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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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Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Aug 26, 15 | 674 – A Little Window Above His Head |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
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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Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
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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Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Oct 31, 16 | 709 – Gina Galloway to the Rescue |
Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
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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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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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 22, 11 | Pg. 4 “Ruined Her Show” |
Dec 7, 11 | 369 – Donut Power |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Feb 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
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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Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Mar 7, 18 | 769 – Weeping Wandering Fat Children |
Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
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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Sep 25, 13 | 538 – The Amazing Zurida |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
Mar 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Oct 5, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 6 “The Lips That Should Not Be Touched” |
Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
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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Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
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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Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
Oct 10, 06 | 17 – Spy Gal Doesn’t Need Jerry |
Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
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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Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Sep 22, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 4 “I Am Dr. Rocket” |
Nov 20, 08 | 181 – The Thrice Evil |
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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Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Jun 19, 15 | 645 – Say the Name Correctly, Idiot |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
Mar 19, 07 | 118 – Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden |
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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Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad On |
Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
Nov 23, 06 | 50 – And the Actual Winner of Bingo Night is… |
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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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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Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
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 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Mar 12, 14 | 579 – The Romantic Smell of Blood and Suffering |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
One of the better-paced strips I’ve done (or so I’ve been told) and a solid, economical reintroduction to three of the main characters.
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Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Nov 23, 06 | 50 – And the Actual Winner of Bingo Night is… |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Apr 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Death or Peanut Butter Cookies?” |
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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Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
Sep 14, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 3 “She Dead” |
May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
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, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
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 26, 14 | 598 – Do You Moisturize? |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Nov 12, 09 | 233 – She Was Undercover |
Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |
Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
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 26, 07 | 84 – You Don’t Mess with Dr. Klein |
May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
Aug 10, 20 | 843 – What About the Crawfish? |
More Healer nonsense. You can see how my camera is really changing up now. I’ve left behind almost completely the cut/paste of the previous chapter, something I was real glad to do. The Space Pig is always fun to bring back. There’s no way to explain him and his function every time out, so I [...]
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Feb 21, 18 | 765 – The Spark Between Them |
Jun 9, 22 | 896 – Pushed Aside |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
Oct 27, 20 | 850 – Grand Entrance |
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 25, 22 | 918 – Not Going in There |
May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Aug 5, 10 | 268 – Sick and Unflattering |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
Oct 1, 12 | 445 – I Don’t Know What I’ve Been Told |
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 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
Feb 26, 14 | 575 – Undermined |
Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Jul 23, 14 | 612 – A Tale of Two Swifties. |
Sep 4, 19 | 797 – Squishiness in the War Room |
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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Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Apr 14, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 9 “Press Conference” |
Dec 5, 06 | 54 – Gene Gets What’s Coming to Him |
Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
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 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Sep 16, 19 | 800 – Earth-Avenge |
Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
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 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Dec 2, 08 | 184 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 1 “Laban and Amram” |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
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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Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Aug 11, 14 | Marc Lapierre and The SuperFogeys |
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 15, 11 | Pg. 7 “Knife to the Throat” |
Dec 27, 10 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One (2010) |
Dec 23, 08 | 190 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 7 “Test Subjects” |
Jul 18, 14 | Pg. 3 “Naughty Girl” |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
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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Nov 8, 17 | 745 – The Song of Rocket’s Loyalty |
Jul 3, 08 | 144 – Jerry Wakes Up |
Jul 25, 12 | 430 – Meanwhile, At The Great Hall of the Society of Heroes… |
Sep 23, 08 | 165 – Not a Villain? |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
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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Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
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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Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
Dec 18, 08 | 189 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 6 “The Medallion” |
Sep 1, 22 | 920 – …The More They Stay the Same |
Nov 17, 20 | 856 – Grab That Rabbit! |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
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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Nov 17, 06 | 45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion |
May 14, 14 | 595 – Gotta Get Some Internet |
Nov 13, 06 | 41 – Swifty’s Litany |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
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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Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Aug 18, 22 | 916 – Restoration |
Jul 26, 22 | 909 – Get Outta Town |
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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Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
May 17, 08 | SF Collection #3 Cover |
Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
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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Mar 12, 09 | 199 – Life is Like Pastry |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
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 4, 08 | 160 – Best Friends Forever? |
Nov 12, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
Jan 25, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 9 “We Can Work With That” |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
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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May 19, 22 | 890 – Loved In Her Own Way |
Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
Jul 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
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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Nov 2, 16 | 710 – Crimson Oils |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
Jul 26, 22 | 909 – Get Outta Town |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
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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Aug 26, 13 | 529 – Why Did Jerry Do It? |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Dec 9, 11 | Pg. 4 “Party Crasher” |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
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Oct 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Feb 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
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 23, 11 | 365 – Bloody Roofie |
Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
Oct 2, 08 | 168 – Tangerine Gets His Mad On |
Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
Feb 15, 12 | 387 – A Hot Shower |
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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Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
May 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
Jun 30, 22 | 902 – Devastation |
Jul 9, 12 | 427 – I Bet He Wishes He Was a Lizard |
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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Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Jan 7, 10 | Guest Strip by Will Boyer of “The Misadventures of Super Milo!” |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Feb 26, 09 | 197 – Requiem |
Oct 28, 11 | Pg. 5 “Knife in the Mouth” |
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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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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Mar 9, 20 | 837 – So? |
Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
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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Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
Oct 21, 06 | 27 – Spy Gal’s Explanation |
Aug 11, 22 | 914 – Time to Go |
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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Apr 1, 13 | 493 – Dr. Rocket’s Game |
Sep 7, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 2 “Cats at the Back” |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
Sep 21, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 4 “The Best Day Ever, Ever” |
Sep 10, 12 | 443 – “Open to Ideas” |
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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Jan 8, 20 | 822 – You Talkin’ to Me? |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
Jan 4, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part Two |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
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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Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Jun 15, 11 | 325 – At Captain Spectacular’s Door |
Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
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 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Jun 16, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 18 “KAPOW!” |
Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Jul 9, 09 | 215 – Little Snot |
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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Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
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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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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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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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 [...]
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