Here’s one of the advantages of planning far, far ahead: I can drop tidbits in here and there because, to me, the stories already exist. Tom and the Mysterious Woman in the photograph are something for later (probably Chapter 7), but knowing about them already, I can use them to illustrate a point here. The [...]
COMMENTARY Arachno is supposed to be an analogue to Spider-Man. He’s probably too dead-on in name to every make an actual appearance, but he provides a good shorthand here to illustrate just how unusual the public turning against him was to the Captain. SUPERFOGEYS 2-YEAR ANNIVERSARY This week marks the 2-year anniversary of both the [...]
COMMENTARY This is maybe one of the most economical and tragic things I’ve ever written. Really, the intent was to begin really breaking down Tangerine’s character, but Captain Spectacular got swept up in that tide as well as we see his fatal character flaw—when things are going well, the Captain does just fine. When things [...]
WHAT IS JETPACKS ANONYMOUS? This particular SuperFogeys Origins is a bit of a time warp for me. Before there was the SuperFogeys, there was Jetpacks Anonymous. A month or two before I created SF, I was doing some experiments in comicking (having never really tried before) and one of the results of those experiments was [...]
THE ANNOTATED SuperFogeys 230 Today’s strip once again dips into a story I keep brushing up against but never really tell. Don’t worry. The upcoming SuperFogeys Origins story, “The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular” will finally put everything together. For now, here’s some links to past appearances of Tom and his mother. We first glimpsed [...]
UPDATE! NOW IN COLOR! Thanks, Jon! WHY BLACK AND WHITE? Unfortunately, the colorist of the Six Wives story, Jon Conkling, threw his back out last week and was not able to get the colors for this page done in time. Here’s hoping he feels better and is able to return to us soon. When he [...]
UPDATED! NOW IN FULL COLOR! Thanks, Jon! THE MONSTERPLEX PROMO IN FULL COLOR! MONSTERPLEX is really falling behind this week as the number one ranked comic pulled way ahead in the number of favorites. I know we can still catch up! And we can’t do it without you. I’m asking you call to please register, [...]
SIX WIVES PAGES 6 AND 7 I have to say that with this page and yesterday’s, Rossana really outdid herself. Originally, both of these pages were supposed to be one page, but she saw it a different way and I think the moment depicted above has a different impact because of that. Love that choice. Only [...]
SIX WIVES PAGE 8 The color is back and it’s brought Zurida with it! Big thanks to Jon Conkling for getting back on the SFO horse after his back-breaking ordeal. Jon will also be coloring the past pages that he had to skip over, so be sure and check back to see them when they [...]
WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS, JASON SIGLER! Today begins a brand new Origins tale with art by Jason Sigler. Jason is the co-host of the the Digital Stripspodcast and also the artist of the supremely fun and funny Digital Strip Adventures. Jason has been a friend of the Fogeys for a long time now and I’m super pleased [...]
WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS, JASON SIGLER! Today begins a brand new Origins tale with art by Jason Sigler. Jason is the co-host of the the Digital Stripspodcast and also the artist of the supremely fun and funny Digital Strip Adventures. Jason has been a friend of the Fogeys for a long time now and I’m super pleased [...]
NOW UPDATED WITH THE FULL POST (scroll down to see additional content)! JASON SIGLER TOPS HIMSELF Is it just my imagination or is the artist of this month’s SuperFogeys Origin actually growing as an artist right before our eyes? Every page has been better than the last and it’s been a pure pleasure to watch [...]
THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 253 Bringing together a lot of characters and a lot of threads here. Let me see if I can break it down a little. (Remember: I only do these as a service to you, the reader. Feel free to skip it.) 1. Michelle is the ex-wife of Captain Spectacular and mother to his son, [...]
I love the beard. If you don’t love the beard, I don’t want to hear from you. Want to know what Cap is thinking about? Check out this page from the SuperFogeys Origins story “The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular.” I finished the script for the SuperFogies Babies last week and I can’t wait for [...]
Marc, in case you don’t know, is one of those old fashioned, pen and paper guys. While lots of cartoonists these days are working strictly digital, the SuperFogeys has always been something you can put your hands on. You should see the stacks and stacks of original art I have. I’m sure Marc has the [...]
I know I can be a wordy sonuvagun (though I’d like to think I’ve gotten better with time and experience), but I really do love strips like this that are more about economy of storytelling than how many words I can stick in a panel. Marc nailed the emotion in a big way, putting the [...]
Sometimes you just have to slow things down to give them their proper weight. I know if you’re following the updates on the days they come out there’s not much new here, but I think for future readers who get to experience this chapter in book form or all at once, this will be a [...]
Marc did such a great job pacing this strip and conveying the emotion that you almost don’t even need words to get what’s happening here between Cap, Zurida and Michelle. In fact, I was able to get rid of a little bit of dialogue, and it’s a stronger strip for it. Next week we’ll be [...]
