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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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Dec 4, 08 | 185 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 2 “Babylonian Invasion” |
Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
Apr 22, 13 | 499 – Statuesque |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
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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Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Feb 5, 09 | 194 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 11 “Helpful Suggestions” |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
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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Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
May 6, 11 | Pg. 4 “Contrast” |
May 6, 10 | 255 – Parental Duty |
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) |
Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Oct 15, 09 | 229 – Father and Tom |
May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
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 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
Jan 13, 07 | 68 – Jerry’s Computer Troubles |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
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 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
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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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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Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Sep 12, 14 | Pg. 10 – Breaking Free |
Mar 18, 20 | 840 – Twice the Thrice |
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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Jul 1, 13 | 517 – The Man in the Iron Cage |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
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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Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Sep 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Dec 9, 19 | 817 – Master Masticate Stands with Fork Ready |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
Oct 14, 06 | 21 – You Must Respect Women, Dr. Rocket! |
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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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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Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
May 28, 12 | 415 – Someone REALLY Hates Space Monkeys |
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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Jan 23, 07 | 82 – Refuge in Dr. Klein’s Office |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Sep 30, 13 | 539 – Spy Gal Beats Up Somebody |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Jul 27, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 2 “Down” |
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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Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Jan 25, 07 | 83 – The Seduction of Dr. Klein |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |
May 2, 12 | 408 – Remember Your Mission |
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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Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
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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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 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
May 16, 18 | 787 – Where to Start? |
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 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Nov 9, 16 | 712 – Ah-ah-ah |
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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Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
Jan 15, 20 | 824 – Knives Out |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Aug 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
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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May 25, 12 | Pg. 3 “A Couple of Brothers” |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
Aug 19, 19 | 792 – Dashing, Like Hyphens |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
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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Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Jan 18, 07 | 73 – It’s FUN to Share |
Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
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 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
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 4, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 2 “Master Masticate and the Concubine Cannibals” |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
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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Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Aug 4, 14 | 615 – Flirting in the White House |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
May 6, 10 | 255 – Parental Duty |
Jun 11, 09 | 211 – Shrinking Your Carbon Footprint |
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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Aug 6, 12 | 433 – Isn’t the Alien Invasion Over By Now? |
Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
Sep 16, 13 | 535 – A Superhero, His Sons, His Ex and His Evil Best Friend are Locked Up in a Palace… |
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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Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
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 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
Jul 2, 09 | 214 – Father and Sons |
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 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Feb 9, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 5 “Michelle Masters” |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
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 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
Nov 6, 17 | 744 – The USZ is Truly a Wondrous Place |
Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
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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Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
Dec 6, 06 | 55 – A Mysterious Figure in the Wings |
Jun 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
Nov 10, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Girlfight” |
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 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
Jul 18, 11 | 334 – Whaddaya Wanna Do? |
Sep 26, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 2! |
Jan 18, 12 | 379 – A True Hero |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
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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Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
Oct 15, 09 | 229 – Father and Tom |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
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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Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Nov 9, 16 | 712 – Ah-ah-ah |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Jan 29, 07 | 89 – WebSpace Page: Dr. Rocket |
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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Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Mar 28, 12 | 399 – Surprise, Swifty Disapproves of Everyone |
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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Dec 4, 13 | 554 – Not In a Way That Matters |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Jun 20, 12 | 422 – Whoof! |
Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
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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Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Jan 12, 07 | 67 – Dr. Rocket Draws a Webcomic? |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
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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Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
Dec 8, 06 | 57 – Captain Spectacular Forgot His Pants |
Sep 12, 11 | 350 – Great Things Ahead |
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 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Jan 28, 21 | 869 – A Wonderful Side Effect |
May 4, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 4 “Or Millions Will Die” |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Obviously, something big went down in that other dimension. For the whole story, check out the backup tale “Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden in the Inevitable Dimension” in the second SuperFogeys book. It’s drawn by Julio Molina-Muscara, artist on “Omega Chase.” I wanted a “no bad guy” break-up here. I think you get where everyone [...]
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Aug 1, 14 | Pg. 5 “Many Doors, All Locked” |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
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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May 18, 11 | 317 – Why Dr. Klein Needs a Robot |
Jun 22, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 5 “How People Look at You” |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
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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Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
Nov 15, 17 | 747 – The Popped Grape |
Jan 22, 14 | 565 – Suckface |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
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Nov 6, 17 | 744 – The USZ is Truly a Wondrous Place |
Jan 2, 07 | 61 – Dictator Tot in Hel |
Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
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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Jul 4, 11 | 330 – Swim City |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
Dec 8, 20 | 860 – Idiot Martha |
Jul 4, 14 | Pg. 1 “One Month Later” |
Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
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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Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Jul 12, 22 | 905 – Big Landing |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
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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Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
May 15, 13 | 504 – A Striking Mustache |
Aug 18, 14 | 618 – Thanks to Money Man |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
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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Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
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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Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Jun 17, 10 | 261 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 3 “Feeling Refreshed” |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
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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Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
Aug 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
Feb 12, 18 | 762 – Jerry vs. Soviet Sam |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
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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Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Oct 5, 16 | 704 – Ankle Biters |
Oct 12, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg.7 “BOOM” |
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 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
Jan 2, 17 | 722 – Help or Mourn? |
Feb 19, 14 | 573 – Jerry Picks a Flower |
Feb 3, 14 | 568 – Old Biddy |
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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Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
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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