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This is one of those that’s a favorite of a lot of people (or so I’m told) but that I’ve never really liked much. Bathroom humor always feels cheap and forced to me. On these early strips I was drawing at a smaller size and using paper and pens that were quite a bit different [...]
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Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Apr 2, 09 | 202 – He Started Stuttering |
After I did the first 10 SuperFogeys strips on my blog at MySpace, I decided to try to find a place to get the strip hosted and see if I could produce something like it on a regular basis. When the SuperFogeys did find a host site (pre-Th3rd World) I decided to start the strip [...]
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Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
Feb 9, 07 | 99 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden Met and Married, Conclusion |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
This is the first strip where I’m really demonstrating the perverseness of Dr. Rocket, an aspect of his personality that would come to define him later. It’s hard writing a perverse character in what is essentially an all-ages strip, but I think this strip is a good example of how it can be done. It’s [...]
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Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
I knew I wanted Dr. Rocket’s monologue to be about how he got Spy Gal unconscious, but I wanted his means of accomplishing that to be something humorous, brief and unique. I thought he might drug her, but just any ol’ drug wouldn’t do. It had to be something exotic. Boom: Space Pig Urine. It [...]
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May 16, 18 | 787 – Where to Start? |
Sep 10, 18 | Pg. 15 “Something Missing” |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
There are essentially two ways to do a comic strip (as I see it): with or without a continuing story. The intro of Spy Gal is when I realized that I just wasn’t capable of doing one-off jokes. I ALWAYS have a story to tell. Spy Gal was originally supposed to be a character named [...]
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Aug 18, 14 | 618 – Thanks to Money Man |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
For Spy Gal’s intro, I wanted to push the boundaries of good taste a little. Is it right to make light of the dementia that all-too-often takes over the minds of older people? …Depends on how you do it. Turns out Spy Gal was faking, but it’s a theme I plan on revisting. Why Turnip? [...]
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It still pains me to look at the art in a lot of these early strips. Where the crud are the frickin’ wheelchairs? The only answer I have is that I was lazy and was trying to draw as little as possible. I really saw the strips as more of an exercise in pacing and [...]
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Jan 18, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 5 “Hungry” |
Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
May 28, 09 | 210 – What Happens Next |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
his is the second of the additions I made to the original 10 black and white strips I did to kick off the SuperFogeys. Originally, episode 8 went into what is now episode 10 without this minor stopover to make explicit what was once subtle. She’s Spy Gal. Spy Gal is a spy. Duh. It [...]
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This is one of my favorites. I think it really brings home the idea that these guys are old. We don’t know how Mr. Crook died, but he was in a nursing home and that’s what people tend to do there so we don’t even wonder what the cause was. Maybe that’s a story I’ll [...]
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First of all: yes, they’re watching Jeopardy. The real point of this strip was to show Jerry’s concern for Spy Gal and Captain Spectacular’s utter lack of it. I wrapped that point in a Jeopardy joke recycled from Groundhog Day because I figured I’d better do this joke now and early in order to get [...]
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Aug 19, 10 | 273 – All Is Revealed |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Sep 16, 19 | 800 – Earth-Avenge |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
This one is just ugly. None of the characters look right, though I do love how the idea of Spy Gal kissing Dr. Rocket just rolls off Captain Spectacular. The man just does not care. Plus: sexy shoulder blades.
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Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
Sep 16, 19 | 800 – Earth-Avenge |
I love this strip. I think this is the one where you get the best sense of the relationship between Captain Spectacular and Jerry. The first panel alone–I think if the entire strip were just that panel, I’d be happy. I don’t think anyone else laughs at that first panel (That’s not where the joke [...]
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Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
This is the strip that finally broke me. I enjoy the dialogue here a lot, but the art is the (seemingly) umpteenth strip made out of spare parts. This is when I realized things had to change.
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Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Jul 4, 12 | 426 – Daddy’s Little Girl |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
I do believe this strip marks the first close-up I’d ever done in the Superfogeys. I began looking for ways to change the camera around and push the framing into the storytelling more. It was just one panel, but it was a start.
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Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
I love this little experiment. It’s two jokes, one the main plot and one a jokey subplot, that don’t work so well on their own but that compliment each other, I think, pretty well. Jerry’s frustration here is my own. Sleep, it seems, will always be denied me. I had no idea the Space Pig [...]
