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This is one of those that’s a favorite of a lot of people (or so I’m told) but that I’ve never really liked much. Bathroom humor always feels cheap and forced to me. On these early strips I was drawing at a smaller size and using paper and pens that were quite a bit different [...]
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Oct 8, 06 | 15 – Introducing Swifty! |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
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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Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
May 9, 11 | 314 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 3: The One He Truly Hunts |
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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Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Jul 15, 11 | Pg. 14 “Why Wouldn’t She?” |
Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
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 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
Oct 7, 13 | 541 – Husband |
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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Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
Feb 24, 11 | 297 – A Strong Man |
Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
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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Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
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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Nov 6, 06 | 34 – Introducing the Healer! |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
Jan 11, 12 | 377 – The Blue Light of Revelation |
Jun 19, 15 | 645 – Say the Name Correctly, Idiot |
May 9, 18 | 785 – What Spy Gal Wants |
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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Dec 11, 08 | 187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes” |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
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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Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
May 30, 12 | 416 – Alcohol is His Kryptonite |
Aug 18, 10 | 272 – GET OUT! |
Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
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 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Aug 19, 10 | 273 – All Is Revealed |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
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 25, 13 | 483 – Bubbles of Light 8 |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
Nov 3, 06 | 31- Spittin’ Oatmeal |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
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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Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
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 16, 19 | 819 – Time for a Refill? |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
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 1, 07 | 104 – Is Spy Gal Paranoid? |
Jul 20, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 1 “Entry” |
Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
Feb 3, 14 | 568 – Old Biddy |
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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May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
Jun 13, 11 | 324 – What is a Hero? |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
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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Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
Feb 18, 13 | 481 – Awfully Suspicious |
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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Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Dec 28, 11 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
Oct 12, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg.7 “BOOM” |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
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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Aug 29, 16 | 694 – Soviet Sam Crackdown |
Jul 11, 11 | 332 – Captain Spectacular’s Buds |
May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
Sep 11, 15 | 681 – Man Child |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
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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Aug 22, 11 | 344 – Now |
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Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Jan 12, 07 | 67 – Dr. Rocket Draws a Webcomic? |
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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Aug 8, 14 | Pg. 6 “Back From the Dead” |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
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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Oct 5, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 6 “The Lips That Should Not Be Touched” |
Dec 9, 08 | 186 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 3 “Going Up” |
Feb 20, 12 | 388 – Bay-buh |
Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
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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Apr 1, 13 | 493 – Dr. Rocket’s Game |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
Mar 30, 11 | 303 – Namby-Pamby Religious Jaghole |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
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 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
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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Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Aug 11, 22 | 914 – Time to Go |
Aug 18, 14 | 618 – Thanks to Money Man |
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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May 14, 18 | 786 – The Opening of the Door |
Jun 29, 15 | 649 – Can You Take a Punch? |
Nov 20, 19 | 814 – Ptoof! |
May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
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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Aug 4, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 2 “Master Masticate and the Concubine Cannibals” |
Nov 22, 17 | 749 – Caught in the Act |
Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
Feb 25, 21 | 877 – The Honor is Hers |
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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Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
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Dec 23, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 5 “ |
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 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
Jan 4, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part Two |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
Aug 18, 22 | 916 – Restoration |
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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Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
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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Jul 13, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 8 “Sweet Dreams” |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
Oct 19, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 8 “Back Home” |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
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 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
Jun 16, 22 | 898 – Palace Falls |
Feb 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 1 “Spy Gal” |
May 19, 22 | 890 – Loved In Her Own Way |
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 3, 15 | 664 – Too Old to Drive |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
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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Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
Aug 12, 19 | 790 – Hey-O! |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
May 30, 12 | 416 – Alcohol is His Kryptonite |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
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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Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
Sep 11, 08 | 162 – Just Another Purty Face? |
Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
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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Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
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, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Jul 31, 13 | 522 – A Favor for Spy Gal |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
…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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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 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Sep 26, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 2! |
May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Aug 22, 14 | Pg. 8 “The Captor Revealed” |
And that’s it, folks! Captain Spectacular’s dialogue here with Dr. Klein offers real insight into his character. CS has retired from not only the hero business, but also from life. Even though this seems like a return to the status quo, the Captain will remain healed and able to walk. Might make things interesting later [...]
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Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
May 13, 10 | 256 – A Misnomerstanding |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
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 29, 13 | 521 – Spy Gal Awakened |
Oct 3, 06 | 11 – The Power Dampener |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
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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Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
Mar 23, 21 | 884 – No Good at This |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
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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Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
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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Nov 30, 11 | 367 – The Division Sword |
Dec 14, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 2 “No One Should Die Among Strangers” |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
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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Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
Jan 3, 07 | 62 – Conditions of Release |
Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
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May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Jun 15, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 4 “Pantsless” |
Mar 25, 20 | 842 – Someone to Hit |
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 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Jan 29, 20 | 828 – Sorry About the Torture |
Mar 1, 11 | Pg. 5 “Couture Fashion” |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
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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May 27, 10 | 258 – The Skirt Goes in the Wrong Direction |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Oct 19, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 8 “Back Home” |
Oct 16, 06 | 23 – The Incontinent Duo |
Aug 8, 11 | 340 – What Lovely Teeth You Have |
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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Oct 29, 09 | 231 – The Greatest Revenge Plot Never Imagined |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
May 19, 22 | 890 – Loved In Her Own Way |
I don’t know why Mr. Crook is in there. It doesn’t really add anything to the story to have him there. Great Dr. Rocket moment though. I had a lot of fun drawing that tongue and making it as yucky as possible.
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The obvious signified of a flashback is to do the art in black and white. That gray shading I add in there is an effect I wish I had time to do on all the SuperFogeys strips. Plans are for that effect to be added to the strips for the trade collections. Once that happens, [...]
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Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Jan 25, 12 | 381 – Shut Up |
This strip is a favorite of mine. It’s some of my favorite dialog I’ve written and the sparse look really works for it. Portal could have been drawn better though.
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Apr 5, 07 | 135 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met Dr. Klein, Conclusion |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
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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Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Some people objected to the Captain and Star Maiden getting a divorce over a stinky sock. Them I would say: it’s one panel. Obviously, there’s a much bigger story there. I had a lot of fun with the interplay between Dictator Tot and Captain Spectacular here. I need to get those two together again.
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Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
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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May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
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Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
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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Nov 5, 12 | 455 – You’re Not My Father! |
Nov 2, 06 | 30 – B-I-N-G-O |
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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Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
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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