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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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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Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
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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Apr 22, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Boy Who Lived” |
Oct 4, 06 | 12 – Introducing Space Pig! |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
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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Dec 22, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 4 “His Darlings” |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
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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Sep 24, 06 | 3 – Escape From the Carpathian Bug People |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
Mar 19, 12 | 396 – Give Tom a Chance |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Jun 30, 22 | 902 – Devastation |
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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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 27, 10 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One (2010) |
Feb 19, 14 | 573 – Jerry Picks a Flower |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Sep 16, 15 | 683 – What Makes Peace Worthless |
Sep 16, 19 | 800 – Earth-Avenge |
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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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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Feb 5, 20 | 830 – Literary Twist |
Nov 13, 08 | 179 – Reverend Space Pig |
Jan 26, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 3 “Explosive Ending” |
What’s sadder than a guy who can run really fast that’s stuck behind a walker? The answer is nothing, my friends, nothing. That’s what makes Swifty so much fun–we all know exactly why he’s so bitter and grumpy and you just can’t blame the guy. For Swifty’s design, I couldn’t make him look too much [...]
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Feb 5, 18 | 760 – OG Thrice |
Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Sep 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
Jul 23, 09 | 217 – Jerry’s Family? |
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Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
Nov 17, 14 | 637 – Dimension-Crossed Haters |
Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Feb 26, 14 | 575 – Undermined |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
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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Aug 21, 13 | 528 – Spy Gal vs. Jerry |
Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
Apr 6, 11 | 305 – Favorite Thing He’s Seen All Year |
Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
I love this strip. I think this is the one where you get the best sense of the relationship between Captain Spectacular and Jerry. The first panel alone–I think if the entire strip were just that panel, I’d be happy. I don’t think anyone else laughs at that first panel (That’s not where the joke [...]
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Feb 6, 13 | 478 – What If Money Man Had Lived? |
Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
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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Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Dec 21, 11 | 373 – SWAT! |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
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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Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
Nov 3, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “The Mrs. and the Ex” |
Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
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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Jun 18, 14 | 602 – The Legless Speedster |
Apr 24, 13 | 500 – What Should Not Be |
Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
Dec 14, 16 | 719 – It’s Easy When You Know How |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
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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Nov 6, 08 | 177 – Lay Some More On Me |
Jun 4, 12 | 417 – Guess Who’s Back? |
Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
Jun 4, 18 | Pg. 1 “My Name is Gordon Jones” |
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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Feb 7, 18 | 761 – Rolling Peas |
Dec 22, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 4 “His Darlings” |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
Jul 7, 22 | 904 – Moment for a Fallen Hero |
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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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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Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Apr 4, 07 | 134 – Driving Everybody Off |
Jun 15, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 4 “Pantsless” |
Jun 25, 12 | 423 – Family Resemblance (or Lack Thereof) |
I knew the back half of this chapter would be light on the Swifty, so I wanted to make sure his last time in the spotlight was a memorable one. Everyone seems to have a different favorite Swifty ailment, but the one I like the best (and the first one I wrote) is the one [...]
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Nov 10, 14 | 635 – The Blame Game |
Jun 1, 12 | Pg. 4 “The O’Hara Family Tragedy” |
Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Jul 30, 09 | 218 – Good Friends |
Jul 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
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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Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Mar 1, 07 | 104 – Is Spy Gal Paranoid? |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
Nov 7, 16 | 711- Fallen Son |
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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Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
Jul 16, 14 | 610 – Do the most you can do. |
Mar 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 5 “Prison Stripes” |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
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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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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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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Nov 19, 14 | 638 – The Man Who Sold the World |
Aug 5, 10 | 268 – Sick and Unflattering |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
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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Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
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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Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
Jun 10, 13 | 511 – Zurida’s Plan |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
The Swifty-Jerry dynamic is one of my favorites, and this is one of my favorite exchanges that I’ve had a chance to write. I love how Jerry just ignores Swifty. A fun strip that segued into one of the biggest mistakes I ever made with the SuperFogeys…
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Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
Sep 16, 19 | 800 – Earth-Avenge |
May 28, 14 | 599 – Bubbles of Light Sideways |
May 6, 11 | Pg. 4 “Contrast” |
Mar 21, 07 | 120 – Swifty’s Losing? |
Could I just not be bothered to draw backgrounds this time? Looks like. Still, the colors are pretty, right? Right? I try to make the Space Pig be an animal of as few words as possible. You never quite know where he’s coming from, I think. He’s a popular character, so he must be [...]