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Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Mar 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 9 “Mature Love” |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
Double-sized strips are always fun, but I’m not sure this is the best use of it. The flashback certainly was fun to do. The idea here should be clear: Jerry is Captain Spectacular’s sidekick. This is all set-up and revelation. You should be getting the idea by now that Chapter 1 is really Jerry’s story.
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Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Apr 7, 14 | 586 – The New Percy |
Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
This is the episode that almost never was. My original plan was to go from strip 26 to the last strip of Chapter 1–what is now strip 28. However, I realized fairly late in the game that I hadn’t really done anything to set up WHY CS and Spy Gal would get back together. I [...]
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Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
Mar 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
Oct 5, 16 | 704 – Ankle Biters |
The last strip of Chapter One is one that I had planned for a long, long time. Once I decided to do the SuperFogeys for real, I quickly came up with a grand plan. This plan extends far, far beyond this chapter, though this ending is the first touchstone in that plan. If you ever [...]
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Jul 30, 09 | 218 – Good Friends |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
Nov 22, 17 | 749 – Caught in the Act |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
One of the better-paced strips I’ve done (or so I’ve been told) and a solid, economical reintroduction to three of the main characters.
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Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Dec 21, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 3 “Out of Mongoloids” |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Some people thought Dr. Klein’s look in the third panel coupled with his German name mean that Dr. Klein is evil. I won’t comment on the prejudices of my readership, but I will say that I did not have that in mind when I drew it. I was just experimenting with what I could do [...]
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Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Mar 18, 20 | 840 – Twice the Thrice |
Ugh. This is my failed experiment. Like Strip 25, I had two ideas for a strip and tried to make them into one. As drawn, panel 3 preceded panel 2, but at the last minute I got the idea to integrate them more. It didn’t work. Not helping matters is the last panel. For the [...]
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Aug 3, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 3 “Hitting Bottom” |
Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |
Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
More Healer nonsense. You can see how my camera is really changing up now. I’ve left behind almost completely the cut/paste of the previous chapter, something I was real glad to do. The Space Pig is always fun to bring back. There’s no way to explain him and his function every time out, so I [...]
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Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
Dec 6, 06 | 55 – A Mysterious Figure in the Wings |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
I hate the first panel of this one. CS and Spy Gal just don’t look right and I don’t know what I was thinking. The entire point of this strip was to establish that Spy Gal is attracted to Dr. Klein. I don’t do anything more with it for the whole of Chapter 2, but [...]
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May 20, 10 | 257 – Blood on the Carpet |
Mar 23, 21 | 884 – No Good at This |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Oct 22, 06 | 28 – The Tragedy of Jerry |
Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
This is a strip I’m really proud of. It’s very much a side-trip from the main story, but I think it’s poignant in a way that SuperFogeys hasn’t been up until now. While writing the SuperFogeys, I often have to ask myself, “What will it be like when I’m old?” I guess this is one [...]
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Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Apr 23, 09 | 205 – Here is What I Propose |
Jerry was late to the party because I needed to remind the audience of his feelings for Spy Gal. I’m sure there was a better way to do that. Not a favorite of mine.
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Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
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Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
Jan 30, 07 | 90 – Introducing Star Maiden! |
I had been looking for an excuse to do a single-panel strip for a long time and this conclusion of the Healer’s interviews with all the SuperFogeys was a good excuse for it. Originally, the dialogue on this one was vastly different. It was a back and forth between the Healer and the Captain; none [...]
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Aug 19, 19 | 792 – Dashing, Like Hyphens |
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Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed
by Brock Heasley on November 16th, 2006This is one of those connecting strips that I didn’t know I needed until I did. Strip 45 was always a story I was going to tell, but before I got to that story I realized that I had nothing leading into it. What would be Dr. Rocket’s final scheme? Why, bunnies of course. Why [...]
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Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
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Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
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45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion
by Brock Heasley on November 17th, 2006See the bunny? I liked the idea that Dr. Rocket kept one bunny for himself. Of course it begs the question…what happened to the bunny? That answer is coming in Chapter 6. This strip took a little longer than your average strip. In the end, I think I probably pumped a little too much detail [...]
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Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
Another “ugh” strip for me. I have a real problem with drawing too big for the panel. I truly need to zoom the camera out more. The Healer declaring the Captain the winner without checking the score should come across as a bit strange. He’s just being too nice. It’s the first hint there might [...]
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Aug 1, 12 | 432 – Tea Time, Interrupted |
Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Feb 9, 07 | 99 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden Met and Married, Conclusion |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
Jun 25, 09 | 213 – Bubbles of Light 4 |
Bingo Knight’s design came from the idea that he is essentially a super accountant. I mean, a super hero who settles Bingo scores? How could he be anything BUT an accountant? Once I knew that, all I had to do was put a dorky guy in a Knight costume and the idea sold itself.
