Mega Matt was done as a favor to Th3rd World publisher Michael DeVito. He has a friend, Matt, who is pretty much as you see above. Well, not exactly. But pretty close. I had a lot of fun doing this page and drew on a couple of my own friends for inspiration. In fact, I [...]
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MOTHER OF AN EPISODE So little dialogue…so much drawing…and I don’t like any of it. I’ve gotten slammed in the past for being too critical of my work. Whenever I get into that mode, people usually do one of two things: either 1) defend my work against me and my wonderful insecurities or 2) tell [...]
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Jun 15, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 4 “Pantsless” |
Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
Jun 9, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 17 “Er-Hurm!” |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |
Jul 12, 22 | 905 – Big Landing |
T.L. COLLINS AND THE AIDS WALK/RUN Hey all, just wanted to let you know about this great thing SuperFogeys Origins Artist T.L. Collins is doing. Show him some support, won’t you? (UPDATED WITH LINKS!) BUBBLES OF LIGHT A SuperFogeys Origins/SuperFogeys crossover? Yep. Wondering how they sync up? Well, the Bubbles of Light have shown up before. [...]
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Aug 11, 22 | 914 – Time to Go |
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Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
PACING Pacing is an important aspect of the art form that is comics, thought not heavily examined. How do you get a reader to slow down or speed up when they can pretty much take things in as quickly or as slowly as they desire? I don’t pretend to really know the answer to that [...]
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THE SUPERFOGEYS – NOW THE NEWEST APP ON THE iPHONE! This has been in the works for a little while now, so I couldn’t be more pleased to finally be able to tell you about it. The SuperFogeys is now on the iPhone/iPod Touch! If you head on over to this link you’ll be able to [...]
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A PEACOCK NAMED ARISTOTLE Okay, this is just too weird not to share. There I am, just minding my own business at work and taking a brief break to check out Facebook. I notice that my wife has posted something new. I look closely. I can’t be seeing what I’m actually seeing, can I? I click [...]
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Sep 29, 11 | Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” Recap by Crystal Murphy |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Jan 25, 12 | 381 – Shut Up |
Jan 26, 21 | 868 – The Blame Game |
Oct 19, 16 | 706 – Money Man’s Daughter |
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Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
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Jan 13, 11 | 291 – Ear Cancer |
Aug 13, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 11 “Erased” |
See you on Thursday with SuperFogeys 212! ——————- FREE! Download SF Ch. 1, “Insane Romance From Hell” on Your iPhone/iTouch Here (AVAILABLE NOW) Order Your Copy of “The SuperFogeys Collection #4 “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” ARTIST Edition Here! (SHIPS JUNE 18th) Order Your Copy of “The SuperFogeys Collection #4 “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” [...]
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Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
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SKETCH CARDS If you’ve paid any attention to the links down at the bottom of these comments week in and week out, then you know that this week SF Book 4, collecting Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” finally ships. Been waiting on this one a long time–too long in fact. Which is why [...]
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SITE UPDATE Recently updated: The “STORY” page with new summaries for SF Chapter 6 and SuperFogeys Origins. Also now including links! Also updated: The “CHARACTERS” page with new info on many characters and new ones added in from SuperFogeys Origins. Worth a read! WIZARD WORLD PHILLY Over the weekend, Th3rd World made the trek over to Philadelphia [...]
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Apr 21, 14 | 588 – In the Dark, Where He Thinks He Belongs |
Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
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Aug 12, 11 | Pg. 4 “Fear of the Space Pig” |
HMMM…WHERE DID THEY GO? This is just my guess, but If I had to place money on it, I’d say here. BUBBLES OF LIGHT Ah, the bubbles of light. How I have missed you. We’ve seen these before, do you remember? If you don’t or if you’re new to SF, I’m here to help. Previous appearances [...]
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Aug 5, 11 | Pg. 3 “A Decent Fish Stick” |
May 28, 14 | 599 – Bubbles of Light Sideways |
Jul 28, 14 | 613 – President Reed |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Feb 10, 14 | 570 – Cavalry |
ORDER YOUR BULLFINCH COMIC BOOK TODAY! Anyone who reads SuperFogeys Origins knows very well how incredible talented TL Collins is. As the artist, TL brings it week in a week out, even tweaking the pages when I go all diva on him and demand that Spy Gal’s hairy back be erased! (Okay, that’s never happened, [...]
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Jan 7, 13 | 469 – Beating Into Submission with Peace |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
Jan 6, 20 | 821 – Frightening Frogs |
May 13, 11 | Pg. 5 “Jerry the Superhero” |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
SWIFTY’S NEW COSTUME This went mostly unaddressed last week, but chances are a few more of you will notice it today. Yes, it’s true that Swifty’s costume has suffered a mid-story change out of nowhere. It’s similar enough to the old one that Swifty in the Valhalla continuity won’t need changing, but it looks pretty [...]