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Aug 17, 11 | 343 – Speak No More of This |
Aug 29, 16 | 694 – Soviet Sam Crackdown |
Oct 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
May 21, 14 | 597 – Him Who? |
Another “colorful” strip. Seriously, this is just ugly. I never pull off the silhouetted figures thing as well as someone like Mike Witmer over at Pinkerton. I try but…no. Still, Jerry getting rejected by Spy Gal…that’s always gold as far as I’m concerned.
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Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Apr 2, 07 | 132 – Shake! Shake! Shake! |
Oct 23, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 4 of 4 |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
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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Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
Sep 16, 19 | 800 – Earth-Avenge |
Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Another ugly, ugly strip. An important one though. This is one of those that I think people read and then didn’t ask the right questions about. Jerry’s tears are a leftover plot thread from Chapter 3. The last time anyone talked about him it was in Episode 88 when Captain Spectacular mentioned that Jerry had [...]
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Oct 28, 10 | 282 – Mucking with Space and Time |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
Mar 9, 21 | 880 – Boy, You Sure Got Old! |
Slapsticky? Yes, definitely. But I still love it. Shoot, I love it because it’s slapsticky. Obviously, I’m riffing on the Nintendo Wii here, notorious for it’s flying game remotes. I got a Wii in December of 2006. Love that thing and with all the reports of the sytem being used in nursing homes across the [...]
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Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
Oct 1, 06 | 9 – How to Turn Dr. Rocket On |
Oct 17, 06 | 24 – Too Little Too Late |
Jun 21, 22 | 899 – Apocalyptic Lovers |
Sep 21, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 4 “The Best Day Ever, Ever” |
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 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
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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Mar 11, 21 | 881 – Minutes Away |
Jul 28, 14 | 613 – President Reed |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Aug 12, 19 | 790 – Hey-O! |
I had a TON of fun with this episode. Webcomics can, at times, be a bit of a grind. That schedule, even at just twice a week, can be killer. A visually interesting episode like this where I get to play with depth of field and extreme reactions is just a blast. I had only [...]
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Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
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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Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
May 6, 11 | Pg. 4 “Contrast” |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Aug 31, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 1 “Bored” |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
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 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Feb 29, 12 | 391 – Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun… |
Jan 26, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 3 “Explosive Ending” |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Some pretty loaded dialog here, and one of my favorite CS/Jerry conversations at that. I like the talky stuff. Action is fun and I understand the need for it, but I always see the core of the SuperFogeys being the interplay between the characters. That’s where the meat is. Love the promise of the last [...]
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Sep 30, 06 | 8 – Hands Off Spy Gal! |
Apr 1, 07 | 131 – Spy Gal Cares |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Some readers misunderstood this strip to mean that Spy Gal is upset at Star Maiden again. Not my intention at all, something I hope becomes clear in the next strip. Swifty’s line at the end came from trial and error. All of his dialog in the last panel went through many iterations. I think the [...]
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Dec 10, 06 | 59 – Will Captain Spectacular Stay or Will He Go? |
Sep 2, 08 | 159 – Strange Dreams and Wedding Plans |
Jun 3, 10 | 259 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 1 “Homesick” |
Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Apr 2, 14 | 585 – Atomic Fly’s Special Delivery |
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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Dec 12, 11 | 370 – Ugly Little Man |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
A transitional strip. I hate these. Usually, I’m able to cover it up better with a joke, but not so much here.
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Mar 28, 12 | 399 – Surprise, Swifty Disapproves of Everyone |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
May 24, 22 | 891 – Third Eye Blind |
The plot of this particular strip was pretty simple: Jerry and Dictator Tot play Wii Bowling. DT loses. DT pulls out a gun. Here’s the script, as originally written: 123 – 1: DT assuming the bowling stance. DT: Bowling is very simple. The remote is like the ball. You pull it back with the button… [...]
