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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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Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
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 7, 15 | 666 – When He Can Smell You From in There, It’s a Problem |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
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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Oct 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
Feb 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
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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Oct 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
May 2, 11 | 312 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 1: The Real Cause of Dr. Rocket’s Suffering |
Mar 12, 12 | 394 – The Bottom Drops Out |
Oct 15, 09 | 229 – Father and Tom |
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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Oct 8, 06 | 15 – Introducing Swifty! |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
Aug 3, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 3 “Hitting Bottom” |
Oct 12, 06 | 19 – Back From the Colonoscopy |
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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Aug 8, 11 | 340 – What Lovely Teeth You Have |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Mar 18, 20 | 840 – Twice the Thrice |
Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
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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Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
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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Apr 7, 14 | 586 – The New Percy |
Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
I had written myself into a bit of a corner. I had Spy Gal come to Valhalla, but she didn’t really need to be there. Somehow, I had to make her stay. Enter the Orderly (later named Gene) and the Power Dampener. Visually, Spy Gal would never be the same after this strip and I [...]
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Jan 19, 14 | 564 – One Year Later |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
This is one of my absolute favorites. I think it’s one of the funniest last panels I’ve ever come up with. So, of course, only about half the people who read it actually get it. This one gets knocked down by a lot of people for not standing too well on its own. I suppose [...]
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Feb 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Jan 23, 07 | 82 – Refuge in Dr. Klein’s Office |
Nov 30, 10 | SF Origins: The Death of Mr. Crook, Pg. 3 “A Man Dies, An Idea is Born” |
Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
Time between the creation of SuperFogeys 12 and 13: 2 months. This is the first strip that really sets the tone for what the SuperFogeys would be. The art is finally coming into its own, resulting in a strip that I’m really proud of. I love the subtle pacing of the camera zoom. It’s a [...]
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Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
May 28, 09 | 210 – What Happens Next |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
This is one of those strips I really, really struggled with. I knew the last thing I wanted was for Dr. Rocket to successfully take advantage of Spy Gal. I mean, this just isn’t that kind of strip. The simplest solution would have been to have Jerry or Captain Spectacular bust through the wall and [...]
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May 27, 13 | 507 – Telling Off Skunk Head |
Nov 6, 17 | 744 – The USZ is Truly a Wondrous Place |
Oct 26, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 9 “What Is Strength?” |
Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Although I didn’t realize it at the time, this was a step in the right artistic direction for the SuperFogeys. The changing camera views were necesitated by the storyline and made for a much stronger reading experience. There’s a little easter egg in this one with the picture of the girl on the wall in [...]
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Sep 9, 19 | 798 – A Dark Past, A Questionable Present |
Sep 12, 16 | 698 – Good Thing or Bad Thing? |
Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Me: Hey, I’ve got a great idea. Me: What’s that? Me: You know how we could get a lot of strips done quickly? Me: How? Me: We could just cut/paste all the best bits from previous strips and add only minor alterations! Me: Genius. Future Me: I beg to differ.
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Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Sep 24, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Gwen Patton! |
Nov 22, 06 | 49 – The Pen is Shinier Than the Sword |
My lazy self strikes again. As for the story here, this strip was important to me because I had a very real fear at the time that it was going to be perceived that I had a hatred towards women. Dumb, right? I mean, Dr. Rocket is a character, he doesn’t speak for me, but [...]
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Mar 1, 07 | 104 – Is Spy Gal Paranoid? |
Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
Oct 10, 06 | 17 – Spy Gal Doesn’t Need Jerry |
Nov 20, 19 | 814 – Ptoof! |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
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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Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Feb 24, 14 | 574 – Jerry Stirring |
Oct 24, 12 | 452 – Book of Mormon Story |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
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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Mar 3, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 3 “The Captain and Jerry” |
Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Apr 22, 13 | 499 – Statuesque |
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 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
Aug 3, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 3 “Hitting Bottom” |
Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
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 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Sep 24, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Gwen Patton! |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Like Spy Gal in Chapter 1, I had spent two strips building up the arrival of the Healer. I wanted his entrance to be important and surprising. Originally, the Healer was going to be an old man in a cloak. Much more like Dr. Strange or something like that. After being comfortable with that for [...]