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Oct 7, 08 | 169 – Faker! |
Sep 27, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 3 |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
A STUNNING PAGE I just want to make special note of the amazing work T.L. has done on this page. I had some last minute ideas, AFTER T.L. had drawn it, and then again AFTER he had colored it and he was good sport and carried through will all of my multiple revisions without so [...]
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May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Jan 6, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Oct 6, 06 | 13 – How About a Kiss? |
The 5th Anniversary Celebration continues with this hilarious recap of Chapter 7, “Visiting Day” by Rossana Bugini! You may remember Rossana as the artist of the SuperFogeys Origins story “The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular.” If not, check it out now!
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Mar 9, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 1 “Nice Moves” |
Jul 2, 12 | 425 – The Maiden Within |
Nov 28, 11 | 366 – Who Dares? |
Sep 2, 10 | 274 – Up and Walking |
Jan 13, 14 | 562 – Violent Amputation |
Despite the fact that he’s made scant few appearances over the years and that this was his last appearance in the strip proper, Mega Matt has proved an enduringly popular character ’round these parts. Is it his sweet outfit? His constantly broken nose? I dunno. But I don’t think a week goes by that someone [...]
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Nov 19, 09 | 234 – Time to Read |
Aug 29, 12 | 440 – Up, Up and CRASH |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
Jun 8, 12 | Pg. 5 “In the 1950s” |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
And now you know how Matt got started on his path to greatness and injury. Big, BIG thanks to artist Marjorie Rishel for her fine rendering of some pretty disparate locales. I kind of put her through the wringer with this story. Ever met a dragon? I pretty much have. New blog up at brockheasley.com: [...]
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Jun 18, 18 | Pg. 3 “The Prophecy” |
Sep 18, 18 | Cover |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
Aug 19, 19 | 792 – Dashing, Like Hyphens |
Lots of hints at bigger stories here, but our focus is on the Matt. Artist Marjorie Rishel rolls with it as usual though. I love how even when the Healer is doing good he still looks like a punk. Only two pages left in this origin story! Big, BIG revelations next week. Hey, don’t forget [...]
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Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
May 11, 12 | Pg. 1 “Now This is a Story…” |
Aug 1, 12 | 432 – Tea Time, Interrupted |
Aug 29, 12 | 440 – Up, Up and CRASH |
Aug 14, 13 | 526 – Stolen Away |
This page is a story that was hinted at a loooooong time ago. Now that you’ve finally seen, what do you think? Big thanks to artist Marjorie Rishel for the epic rendering of a tough scene. Sometimes, things get in your head and you’ve got to get them out. This week, it was an allegory [...]
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Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Dec 15, 09 | SF Origins: Harvey the Science Rabbit, Pt. 1, Pg. 2 “But You Will Be” |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Oct 27, 14 | 631 – Two Decisions |
Sep 10, 18 | Pg. 15 “Something Missing” |
Annnnnnnd thus concludes the unexpectedly controversial origin story of Mega Matt. I, for one, really love this last page. My partner in crime, Marjorie Rishel did a fantastic job taking on the 1950s setting and some real-life figures I asked to be put in there. Thanks so much for taking this journey with me, Marjorie! [...]
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Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
Dec 27, 11 | Guest Strip by Dan White! |
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Jul 30, 12 | 431 – Blights of the Round Table |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
The Complete Mega Matt Rap (to the Tune of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”)
by Brock Heasley on June 11th, 2012Lyrics: Now this is a story all about how Dad met Mom atop a Space Cow And you know they fell in love right straight away The ninja and the anti-hero got married the next day ‘Bout one year later, born on a table Out I popped, I wasn’t ready or able Powerless, ridiculous, nonetheless [...]
The Mega Matt Rap – The Audio Version
by Brock Heasley on September 5th, 2012A little known fact about the time-lost Mega Matt (son of Tangerine, irritation of many) is that he’s based on a real person. Matthew Pontoriero, cousin of Th3rd World Publisher (and sometimes SF character himself) Michael DeVito. Mike described Matthew to me and told me he sometimes used the alias Mega Matt and the rest [...]
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One of the unique things about Soviet Sam is that before he became part of the main cast, he received an extensive introduction in SuperFogeys Origins. Most of you are familiar with his story from there, but my initial concern in introducing him to the Valhalla story was that there was just too much to [...]
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532 – How Hard is the Rock Upon Which Stands Your Principles?
by Brock Heasley on September 4th, 2013I think that, in annals of songwriting, one of the all-time stupidest is Bryan Adams’ “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)”. In the song, Mr. Adams names all the things he’d do for his love: lie, die, walk the wire, etc. First of all, who walks on wires for their love? Is this [...]
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May 16, 12 | 412 – Calling Valhalla |
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Dec 11, 13 | 556 – Sisters Rule, Pilatius Drools |
My mind is at peace once again. No longer do I hear the chatter and the mantra, “Bring back Mega Matt! Bring back Mega Matt!” For he is here. You may commence rejoicing. While you can… Marc, ever the artistic scientist, did a some more experimenting to achieve the art in today’s strip. In his [...]
