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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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Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
Mar 12, 09 | 199 – Life is Like Pastry |
May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
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 4, 13 | 554 – Not In a Way That Matters |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Nov 23, 06 | 50 – And the Actual Winner of Bingo Night is… |
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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Mar 25, 07 | 124 – Shooting |
Nov 14, 06 | 42 – Dr. Rocket Needs a Special Kind of Healing |
Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
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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Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Jul 12, 22 | 905 – Big Landing |
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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Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
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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Jan 18, 12 | 379 – A True Hero |
Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
Aug 4, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 2 “Master Masticate and the Concubine Cannibals” |
Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
Jun 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
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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Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
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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Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
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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Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
May 27, 13 | 507 – Telling Off Skunk Head |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
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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Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
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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Jul 12, 22 | 905 – Big Landing |
Oct 16, 17 | 738 – Old Lady McGoth |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
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 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Feb 12, 14 | 571 – ZBC Nightly News with Richelieu Madden and Gwen Dreck |
May 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
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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Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
Jan 19, 07 | 76 – Space Pig’s Feelings Get Hurt |
Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
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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Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Oct 25, 17 | 741 – Scumbag Jerry |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
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 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Oct 24, 12 | 452 – Book of Mormon Story |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
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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Jun 15, 12 | Pg. 1 “Through the Portal” |
Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
Jun 21, 22 | 899 – Apocalyptic Lovers |
Jul 6, 15 | 652 – On the Great Wall |
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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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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May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
Jul 6, 15 | 652 – On the Great Wall |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
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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Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Mar 18, 20 | 840 – Twice the Thrice |
Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
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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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 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Nov 21, 12 | 460 – Riding the Sunway |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
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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Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
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 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
May 2, 11 | 312 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 1: The Real Cause of Dr. Rocket’s Suffering |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
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 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
Sep 10, 09 | 224 – The Race |
Apr 8, 10 | 251 – One-On-One |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
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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Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Aug 2, 22 | 911 – The Savior of the World |
Jun 11, 18 | Pg. 2 “62nd Generation Mercurius” |
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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Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
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, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
Oct 9, 08 | 170 – There Will Be Blood |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
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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Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
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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Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
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 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
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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Dec 2, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter The Space Pig” |
Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
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 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
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 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Feb 25, 10 | 245 – One Week Later |
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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…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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Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
Mar 26, 18 | 774 – Thwarted |
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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Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
Jan 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
May 14, 18 | 786 – The Opening of the Door |
Sep 12, 14 | Pg. 10 – Breaking Free |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
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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Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
Jul 11, 11 | 332 – Captain Spectacular’s Buds |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Sep 24, 09 | 226 – The Deal is Off |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
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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Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Jul 29, 10 | 267 – Without Pants, Nothing is Possible |
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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Oct 25, 17 | 741 – Scumbag Jerry |
Nov 28, 16 | 714 – Pathetic Counterpart |
May 6, 11 | Pg. 4 “Contrast” |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
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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Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
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 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Nov 23, 11 | 365 – Bloody Roofie |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
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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Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
Jan 1, 07 | 60 – Introducing Dictator Tot! |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
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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Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Nov 24, 14 | 639 – What She Had to Do |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
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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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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Dec 27, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 1 |
Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
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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Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
May 18, 11 | 317 – Why Dr. Klein Needs a Robot |
Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
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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Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Jan 2, 17 | 722 – Help or Mourn? |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
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 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Jun 22, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 5 “How People Look at You” |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
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 27, 14 | 621 – Jerry’s Powers |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
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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Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
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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Mar 19, 07 | 118 – Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden |
Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
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 21, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 3 “Out of Mongoloids” |
Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
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Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
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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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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