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Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Jun 26, 08 | 142 – Back in Hel |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
I’ve made no secret that I have a long, long term plan for the SuperFogeys. Pieces of a puzzle that I want to lay down and that will add up into something (I hope) special one day. This is one of those pieces. I won’t say I always knew it would be Jerry to get [...]
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Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Sep 21, 11 | Five Years of The SuperFogeys |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
Feb 25, 13 | 483 – Bubbles of Light 8 |
There’s a kid with a gun. The kid’s a villain though, so I’m asking you to go with it. There’s not much funny about gun violence. This isn’t the place to really get into it, but my life has certainly been affected by gun violence on more than one occasion. My feeling is that if [...]
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Mar 4, 07 | 107 – Bubbles of Light 1 |
Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
Jul 16, 09 | 216 – Cami |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Did Swifty go too far? That’s what some readers thought. I admit that I had second thoughts about this one as well, but knowing what I know about Swifty and Jerry’s relationship, I think he is justified. True, I haven’t actually REVEALED why Swifty hates Jerry so much, but still… The second panel with Spy Gal’s [...]
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Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
Aug 10, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 4 “Courtesy Call” |
Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
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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Jun 9, 22 | 896 – Pushed Aside |
May 4, 11 | 313 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 2: A Lovely Woman |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
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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Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Nov 15, 17 | 747 – The Popped Grape |
Jan 2, 17 | 722 – Help or Mourn? |
Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
Feb 5, 18 | 760 – OG Thrice |
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 11, 06 | 18 – Ben Gay Smell |
Apr 4, 11 | 304 – Catchy and Mysterious |
Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
May 25, 11 | 319 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 2 “Isn’t Everybody?” |
Feb 3, 12 | Pg. 4 “Exile” |
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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Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Oct 28, 13 | 543 – The Ignored Little Boy |
Aug 14, 20 | 845 – Better and Better |
Jan 6, 09 | Guest Strip by T.L. Collins of “Bullfinch!” |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
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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Jun 23, 22 | 900 – Protected |
Sep 16, 08 | 163 – Dr. Klein’s Got Some Splainin’ to Do |
Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
Aug 22, 11 | 344 – Now |
Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
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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Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
Dec 25, 13 | How Dr. Rocket Stole Christmas |
Jun 14, 22 | 897 – Streaking Past |
Aug 8, 16 | 688 – Zurida, The Peacemaker |
That profile pic of Jerry is my most favorite drawing of him that I’ve done. It just captures him so perfectly. The first mission of the Society of Heroes is a tale I want to tell. It should appear as a backup story in a future SuperFogeys book. Watch for that.
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Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
Nov 22, 06 | 49 – The Pen is Shinier Than the Sword |
Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
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Dec 16, 11 | Pg. 5 “Full Power, Harvey!” |
Jun 15, 12 | Pg. 1 “Through the Portal” |
Mar 16, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 2 “The Prophecy” |
May 23, 12 | 414 – Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe |
May 19, 14 | 596 – That’s the Mission |
This is the cover to Book 2, which collected both all of Chapter 3 and the backup story, “Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden in the Inevitable Dimension.”
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Dec 16, 10 | 289 – Not Yet |
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May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Commentary Looking at my comments below, it’s clear I wasn’t very happy about the way this strip turned out at the time. Looking at it now, I’m not sure what my problem was. Looks pretty decent to me, although I regret the color scheme I chose for Jerry’s hospital room, especially since he’s going to [...]
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BRIAN ANDERSON Today’s amazing spotlight on Dr. Rocket comes to us from Brian Anderson of the nationally syndicated comic strip,Dog Eat Doug! Brian is doing me a huge favor this week as last week’s ER visit really threw me off my game. Look at the detail in the good Doctor’s face! Amazing work, Brian, and [...]
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RUFUS EDGE Holy Guest Strips, Captain! I was amazed to get 2 guest strips of high caliber this week, and now, suddenly, I’ve got two more! This latest one was actually submitted as Fan Art, but I think you can easily see why I tossed it into the regular rotation. I literally laughed out loud [...]
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Commentary Ah, “Wrinkly Butt.” As this one was sitting at my drawing board, my wife happened upon it and exclaimed “WHAT IS UP WITH SPY GAL’S CHEST?” I explained that she’s been long established as a large-chested character and that she’s clearly folding her arms here so… My wife wasn’t having it. It was an [...]
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