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Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
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May 12, 08 | 80 – WebSpace Page: Mega Matt |
If we’re doing it right, we’re trying to become better people all the time. I try to take stock once in a while, look at where I’ve been and what improvements I’ve made and remind myself I can change. That enables me to take an honest look at who I am now and then identify [...]
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Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
Aug 20, 12 | 437 – Ever Since The Shriveled Speedster Left |
Dec 9, 13 | 555 – She’ll Kill Them All |
Nov 4, 13 | 545 – Do What is Right |
Last week’s discussion was AWESOME. Some great, opposing point of views were shared and I really appreciate how respectful and thoughtful everyone is around here. There’s more meat to chew on in these little webcomics than might at first appear, and you guys get that. Tangerine has been struggling with the big decision of whether [...]
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Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
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Aug 14, 13 | 526 – Stolen Away |
There’s a few debates going on in regards to what’s happening with Tangerine right now, but the one that I find most interesting is this idea that, when it comes to kids and family, perhaps a special morality takes over where we can do differently than we might otherwise because those we love re in [...]
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Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
Aug 20, 09 | 221 – And By Books Do You Mean Skin Rags? |
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Jan 9, 13 | 470 – Soviet Sam Strikes Again |
I was positively knocked out by that first panel. That’s a lot of very tiny characters Marc fit in there, and I can identify all of them. Pretty snazzy. For those of you just joining us… this what it looks like when it hits the fan. Tangerine, who has repented of his killing ways, has [...]
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Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
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Jun 5, 13 | 510 – The Evil, Evil Plan |
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THIS IS IT! The penultimate strip of Chapter 17: Invasion, Pt. 4 – The End of Lies. This would actually make for a pretty great ending all by itself. Marc was good enough to think up and add the extra beat of Dark Maiden falling to her knees and it just makes this scene just [...]
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Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
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Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
And boom, like that, old favorites returning, new characters showing up for the first time. This is perhaps the motliest of crews, but together they are enough to strike fear in the heart of even someone as vile and powerful as Suckface. Marc, once again, stepped up in a big way with some great new [...]
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Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
If you’re a parent, you get this strip. If you’re not… well, not every joke is for everybody. This strip is special for me because the two little girls in the last panel–Dictator Tot and Violent Violet–are based on two of my girls, Elora and Violet. Both were kind of crazy at age 3, hence [...]
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Mega Matt gets hurt. That’s what he does. Not as hurt as Money Man got hurt the other day, but still hurt. STILL PLUGGING AWAY AND OVERTIRED! We just entered week three of filming over here in California. It’s sucking up all of my time, but it’s a ton of fun. Lots of late nights, [...]
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May 11, 12 | Pg. 1 “Now This is a Story…” |
Oct 23, 08 | 174 – Big Mistake |
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Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Happy Halloween! Right at this moment it’s 1am on an early, early Monday morning and I am freezing my butt off while we shoot, of all things, a treehouse scene about 30 yards away from me. Filmmaking keeps things interesting. Thankfully, my role as DIT (the guy who gets the footage backed up and into [...]
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Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
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One of Thrice Evil’s more frightening powers–one that we’ve seen demonstrated before–is his ability to induce (often horrific) seemingly real-life visions in the minds of others. Percy is only the latest victim. He won’t be the last. And… just to drop a hint… could there be a false image we’ve seen since this alternate Thrice [...]
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May 26, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 15 “DUDE!” |
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Maybe you don’t know about the Harrison Ford Finger of Doom. The fact is, in every Harrison Ford movie (yes, ALL OF THEM–I insist), our favorite Han Solo will inevitably point his index finger at someone and it always, ALWAYS portends DOOM. Massive doom. So, in the script for this strip, I actually did ask [...]
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Oct 3, 16 | 703 – Like a Television During a Calliou Marathon |
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Jan 2, 07 | 61 – Dictator Tot in Hel |
As we enter the last four or five strips of this chapter, Marc and I find that our buffer has run out and we’re really pushing the deadlines hard. I’m excited to see this chapter come to and end and how the ending points to what’s ahead, but I’m also sad to see it happen [...]
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Who is the most powerful SuperFogey in just about any Universe? Why, it’s Star Maiden, of course. Or Dark Maiden. Or Star Matron. Whatever you call her, she’s Elora and she’s here to kick your butt. Only three strips left in this chapter! See you on Wednesday with 729 – “After the Battle!”
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Mega Matt. Boy if there’s one character who I think went from fan favorite to kind of… annoying, I think it’s him. I don’t know what it was, exactly, but I remember readers really loving Matt in the Society of Heroes origin story, but it seems the more I used him in the main story [...]
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Double-sized strips return! Marc decided to pull out all the stops for this one, and it shows. I don’t think he gets enough credit for his stellar work on this comic. Without him, I simply wouldn’t have been able to giving SF the scope it now has. This is pretty mild, as double-sized strips go–it’s [...]
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