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Jan 27, 14 | 566 – Guns Blazin’ |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
I tried and tried to not make this one a double-sized. I had just done one and I didn’t want to take the time to do another one, but there just wasn’t any other way to make it work. Too many characters all interacting with each other. It has been said that this is one [...]
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Jun 16, 22 | 898 – Palace Falls |
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Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
This is the one that was lifted almost entirely from the rejected version of strip 43. That’s how a lot of strips get written. I may write lots and lots of possible dialogue for any given strip and if something isn’t right for the idea, but the dialogue is good anyway, I’ll save it and [...]
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Jun 18, 09 | 212 – The O’Hara Brothers |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
This is one I was really excited about doing. The art in the SuperFogeys represents a style that I invented just for this strip. I work in a lot of different styles at my 9-to-5 and in my freelance work, so it was fun to show off one of those styles in this strip. Plus, [...]
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Dec 14, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 2 “No One Should Die Among Strangers” |
Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
By the time I got to this strip I’d really tossed away any notion I had of keeping the same structure of four panels for each strip. This is another of those ideas I had from almost the very beginning of Chapter 2. It’s so weird seeing the Captain standing. I don’t know that I’ll [...]
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Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
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Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
I love Gene. He’s such a jerk and yet, I think, you feel sorry for him. I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s just me. I broke my rule of having Spy Gal being tough enough to defend herself because I couldn’t pass up the joke. I hope no one minded.
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Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
Nov 3, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “The Mrs. and the Ex” |
Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
I’m color-blind (mildly so, but still…), but the SuperFogeys are a one man show so you all have to put up with my puke palette. However, it’s always nice when a strip looks pretty like I think this one does. The entire point of this strip is to justify the next one…
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Feb 25, 10 | 245 – One Week Later |
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Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
…just as the entire point of Chapter 2 was to justify this one joke. See, I wrote this one as one of the first 10 strips back in the first weeks of the creation of the SuperFogeys. I quickly realized that I couldn’t use it because, uh, hello? Captain Spectacular can’t walk. Thus, Chapter 2 [...]
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Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Sep 11, 08 | 162 – Just Another Purty Face? |
Jan 19, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 2 “Homewreckers” |
Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
This is an important call back to the end of Chapter 1. I had to keep Jerry’s unrequited love alive somehow and it seems particularly harsh that it’s now Spy Gal herself who is diminishing him. Jerry’s just fun to mess with.
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Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Apr 28, 14 | 590 – Will He Fight? |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
And that’s it, folks! Captain Spectacular’s dialogue here with Dr. Klein offers real insight into his character. CS has retired from not only the hero business, but also from life. Even though this seems like a return to the status quo, the Captain will remain healed and able to walk. Might make things interesting later [...]
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Apr 3, 07 | 133 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein |
Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Oct 29, 09 | 231 – The Greatest Revenge Plot Never Imagined |
Jan 30, 07 | 90 – Introducing Star Maiden! |
Finally we’re back to the Fogeys. It was a conscious decision on my part to not have the Fogeys enter the stage for so many strips—six, to be exact. I wanted to try something new. Re-energize myself. I found I really missed them and the strip seems to come alive when they’re “on screen.” I [...]
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Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Nov 16, 06 | 44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed |
Visually, this is one of my absolute favorites. You can see I’m trying something new with the background. I first used the “faded background” technique in a guest strip I did for Wes Molebash’s strip “You’ll Have That” Once I did it there, I knew I needed to try it for SF. More copy/pasting [...]
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Nov 20, 19 | 814 – Ptoof! |
Oct 29, 09 | 231 – The Greatest Revenge Plot Never Imagined |
Jun 17, 13 | 513 – Devil’s Bargain |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Jul 4, 14 | Pg. 1 “One Month Later” |
The first panel shows a depth of field we haven’t really seen in SF thus far. My goal was to do a drawing that would also work well as a group shot and, possibly, a wallpaper. Plans are in the works for just such a thing. Obviously, this is a huge change of pace for [...]
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Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Jul 25, 12 | 430 – Meanwhile, At The Great Hall of the Society of Heroes… |
May 6, 10 | 255 – Parental Duty |
Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
Gene’s closing line in panel one was originally something like “Give her your utmost respect.” I quickly discovered at the lettering stage that I didn’t have enough room for that. Thank goodness. I love that he just shouts “Respect!” Kinda’ thing that makes me laugh. Spy Gal threatening violence on a little girl makes me [...]
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Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
Jul 2, 12 | 425 – The Maiden Within |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
Jan 2, 07 | 61 – Dictator Tot in Hel |
I don’t remember if this strip was done this way out of laziness or because I wanted to shake things up. Honestly, if I had to guess I’d say I was trying to shake things up. I think I was trying to create the feeling of overhearing the conversation before you really see who is [...]
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Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
And now we see the real plan. Get the Captain on the computer to see his ex-wife. In the end, it’s kind of weak. There should have been something extra on the plan, or a bigger reaction from the Captain. It bears fruit, sure, but I think the Captain’s reaction could have been stronger and [...]
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Dec 4, 13 | 554 – Not In a Way That Matters |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Nov 20, 17 | 748 – Good Enough |
Jun 26, 13 | 516 – Time to Clean House |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
That last panel of Star Maiden is something I’m really pleased with. I wanted a really fluid figure and I often have a hard time drawing women. I surprised myself here. For some reason, readers really latched onto the phrase “Spill it, Gramps!” I have no idea why. I didn’t think it was particularly funny. [...]
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Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden
by Brock Heasley on February 2nd, 2007The genesis for this flashback came from Daniel Woodhouse, artist on “Thog Infinitron” and sometime artist of “Beaver and Steve.” I asked Dan to do a short backup story for the second SuperFogeys book and asked him what he wanted to draw. He said “Captain Spectacular fighting in the skies above a city. Maybe a [...]
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Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
Mar 6, 07 | 108 – Spy Gal Will Protect Jerry |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
I don’t know why Mr. Crook is in there. It doesn’t really add anything to the story to have him there. Great Dr. Rocket moment though. I had a lot of fun drawing that tongue and making it as yucky as possible.
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Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
The obvious signified of a flashback is to do the art in black and white. That gray shading I add in there is an effect I wish I had time to do on all the SuperFogeys strips. Plans are for that effect to be added to the strips for the trade collections. Once that happens, [...]
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Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
This strip is a favorite of mine. It’s some of my favorite dialog I’ve written and the sparse look really works for it. Portal could have been drawn better though.
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Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
May 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
Obviously, something big went down in that other dimension. For the whole story, check out the backup tale “Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden in the Inevitable Dimension” in the second SuperFogeys book. It’s drawn by Julio Molina-Muscara, artist on “Omega Chase.” I wanted a “no bad guy” break-up here. I think you get where everyone [...]
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Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Jan 12, 07 | 67 – Dr. Rocket Draws a Webcomic? |
Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
The Pig is the minister! That’s the payoff to the Space Pig’s WebSpace page. Don’t know how many people picked up on that. I had a lot of fun with this page. Designing the Ninja Bridesmaid was particularly fun.
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Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
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Jan 19, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 2 “Homewreckers” |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Some people objected to the Captain and Star Maiden getting a divorce over a stinky sock. Them I would say: it’s one panel. Obviously, there’s a much bigger story there. I had a lot of fun with the interplay between Dictator Tot and Captain Spectacular here. I need to get those two together again.
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Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
Aug 19, 19 | 792 – Dashing, Like Hyphens |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
Jun 3, 10 | 259 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 1 “Homesick” |
As bad as the art was in the firs few strips of this chapter, I think it got that much better once the Wii stuff came in. Spy Gal’s jumping pose was something I was nervous about doing (I’m not good with the action), but I’m really pleased with how it turned out. All of [...]
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Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
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Apr 16, 18 | 778 – Sam’s Guilt |
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May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Some readers thought Jerry was out-of-character here. In my mind, Jerry is basically a decent guy, but even decent guys can be pushed too far. If it’s Swifty talking, then you can be sure that Jerry is being pushed too far. I labored and labored over the wording of Dr. Rocket’s apology. It had to [...]
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Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Sep 28, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 5 “Mercenary Spies” |
I had a TON of fun with this episode. Webcomics can, at times, be a bit of a grind. That schedule, even at just twice a week, can be killer. A visually interesting episode like this where I get to play with depth of field and extreme reactions is just a blast. I had only [...]
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Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
Jul 30, 14 | 614 – The First Lady |
Eh. I can take or leave this one. I think there’s some neat character animation going on in those first panels, but it’s not drawn very well. This is one of the first strips I wrote for this chapter, and one of the least successful. When I first wrote it, it seemed to encapsulate what [...]
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