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Jan 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Jan 4, 07 | 63 – The Food is Plastic! |
Feb 25, 13 | 483 – Bubbles of Light 8 |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
The SuperFogeys are so stiff and immobile, it was fun to cut loose a little on a character like the Healer. I made it double-sized because I wanted the figures to breathe a little and see what I could do with a character who is real expressive. There’s some good lines in this one (Dr. [...]
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Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
Jun 24, 11 | Pg. 11 “Partners Again” |
Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
Aug 8, 11 | 340 – What Lovely Teeth You Have |
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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Sep 3, 12 | 441 – She Misses Brunch |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
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 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Nov 3, 06 | 31- Spittin’ Oatmeal |
Apr 1, 11 | Pg. 9 “Always” |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
Dec 23, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 5 “ |
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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Dec 23, 10 | 290 – Too Much Sun |
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Aug 23, 10 | SF Origins: Baby Swifty’s First Words, Pg. 2 “Preposterous” |
Yeah, I did a Viagra joke. You almost have to, given the subject matter. I think I did it in the best possible way. It was important to me to have the Healer is so disapproving and grossed out. I think that’s how we all felt the first time we saw Bob Dole talking about [...]
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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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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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Nov 3, 06 | 31- Spittin’ Oatmeal |
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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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Aug 18, 22 | 916 – Restoration |
Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
Nov 20, 17 | 748 – Good Enough |
May 11, 11 | 315 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 4: The Pilatian Power Crystal |
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 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
I absolutely love this strip. This is a case of art elevating the script. On paper, this one didn’t seem like it would be much. If anything, I felt like I was trying to do too much. However…I think it works. Bingo Knight was a character name given to me by a reader of my [...]
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Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
Jan 26, 07 | 84 – You Don’t Mess with Dr. Klein |
Mar 6, 07 | 108 – Spy Gal Will Protect Jerry |
Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
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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Oct 24, 16 | 707 – Demise |
Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
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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Mar 26, 14 | 583 – The Captain is Not as Alone as He Thinks |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Jun 30, 22 | 902 – Devastation |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Something I’m starting to return to that I haven’t really done since Chapter 1 is repeated panels, something I swore off of (for the most part) for Chapter 2. The difference now is that it’s not a crutch. I truly feel that this strip (and the next one, for that matter) was best served by [...]
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Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
Feb 5, 09 | 194 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 11 “Helpful Suggestions” |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Whew. What a mother of a strip this was. For those of your keeping track at home, that’s 21 panels there. This marks Swifty’s return to the story after an absence of about 18 srips. I wanted it to be huge and Swifty playing frustrated is just fun. Originally, the last panel was silent—no joke. [...]
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Aug 11, 14 | Marc Lapierre and The SuperFogeys |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
May 27, 10 | 258 – The Skirt Goes in the Wrong Direction |
Sep 17, 09 | 225 – And the Winner Is… |
Nov 20, 08 | 181 – The Thrice Evil |
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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May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Oct 12, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg.7 “BOOM” |
Jul 17, 15 | 657 – The Most Difficult Thing Swifty Has Ever Done |
Jan 26, 07 | 84 – You Don’t Mess with Dr. Klein |
Dr. Rocket is always a lot of fun. Perversity is one of the worst evils, I think, because it reduces people to objects. That’s pretty dangerous thinking. Here, the good doctor is showing another side of his evil–the clumsy, bid-for-power type of evil. It’s not a very good plan for world domination, but in the [...]
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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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Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
Jan 19, 14 | 564 – One Year Later |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
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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Nov 11, 19 | 811 – Attack Pattern |
Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Sep 26, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 2! |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
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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Jul 27, 11 | 337 – Naked Greed |
Jan 20, 07 | 77 – Headed for a Time-Out |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
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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Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
Aug 27, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 4 “Talking Turnips” |
Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
Aug 26, 15 | 674 – A Little Window Above His Head |
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Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
Apr 7, 14 | 586 – The New Percy |
Nov 28, 16 | 714 – Pathetic Counterpart |
Oct 22, 06 | 28 – The Tragedy of Jerry |
Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
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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Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
Mar 4, 07 | 107 – Bubbles of Light 1 |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
Sep 17, 09 | 225 – And the Winner Is… |
Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
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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Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
And now you see the entire impetus for the Wii storyline. I knew I wanted Star Maiden to be so deranged that she actually sees the Fogeys as their younger selves. With that in mind, I thought her interpretation of “air boxing” would be hilarious. Turned out to be more dramatic, but what are you [...]