I wish I had a lot more space to give over to Percy as I think he’s a pretty fascinating dude with some real identity issues. Hopefully, tidbits like the ones you’re getting today are enticing. I’d love to do a SuperFogeys Origin with Percy someday. I mean, with a hot, despot mom and a [...]
If we’ve done our job right, today’s post is not quite what you were expecting. I’ve been touting SF 500 for weeks now as a gigantic update–and it certainly is at quadruple the normal size–but the scope of the tale is actually quite intimate, not unlike SF 300 a couple years back. This is, simply, [...]
Welcome back, everyone! Last week’s break was, I’m sure, completely unwelcome, but we both appreciate your patience and understanding. Your response to SF 500 was overwhelming and so, so positive. 107 comments and counting. For a webcomic with a modest readership like ours, that’s a big friggin’ deal. That makes today’s update sort of long-awaited. [...]
I’m gonna be honest with you guys–I did not plan on introducing this story thread in this chapter. I mean, there’s an alien invasion going on. How many more threats do the Fogeys need to deal with? This isn’t the same as saying this is an unplanned story. What Money Man is talking about is [...]
Feels like forever since we’ve check in on Cap and company. When last we left them, they had a heckuva surprise visitor who had some ominous news before taking off. Now, they’re locked up in Zurida’s Palace–somewhat by choice, somewhat not. Cap made a devil’s bargain to get Michelle back… so now what? I really [...]
I may have overextended a bit with this one. For those of you keeping track at home, there’s 7 characters in panel 2. You artists out there know that the more characters you add to a panel, the longer that panel takes. I kind of put Marc to work on this one since panels 1 [...]
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 [...]
Hey everybody, we’re back! I don’t know about you, but I had an absolutely amazing Christmas and New Year’s. There was just something about the season this time around. We got into the spirit of things, reached out to others, sang songs, etc. It was like the last 5 minutes of It’s A Wonderful Life [...]
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 [...]
I told someone yesterday to watch out because today’s SuperFogeys has a lot of text. His response? “Dude, I can read.” Fair enough. This is the info dump that is not an info dump. I actually am a fan of exposition (I like just kind of getting on with it and moving on to the [...]
UPDATE 2:30pm PST: Whoops. Sorry about that folks. I have never, ever let it go so long without writing up something short to go beneath a strip. I spoke in church yesterday, and between that and the video I’ve spent weeks putting together for Violent Violet’s 3rd Birthday and my wife being sick and my [...]
We’re getting pretty deep into One Year Later here and we’ve almost caught up with all the characters to see their new status quo. Obviously, there’s a promise in the last panel that Monday’s strip will fulfill. I can’t wait for you guys to see it. Anybody else seeing Captain America: The Winter Soldier this [...]
If Captain Spectacular calls you lazy… you’re really, really lazy. See you on Friday with 663 – Pandora’s Box!
Michelle brings a flavor the Fogeys have been missing ever since Swifty went on his time-traveling journey. She almost stands outside the narrative and can see things the others don’t. And she’s got the expertise to back up her perspective. We’ve been slow to get to know her, but I have to say I have [...]
Well, I asked Marc to draw a really big vault… he drew a really big vault! Love the touch of it having to be opened by Captain Spectacular. Awesome. (To be clear: I didn’t write that detail. I’m not complimenting myself!) CATCHING UP WITH CAMI Some of you may remember that the character of Cami [...]
Double sized strip! Double-sized strip! These are a rare treat, but always welcome. Love it when Marc does this. CAMI I was a little late posting comments to Monday’s strip so those of you who saw it when it first went up probably didn’t see my note about Cami. Here it is if you did [...]
Welcome to the first of this week’s bonus strips! Each of the two strips will demonstrate a different side of the SuperFogeys, the humor and the serious. Today is humor. This actually constitutes a deleted scene from Chapter 20, and would have come directly after this strip. Looking back, I kind of wish I’d thought [...]
This is a bit of an odd duck of a strip, I know. Two characters we barely know (and yet know very, very well), caught up in their own drama. Anybody seen The Big Short? Fantastic movie that makes the housing crisis of 2008 not only easy to comprehend, but fun and funny. It’s filled [...]
I could do a whole comic series with just Michelle and Jerry. Imagine them as roommates. He, with the wacky weekly plots and schemes. She with the take-no-bull attitude, eyerolling her way through every mad plot. It would be AMAZING. You can’t convince me otherwise. See you on Monday with 756 – Professional Shill!
This page syncs up nicely with the origin story, “Swifty and the Prophecy.”
Thus endeth the Swifty Origin. What did you guys think?
I don’t know about you, but anytime anyone introduces squishiness into my war room, it just makes me mad. See you on Monday!
