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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 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Nov 3, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “The Mrs. and the Ex” |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
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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Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Sep 7, 15 | 679 – The Design of His Life |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
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 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Jul 26, 22 | 909 – Get Outta Town |
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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Jan 23, 12 | 380 – Mr. Jerry |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
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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Dec 8, 06 | 57 – Captain Spectacular Forgot His Pants |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
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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Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
Oct 8, 06 | 15 – Introducing Swifty! |
Jan 13, 07 | 68 – Jerry’s Computer Troubles |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
It still pains me to look at the art in a lot of these early strips. Where the crud are the frickin’ wheelchairs? The only answer I have is that I was lazy and was trying to draw as little as possible. I really saw the strips as more of an exercise in pacing and [...]
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Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Jun 22, 12 | Pg. 2 “Doppelgangers” |
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 10, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 4 “Courtesy Call” |
Nov 28, 16 | 714 – Pathetic Counterpart |
May 14, 18 | 786 – The Opening of the Door |
Nov 2, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 10 “Anywhere But Here” |
Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
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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Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Oct 31, 16 | 709 – Gina Galloway to the Rescue |
Aug 18, 10 | 272 – GET OUT! |
Mar 4, 07 | 107 – Bubbles of Light 1 |
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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Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
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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Sep 7, 15 | 679 – The Design of His Life |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
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Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
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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Jun 24, 13 | Bubbles of Light 0 |
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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Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
Aug 4, 14 | 615 – Flirting in the White House |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Apr 5, 07 | 135 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein, Conclusion |
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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Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
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Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
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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Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
Feb 17, 11 | 296 – Even Her |
Jul 7, 22 | 904 – Moment for a Fallen Hero |
Jun 11, 12 | 419 – Adrenalin |
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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Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
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Nov 15, 17 | 747 – The Popped Grape |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
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 2, 07 | 132 – Shake! Shake! Shake! |
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Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
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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Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
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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Ugh. This is my failed experiment. Like Strip 25, I had two ideas for a strip and tried to make them into one. As drawn, panel 3 preceded panel 2, but at the last minute I got the idea to integrate them more. It didn’t work. Not helping matters is the last panel. For the [...]
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Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
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Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
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Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
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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Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
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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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Feb 9, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 5 “Michelle Masters” |
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Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
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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Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
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Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
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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Aug 5, 11 | Pg. 3 “A Decent Fish Stick” |
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Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
Sep 26, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 2! |
Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
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 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
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Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
May 7, 14 | 593 – When Did Swifty Die? |
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 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
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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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Oct 22, 06 | 28 – The Tragedy of Jerry |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
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Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
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 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
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Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
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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Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
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Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
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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May 5, 14 | 592 – Bubbles of Light 9 |
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Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
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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Jan 10, 07 | 66 – Captain Spectacular’s Fear of Modern Technology |
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Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
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, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
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Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Feb 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
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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Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Sep 30, 13 | 539 – Spy Gal Beats Up Somebody |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
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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May 7, 09 | 207 – Not My Story to Tell |
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Oct 20, 20 | 848 – Organic Deodorant |
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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 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
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Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
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 6, 07 | 108 – Spy Gal Will Protect Jerry |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
May 9, 18 | 785 – What Spy Gal Wants |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Feb 16, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 6 “The Bottle and the Women” |
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 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
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 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
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Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
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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Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
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Nov 5, 09 | 232 – It’s Insane Here |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
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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Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
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Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
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 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
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Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
Jan 19, 21 | 866 – Who Wants to Be Safe? |
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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Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
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Oct 24, 12 | 452 – Book of Mormon Story |
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Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
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 31, 13 | 522 – A Favor for Spy Gal |
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May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
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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Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |
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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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May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
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Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
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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May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
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Jan 25, 12 | 381 – Shut Up |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
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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Oct 24, 11 | 357 – Now Leaving Medieval Midway |
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Aug 18, 22 | 916 – Restoration |
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 24, 11 | Pg. 11 “Partners Again” |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
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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Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
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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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 [...]