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Jan 11, 12 | 377 – The Blue Light of Revelation |
Sep 25, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 1! |
Mar 9, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 1 “Nice Moves” |
Jul 28, 14 | 613 – President Reed |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
Visually, this is a very exciting strip for me. Even the lame “Kirby Dot” I used for the energy effect on Star Maiden’s blast look pretty decent. This is the strip where I began to realize just how much fun writing Star Maiden was going to be. I mean, here I have a character that [...]
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Jul 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
Feb 9, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 5 “Michelle Masters” |
Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
Apr 20, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Into The Night” |
This is another callback to Spy Gal’s initial appearance in Chapter 1 where the Fogeys discussed her “hotness.” Again, Star Maiden’s reference to bunnies is not so random as it first appears. A quick read of episodes 44 and 45 of Chapter 2 should give enough of a clue to what she might be talking [...]
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Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Dec 30, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 2 |
Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
The rare one-paneler! Very rarely do I have an idea for a strip that lends itself to this. The challenge is the layout. Getting all those characters into one frame isn’t easy for me, but well worth it, I think.
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Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
Jan 1, 07 | 60 – Introducing Dictator Tot! |
Jul 13, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 8 “Sweet Dreams” |
Here’s a bit of a storytelling trick…by keeping Dr. Rocket out of the strip for several weeks (off camera–he was in the room the whole time), I make his appearance in the last panel just that much more surprising. That’s the hope anyway. It all seems terribly convenient, I agree. You’re supposed to be thinking [...]
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Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
Oct 9, 19 | 802 – Nothing More Important Than Loyalty |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Mar 28, 12 | 399 – Surprise, Swifty Disapproves of Everyone |
Nothing funny here. Again. I’m pushing the readers’ limits, but all for a (hopefully) good purpose. Some people felt the Captain was out of character here. I disagree, of course, but I think I understand why they might think that. To me, the Captain sees Jerry as his “son.” He would do anything for him, [...]
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Oct 4, 11 | Chapter 9, “Head Games” Recap by Eric Merritt |
Jun 6, 11 | 322 – Long Shadow on a Sunny Day |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Jun 14, 22 | 897 – Streaking Past |
Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
How did I go this long without a “When Pigs Fly” joke? That first panel was a challenge for me. In case you haven’t already been able to tell, perspective isn’t my strong suit. Still, I’m pleased with how it turned out. I think it works for what it is. Again, Star Maiden is just [...]
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Nov 23, 11 | 365 – Bloody Roofie |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
May 15, 13 | 504 – A Striking Mustache |
Dec 21, 10 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 3 “Out of Mongoloids” |
Nurse Carter has a personality! I think I do an alright job of developing my characters, but Nurse Carter has always been the one that I’ve neglected. Here, finally, she says something that hints at something resembling a thought in her head. It’s the kind of character humor that can be difficult to do, but [...]
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Oct 18, 06 | 25 – Pee On Swifty |
Oct 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
Nov 20, 17 | 748 – Good Enough |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
Had a blast with the first panel. I love drawing Mr. Crook, design courtesy of Eskimo Dave creator Mike Hartigan. I wish he wasn’t dead. Check back to Episode 10 of Chapter 1 for a part of Mr. Crook’s story. Mustache on Captain Spectacular doesn’t look too bad. A little more insight on the Jerry/Swifty [...]
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Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
This was supposed to be a very normal operation with some choice quips from Dr. Rocket. That was the idea anyway. Then I remembered, “Oh yeah, this is the SuperFogeys.” As with most things involving Dr. Rocket, this crosses the line from weird into disturbing. I’m pretty much okay with that.
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May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Wow. Just, wow. This strip is sooooo busy. I think there’s a certain charm to it, but hold crud, those panels are just loaded. Usually not a good idea. I have no idea why the Space Pig is singing “Last Kiss.” That was the song that seemed to fit and once I got the idea [...]
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Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
This is a mean, mean cliffhanger. I don’t know that it’s fair to end this chapte like this, but it really couldn’t end any other way. Thematically, the next chapter has to begin a few seconds after Dr. Rockets declaration of good news and bad news. I’m hoping it’ll make sense why I did it [...]
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With Chapter 4 complete, it’s time to roll out Book #3! This cover was a collaboration between me and the artist known only as Jorzac. He generously provided pencils and then those are my sloppy inks slapped on top. Colors byMADConk. Thanks, Jorzac! Collection #3 of course contains the entirety of Chapter 4, along with a [...]