a casual reader. You’ll recall Zurida got the power crystal from Jerry and that Jerry confessed to Spy [...]
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Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
The important thing to remember with this one is that the heroes are all standing by watching this whole exchange go down. This is where webcomics can get a little frustrating because it’s easy to forget stuff like that when 5 days pass between updates. But, yes, all of this is happening while everyone is [...]
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Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Okay, I’m kind of not-so-secretly proud of the title for today’s strip. I probably shouldn’t be. Marc has really been digging into these villain scenes and I couldn’t be happier with the result. What’s even more impressive is that he’s doing all this concurrently with his always hoppin’ commission work AND the extensive sketch work [...]
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Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
Oct 31, 12 | 454 – The New Congress |
I was positively knocked out by that first panel. That’s a lot of very tiny characters Marc fit in there, and I can identify all of them. Pretty snazzy. For those of you just joining us… this what it looks like when it hits the fan. Tangerine, who has repented of his killing ways, has [...]
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May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
Feb 11, 13 | 479 – Rescued By Fidel Castro |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Oct 2, 17 | 734 – Lovely and Darling |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
There’s a lot I could say about this strip, but I think it’s better left for you guys below to get the conversation started. We had a great one a couple days ago and I don’t want to muddy the waters with my stupid thoughts… yet. For those looking for a refresher, this is not [...]
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Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Aug 25, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 2 “Interrupting Tea Time” |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
You guys are really digging into the final strips of this chapter and I could not love that more. In the end, the most immediate and important reaction to the previous strip is, of course, Dark Maiden’s. And here you go. Her unique psychosis (she’s manifested three unique personalities so far–normal, evil and crazy) makes [...]
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Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Aug 4, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 2 “Master Masticate and the Concubine Cannibals” |
Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |