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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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Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Oct 12, 06 | 19 – Back From the Colonoscopy |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Nov 20, 17 | 748 – Good Enough |
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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Aug 12, 19 | 790 – Hey-O! |
Sep 21, 15 | 685 – Doom Comes to Abbadon |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
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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Aug 22, 11 | 344 – Now |
Oct 22, 09 | 230 – Cleaning Out Her Ears |
Nov 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
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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Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |
Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
Jan 23, 12 | 380 – Mr. Jerry |
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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Nov 15, 06 | 43 – The Healer Approaches the Captain |
Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
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 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Oct 15, 06 | 22 – Dr. Rocket is Sorry? |
Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
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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Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Jun 10, 13 | 511 – Zurida’s Plan |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
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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Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
Oct 5, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 6 “The Lips That Should Not Be Touched” |
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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Oct 19, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 8 “Back Home” |
Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Oct 24, 11 | 357 – Now Leaving Medieval Midway |
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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May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
May 30, 12 | 416 – Alcohol is His Kryptonite |
Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
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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May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Feb 24, 14 | 574 – Jerry Stirring |
Feb 5, 18 | 760 – OG Thrice |
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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Dec 31, 09 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott” – The Sequel! |
Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
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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Apr 15, 10 | 252 – Like A Son |
Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
I do believe this strip marks the first close-up I’d ever done in the Superfogeys. I began looking for ways to change the camera around and push the framing into the storytelling more. It was just one panel, but it was a start.
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Oct 29, 09 | 231 – The Greatest Revenge Plot Never Imagined |
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Dec 3, 06 | 53 – The Healing |
Sep 21, 15 | 685 – Doom Comes to Abbadon |
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 19, 14 | 596 – That’s the Mission |
Feb 3, 12 | Pg. 4 “Exile” |
Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
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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Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Jun 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
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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Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
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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Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
Sep 11, 08 | 162 – Just Another Purty Face? |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
Mar 19, 12 | 396 – Give Tom a Chance |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
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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Feb 3, 14 | 568 – Old Biddy |
Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
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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Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
Aug 15, 11 | 342 – The Wrong Man |
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 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
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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Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Feb 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 1 “Spy Gal” |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
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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May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
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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Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
Jun 24, 11 | Pg. 11 “Partners Again” |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
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 9, 17 | 736 – This Blighted World |
Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Feb 11, 13 | 479 – Rescued By Fidel Castro |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
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 15, 12 | 436 – Bigger in Person |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Mar 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 9 “Mature Love” |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
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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Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
Nov 16, 06 | 44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed |
Nov 12, 06 | 40 – Jumpin’ Jujubees! |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Oct 25, 17 | 741 – Scumbag Jerry |
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 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Bingo Knight’s design came from the idea that he is essentially a super accountant. I mean, a super hero who settles Bingo scores? How could he be anything BUT an accountant? Once I knew that, all I had to do was put a dorky guy in a Knight costume and the idea sold itself.
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Jan 27, 20 | 827 – Lay Her Down |
Nov 22, 17 | 749 – Caught in the Act |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
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 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
Jan 7, 13 | 469 – Beating Into Submission with Peace |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
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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Mar 12, 09 | 199 – Life is Like Pastry |
Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Sep 16, 15 | 683 – What Makes Peace Worthless |
Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
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 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Dec 6, 06 | 55 – A Mysterious Figure in the Wings |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
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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Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Oct 13, 14 | 628 – Earth-Abbadon |
Jun 8, 12 | Pg. 5 “In the 1950s” |
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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Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Jan 16, 07 | 71 – Is Gene Crying? |
May 2, 12 | 408 – Remember Your Mission |
Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
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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Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
…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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Jul 8, 15 | 653 – When a Shirtless Captain Spectacular Shows Up |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
Jan 28, 07 | 88 – Who Smells Like Fish? |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
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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May 30, 12 | 416 – Alcohol is His Kryptonite |
Mar 5, 09 | 198 – Not Lookin’ Too Good Yourself |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Jul 10, 08 | Guest Strip by Lucas Turnbloom of “Imagine This!” |
Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
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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May 13, 10 | 256 – A Misnomerstanding |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
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 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Oct 9, 13 | 542 – The Visible Man |
Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Sep 24, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Gwen Patton! |
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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Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
Jan 25, 12 | 381 – Shut Up |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
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 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
Mar 2, 07 | 105 – Dr. Klein is Leaving? |
Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Apr 22, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Boy Who Lived” |
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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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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Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
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Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Aug 10, 11 | 341 – Stop |
Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
Feb 25, 10 | 245 – One Week Later |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
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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May 27, 10 | 258 – The Skirt Goes in the Wrong Direction |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Sep 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
Jan 16, 07 | 71 – Is Gene Crying? |
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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Mar 28, 11 | 302 – Don’t Remember Any of This |
May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
Nov 22, 06 | 49 – The Pen is Shinier Than the Sword |
Dec 7, 16 | 717 – The Fury of Soviet Sam |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
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 23, 11 | 318 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 1 “Getting Rid of Captain Spectacular” |
Oct 17, 11 | 355 – Bubbles of Light 6 |
Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Apr 2, 14 | 585 – Atomic Fly’s Special Delivery |
I don’t know why Mr. Crook is in there. It doesn’t really add anything to the story to have him there. Great Dr. Rocket moment though. I had a lot of fun drawing that tongue and making it as yucky as possible.
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Nov 3, 06 | 31- Spittin’ Oatmeal |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Jul 19, 22 | 907 – Where is Sam? |
Mar 2, 07 | 105 – Dr. Klein is Leaving? |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
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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Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
May 27, 10 | 258 – The Skirt Goes in the Wrong Direction |
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 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
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Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
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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Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
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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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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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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I had a TON of fun with this episode. Webcomics can, at times, be a bit of a grind. That schedule, even at just twice a week, can be killer. A visually interesting episode like this where I get to play with depth of field and extreme reactions is just a blast. I had only [...]
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Eh. I can take or leave this one. I think there’s some neat character animation going on in those first panels, but it’s not drawn very well. This is one of the first strips I wrote for this chapter, and one of the least successful. When I first wrote it, it seemed to encapsulate what [...]
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