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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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Aug 26, 15 | 674 – A Little Window Above His Head |
Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
Jan 12, 07 | 67 – Dr. Rocket Draws a Webcomic? |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
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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Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Aug 11, 22 | 914 – Time to Go |
Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
Dec 9, 08 | 186 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 3 “Going Up” |
Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
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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Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
Apr 16, 18 | 778 – Sam’s Guilt |
Mar 26, 14 | 583 – The Captain is Not as Alone as He Thinks |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
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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Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Jun 30, 22 | 902 – Devastation |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
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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Jun 30, 22 | 902 – Devastation |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
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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Apr 27, 12 | Pg. 10 “Mother and Child Reunion” |
Nov 28, 16 | 714 – Pathetic Counterpart |
Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
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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Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
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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Dec 31, 09 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott” – The Sequel! |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Sep 30, 11 | Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” Recap by Rossana Bugini |
Aug 3, 12 | Pg. 6 “Inevitably Betrayed” |
Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
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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Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
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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Apr 2, 14 | 585 – Atomic Fly’s Special Delivery |
Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
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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May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
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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Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
Mar 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
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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Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
Jul 15, 11 | Pg. 14 “Why Wouldn’t She?” |
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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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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Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
Mar 25, 11 | Pg. 8 “Get Her” |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
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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May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Apr 4, 11 | 304 – Catchy and Mysterious |
Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Mar 25, 07 | 124 – Shooting |
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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Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
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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Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Feb 18, 13 | 481 – Awfully Suspicious |
Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
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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Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
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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Aug 6, 12 | 433 – Isn’t the Alien Invasion Over By Now? |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Sep 16, 15 | 683 – What Makes Peace Worthless |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
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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Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
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 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
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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Oct 8, 06 | 15 – Introducing Swifty! |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Oct 18, 06 | 25 – Pee On Swifty |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
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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Sep 12, 11 | 350 – Great Things Ahead |
Jan 26, 21 | 868 – The Blame Game |
Apr 22, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Boy Who Lived” |
Apr 17, 13 | 498 – Zurida’s Conditions |
May 25, 11 | 319 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 2 “Isn’t Everybody?” |
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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Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
Jan 8, 18 | 752 – Like Jerry |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
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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Dec 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Jan 10, 07 | 66 – Captain Spectacular’s Fear of Modern Technology |
Aug 15, 11 | 342 – The Wrong Man |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Mar 26, 14 | 583 – The Captain is Not as Alone as He Thinks |
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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Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Jan 9, 17 | 724 – Requiem for Tangerine |
Oct 21, 06 | 27 – Spy Gal’s Explanation |
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 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Aug 4, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 2 “Master Masticate and the Concubine Cannibals” |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
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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Oct 26, 12 | Pg. 10 “The End?” |
Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
Jan 27, 11 | 293 – Good Actor |
Nov 30, 11 | 367 – The Division Sword |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
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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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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Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Dec 31, 09 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott” – The Sequel! |
Jan 12, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 1 “Sweet Samantha” |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
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 3, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 3 “The Captain and Jerry” |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
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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Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Oct 22, 06 | 28 – The Tragedy of Jerry |
Feb 8, 07 | 98 – The Wedding of Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden |
Aug 7, 08 | 152 – Best Man |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
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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Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
May 30, 11 | 320 – One Thing Left |
Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
…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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Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
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 16, 08 | 188 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 5 “In The Dark” |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
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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Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
Sep 22, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 4 “I Am Dr. Rocket” |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
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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Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
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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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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Dec 30, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 2 |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Feb 4, 21 | 871 – To Save a Dark World |
Sep 2, 11 | Pg. 7 – “Silent Heart” |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
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 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Sep 14, 11 | 351 – Dreams Come Crashing In |
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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May 25, 11 | 319 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 2 “Isn’t Everybody?” |
Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
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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 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
Jul 22, 15 | 659 – Wasting Time |
Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
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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Jul 29, 13 | 521 – Spy Gal Awakened |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
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 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
May 11, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 5 “Hurts to Look at Her” |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
Aug 15, 11 | 342 – The Wrong Man |
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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Nov 6, 06 | 34 – Introducing the Healer! |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
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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Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
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 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
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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Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Dec 8, 20 | 860 – Idiot Martha |
Sep 12, 16 | 698 – Good Thing or Bad Thing? |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
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 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
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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Dec 10, 20 | 861 – tink tink tink |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Dec 23, 08 | 190 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 7 “Test Subjects” |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Dec 26, 11 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer! |
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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Mar 26, 14 | 583 – The Captain is Not as Alone as He Thinks |
Apr 27, 11 | 311 – The Glow of the Screen Shines Brightly |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Nov 11, 08 | 178 – Death, M.D. |
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Jul 9, 14 | 608 – Gumdrops and Rainbows |
Mar 1, 07 | 104 – Is Spy Gal Paranoid? |
Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
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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Aug 2, 22 | 911 – The Savior of the World |
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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May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |