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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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Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
Feb 14, 18 | 763 – Serious Issues |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
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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Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
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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Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
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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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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Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
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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Feb 27, 12 | 390 – Bubbles of Light 7 |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
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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Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Nov 7, 16 | 711- Fallen Son |
Jan 17, 18 | 755 – Under the Radar |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
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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Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
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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Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
Jul 4, 14 | Pg. 1 “One Month Later” |
Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Apr 3, 07 | 133 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein |
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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Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
Aug 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
Sep 20, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 1! |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
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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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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Jan 8, 18 | 752 – Like Jerry |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Jan 27, 20 | 827 – Lay Her Down |
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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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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Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
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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Jun 17, 13 | 513 – Devil’s Bargain |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Feb 25, 13 | 483 – Bubbles of Light 8 |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Sep 10, 09 | 224 – The Race |
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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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 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Apr 22, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Boy Who Lived” |
May 2, 18 | 783 – FINALLY! |
Oct 16, 17 | 738 – Old Lady McGoth |
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 18, 07 | 73 – It’s FUN to Share |
Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
Jun 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
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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Jul 30, 09 | 218 – Good Friends |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
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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Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Jun 3, 10 | 259 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 1 “Homesick” |
Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
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 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Nov 2, 11 | The 2nd SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page |
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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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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Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
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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Sep 12, 11 | 350 – Great Things Ahead |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad On |
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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Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
Nov 4, 11 | Pg. 6 “A Zombie Rabbit” |
Sep 2, 08 | 159 – Strange Dreams and Wedding Plans |
Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
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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Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
Apr 1, 13 | 493 – Dr. Rocket’s Game |
Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
Aug 12, 19 | 790 – Hey-O! |
Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
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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May 14, 18 | 786 – The Opening of the Door |
Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Oct 14, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter: Jimmy-Go-Dead” |
Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
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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Jun 1, 12 | Pg. 4 “The O’Hara Family Tragedy” |
Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
Jul 13, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 8 “Sweet Dreams” |
May 25, 08 | SF Collection # 5 Cover (Unused) |
Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
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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Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Nov 7, 16 | 711- Fallen Son |
Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
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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Nov 6, 19 | 810 – Meanwhile, In Las Vegas |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Aug 7, 15 | 666 – When He Can Smell You From in There, It’s a Problem |
Aug 19, 19 | 792 – Dashing, Like Hyphens |
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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Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
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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Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
Jul 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 22 “The Society of Heroes” |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
Jan 4, 12 | 375 – In The Zone |
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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Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Jul 30, 12 | 431 – Blights of the Round Table |
Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of 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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May 2, 12 | 408 – Remember Your Mission |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
Oct 7, 13 | 541 – Husband |
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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Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
…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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Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Jun 8, 11 | 323 – What is a Villain? |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
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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Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Oct 12, 06 | 19 – Back From the Colonoscopy |
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 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
May 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
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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Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Feb 5, 14 | 569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
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 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
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 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
May 26, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 15 “DUDE!” |
Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
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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May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Jul 22, 11 | Pg. 1 “Uh Oh” |
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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Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Oct 26, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 9 “What Is Strength?” |
Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Feb 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
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Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
May 5, 12 | Pg. 11 “Fly Away” |
Mar 25, 07 | 124 – Shooting |
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 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
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 4, 12 | 426 – Daddy’s Little Girl |
Jul 18, 14 | Pg. 3 “Naughty Girl” |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Jun 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
Dec 31, 09 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott” – The Sequel! |
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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Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Mar 6, 07 | 108 – Spy Gal Will Protect Jerry |
Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
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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Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
Dec 10, 06 | 59 – Will Captain Spectacular Stay or Will He Go? |
Apr 13, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “Troubled Birth” |
Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
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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Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
Jan 19, 14 | 564 – One Year Later |
Oct 5, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 6 “The Lips That Should Not Be Touched” |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
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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Dec 8, 20 | 860 – Idiot Martha |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
Apr 11, 12 | 402 – Lost Signal |
Feb 9, 07 | 99 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden Met and Married, Conclusion |
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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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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Nov 10, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Girlfight” |
Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
Jan 27, 12 | Pg. 3 “The Trial of Space Pig” |
Jan 31, 07 | 91 – WebSpace Page: Star Maiden |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
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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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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Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Aug 10, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 4 “Courtesy Call” |
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Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Jan 18, 07 | 73 – It’s FUN to Share |
Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
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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May 26, 14 | 598 – Do You Moisturize? |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
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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Jan 30, 07 | 90 – Introducing Star Maiden! |
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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