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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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Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Jun 10, 13 | 511 – Zurida’s Plan |
Oct 31, 16 | 709 – Gina Galloway to the Rescue |
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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Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
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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Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
Feb 11, 13 | 479 – Rescued By Fidel Castro |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
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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Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Oct 12, 06 | 19 – Back From the Colonoscopy |
Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
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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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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Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
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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Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
Jul 22, 15 | 659 – Wasting Time |
Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
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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Aug 8, 16 | 688 – Zurida, The Peacemaker |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
Jan 19, 07 | 76 – Space Pig’s Feelings Get Hurt |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
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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Sep 14, 11 | 351 – Dreams Come Crashing In |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Feb 9, 07 | 99 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden Met and Married, Conclusion |
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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Apr 2, 07 | 132 – Shake! Shake! Shake! |
Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
Jul 6, 12 | Pg. 4 “The Very, Very Long Battle” |
Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
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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Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Aug 31, 15 | 676 – Jerry, Meet Thrice Evil |
Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
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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Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Mar 10, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 4 “Arrival in New York” |
Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
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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Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Feb 25, 10 | 245 – One Week Later |
May 14, 14 | 595 – Gotta Get Some Internet |
Jul 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
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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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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Jul 30, 12 | 431 – Blights of the Round Table |
Feb 15, 12 | 387 – A Hot Shower |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
Oct 28, 19 | 807 – Space Pig vs. Space Pigs |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
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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Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |
Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
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 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
Jan 2, 17 | 722 – Help or Mourn? |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
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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Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
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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Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
May 9, 18 | 785 – What Spy Gal Wants |
Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
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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Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Dec 23, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 5 “ |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
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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Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
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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Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
Nov 3, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “The Mrs. and the Ex” |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
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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Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
Oct 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
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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Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
Jan 30, 07 | 90 – Introducing Star Maiden! |
Jul 10, 08 | Guest Strip by Lucas Turnbloom of “Imagine This!” |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
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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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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Jul 26, 22 | 909 – Get Outta Town |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Nov 6, 19 | 810 – Meanwhile, In Las Vegas |
Feb 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
Jul 22, 11 | Pg. 1 “Uh Oh” |
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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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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Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Feb 5, 09 | 194 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 11 “Helpful Suggestions” |
Aug 28, 15 | 675 – Crossing Worlds |
Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
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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Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
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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May 25, 11 | 319 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 2 “Isn’t Everybody?” |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
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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Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
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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Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
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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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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Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
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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Jan 9, 07 | 65 – Co-Conspirators |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
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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Aug 7, 15 | 666 – When He Can Smell You From in There, It’s a Problem |
Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Jan 18, 12 | 379 – A True Hero |
…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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Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
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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Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Feb 19, 14 | 573 – Jerry Picks a Flower |
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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Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
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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Jul 10, 08 | Guest Strip by Lucas Turnbloom of “Imagine This!” |
Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
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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Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
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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May 14, 09 | 208 – Grab the Tush |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Jan 1, 07 | 60 – Introducing Dictator Tot! |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
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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Oct 24, 12 | 452 – Book of Mormon Story |
Jan 13, 11 | 291 – Ear Cancer |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
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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Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
Jan 29, 20 | 828 – Sorry About the Torture |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
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Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
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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Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
Jan 15, 20 | 824 – Knives Out |
Jun 24, 10 | 262 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 4 “All Hail” |
Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
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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Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Nov 22, 06 | 49 – The Pen is Shinier Than the Sword |
Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
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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Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Jan 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
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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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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Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Sep 10, 12 | 443 – “Open to Ideas” |
Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
May 11, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 5 “Hurts to Look at Her” |
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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Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
Mar 3, 11 | 298 – Vile Villainous Vole |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
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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Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Sep 2, 08 | 159 – Strange Dreams and Wedding Plans |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
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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Sep 21, 15 | 685 – Doom Comes to Abbadon |
Aug 11, 14 | Marc Lapierre and The SuperFogeys |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Dec 21, 11 | 373 – SWAT! |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
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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Jan 4, 07 | 63 – The Food is Plastic! |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
Oct 7, 06 | 14 – Watchin’ TV |
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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Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Jul 13, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 8 “Sweet Dreams” |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
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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Jan 9, 17 | 724 – Requiem for Tangerine |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
Jul 23, 14 | 612 – A Tale of Two Swifties. |
Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
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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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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Feb 25, 10 | 245 – One Week Later |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |