RELIGION IN THE SUPERFOGEYS Well, I think it’s fair to say the last episode stirred the pot a little. And if it wasn’t the episode itself, then it was my comments. I don’t think there’s any need to rehash it all, but I just want to say that I don’t see the SuperFogeys as a [...]
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187 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 4 “New Clothes”
by Brock Heasley on December 11th, 2008SUPERFOGEYS FEATURED ON AIN’T IT COOL NEWS! Ain’t It Cool News is the BIGGEST movie news/rumor site on the web. Every week they feature a comic book review column and every once in awhile they take a look at webcomics in their “dot.comics” feature. Well, this week Ambush Bug took a look at SuperFogeys and [...]
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190 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 7 “Test Subjects”
by Brock Heasley on December 23rd, 2008GUEST STRIP SUBMISSION EXTENSION!! Okay, I think there may be a couple of you out there still who may want to submit. As such, I’m extending the deadline for submissions until 11am PST, today (Dec. 23). After that, I absolutely cannot accept any more. Email ‘em quick to heasley (at) th3rdworld.com! HIATUS Well, this the last regular [...]
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AANNNDDDD WE’RE BACK… I needed that vacation from the strip, but I am sorry that it came in the middle of this mini-arc of the origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket. Here, then, is a brief recap of the origin leading up to this strip so far: In 588 B.C. Dr. Rocket and Captain [...]
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Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Jul 8, 11 | Pg. 13 “A Tree Falls in the Forest…” |
Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
LATE ENTRY! That’s right, I’ve got one more guest strip to share with you all, this one from Gabe Altomare who got this one to me just as Guest Strippin’ Xmas was ending. In truth, I’ll accept guest strips at any time of the year, so I was happy to have it! This guest strip [...]
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Aug 14, 13 | 526 – Stolen Away |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Apr 25, 11 | 310 – Doctor. |
Jun 22, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 5 “How People Look at You” |
Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
UPDATE! MY mini-REVIEW OF THOR! Marvel has done a great job with their "in universe" movies Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2. I’ve loved each of them to one degree or another, but a fair argument could be made that we’ve been getting slightly diminishing returns the more they keep doing it. [...]
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Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Jul 30, 18 | Pg. 9 “Who is Talking?” |
Sep 26, 16 | 701 – Man Down |
Mar 11, 13 | 487 – Innocent Travelers |
Nov 3, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “The Mrs. and the Ex” |
SPACE PIG HOMEWORLD! Those of you who own the SuperFogeys Vol. 1 Trade have already seen the Space Pig Homeworld, but for most of you I imagine this is the first time. Marc has rendered it in fine style. Anyone wanna take a guess as to why color has leaked into our flashbacks? MOTHER’S DAY [...]
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Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Oct 31, 12 | 454 – The New Congress |
Mar 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
Mar 6, 13 | 486 – On a Thin Tether |
THE GREEN HORNET I watched The Green Hornet with my wife over the weekend. I have no idea why she wanted to see it. Usually, she’s not much for the superhero stuff. But something about the trailers sparked her interest and we both laughed our way through it while agreeing that it doesn’t really come together [...]
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Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
May 6, 10 | 255 – Parental Duty |
Nov 25, 10 | 286 – Duty and Retirement |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Aug 9, 22 | 913 – Any Questions? |
THE END OF CHAPTER 11, THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR With today’s double-sized strip, Marc takes his art to the next level. I seriously had no idea he was capable of stuff like this when I asked him to hop onboard the SF train. You can imagine how pleased I am. But, honestly, it’s with [...]
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Apr 2, 12 | 400 – Dark Maiden |
Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Jan 13, 14 | 562 – Violent Amputation |
Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
This is it! The big 400th strip! 400 freakin’ strips. Can you believe that? And, like other past centennial strips, this one brings in a pretty big reveal! What do you think of Dark Maiden? This also marks Marc’s 100th SuperFogeys strip. Take that in. That’s amazing. Never late, always getting better and better, Marc [...]
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Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
May 26, 22 | 892 – Ejection |
Aug 1, 16 | 686 – Captain Spectacular’s Mighty Punch |
May 27, 10 | 258 – The Skirt Goes in the Wrong Direction |
New Wallpaper! SuperFogeys 400 – Dark Maiden
by Brock Heasley on April 3rd, 2012The response to yesterday’s big SuperFogeys 400 has been terrific so far. As a thank you to everyone for sticking with us and being so supportive, Marc has crafted a huge wallpaper from the latest strip and it’s a beaut. Click on the image below to enlarge and download it for yourself. Enjoy!
Marc blew me away with that first panel. How great is that? Space Monkeys! Zurida’s Palace! So freakin’ cool. And Star–I mean DARK–Maiden’s new costume! Look for a blog later on showing some of the design work Marc and I did on that. I really love what we ended up with, but there were some [...]
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Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Jan 21, 13 | 473 – Monkey Rain |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Oh, Star Maiden. What happened? I find the different interpretations of who exactly Dark Maiden is in relation to Star Maiden really fascinating. There seems to be some disagreement, which surprises me. But that? That’s a real death. Don’t forget to tip the artist! Click on the Money Man picture below the strip to donate [...]
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Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Jul 31, 08 | 150 – Star Maiden and Clovis the Bear |
Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
May 14, 12 | 411 – A Terrible Downward Dog |
Here he is, the man of the hour, President Superknocker. He’s all I hoped for and more. Any resemblance to any Presidents either living or dead is strictly coincidental. These “news strips” come from my love of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. Besides being a great story, I love how Miller tells his story [...]
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Apr 23, 18 | 780 – Don’t Be a Jerry |
Jun 12, 13 | 512 – The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened to Swifty |
Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
Apr 17, 13 | 498 – Zurida’s Conditions |
The question with any occupying force is always the same: when are they going to leave? ARE they going to leave? We shall see. All credit to Marc for the stellar colors in today’s strip. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this one really sings for me. Do you enjoy the SuperFogeys? [...]
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Jan 8, 14 | 561 – Blind Rage |
Dec 11, 13 | 556 – Sisters Rule, Pilatius Drools |
Dec 23, 08 | 190 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 7 “Test Subjects” |
Aug 14, 13 | 526 – Stolen Away |
Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Apologies! Late post today and this time it wasn’t because of my bumbling. We’ve been experiencing some real technical difficulties in SuperFogeys Central lately and though the strip was more than done on time, it was just impossible to post it until now. Ticks me off when this happens because Marc and I work so [...]
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Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Aug 24, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 1 “Incoming!” |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Aug 22, 12 | 438 – Don’t Insult the ‘Do |
Aak! What is going on?? Two late strips in one week? I can count on one hand the number of times that’s happened in the past six years. So, twice in one week? Unprecedented. My apologies. Marc is awesome, don’t blame him. I am lame, blame me. Hopefully we’ll get all these issues ironed out. [...]
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Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
May 30, 11 | 320 – One Thing Left |
May 20, 10 | 257 – Blood on the Carpet |
Jan 4, 07 | 63 – The Food is Plastic! |
Nov 1, 06 | 29 – Introducing Dr. Klein! |
Hey, gang, Marc here with the pinch hit posting for Brock. Looks like things are about to get awkward in DC, huh? Remember the last time Swifty and Star Maiden saw each other? Go back and relive some fond memories of Vegas.
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May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
Mar 22, 07 | 121 – Swifty Gets Slapped |
Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
I’m trying to remember the last time I did a strip this wordy… and I’m coming up short. As usual, Marc finds a way to make it work anyway. I’m really digging writing for villains lately as well. There’s been a dearth of them up til now. And Star Maiden. Half the fun of any [...]
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Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Jun 27, 11 | 328 – Pairing Off |
Jun 18, 12 | 421 – Space Monkey Report |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
Marc went with a very-different-than-normal approach to this strip and it works like gangbusters. (Which is an expression I’ve never really understood. If gangbusters work so well, why do don’t we have less gangs?) Fairly big shakeup today. And you thought Monday’s strip was big. Only two strips left in this chapter! Come back for [...]
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Apr 13, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “Troubled Birth” |
Aug 21, 15 | 672 – To The USZ! |
Jul 1, 10 | 263 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 5 “A Parting Gift” |
Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
I gotta say… I did not expect this chapter to be this long. 44 strips. That ranks it among the very longest of chapters. I think in that you can see the scope of this Invasion storyline. Everything you’ve seen so far… everything in Part One… it’s all been setup for what’s to come. I [...]
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Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Nov 4, 19 | 809 – The Jerry Cradle |
Sep 14, 15 | 682 – Milk and Cookies |
What a fantastic job Marc did fitting in a lot of demanding action in just a few panels. Amazing. Also, looks like Dark Maiden is up to old tricks, but dow you know what’s new? THE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN for the SUPERFOGEYS SOURCEBOOK AND ADVENTURE GAME! I’m so, so friggin’ excited about this. We’ve been working in [...]
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Jul 2, 12 | 425 – The Maiden Within |
Sep 3, 12 | 441 – She Misses Brunch |
Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
Jan 13, 14 | 562 – Violent Amputation |
I was just looking back at Marc’s first work on SuperFogeys yesterday and it really stuck me not only how far along his line work has come, but also how much his method for coloring has changed. There’s just far more shades and details in his coloring now–things that aren’t even in the drawings themselves. [...]
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Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Jun 1, 12 | Pg. 4 “The O’Hara Family Tragedy” |
Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Today kicks off a short, long overdue flashback showing just what the heck happened to Dark (Star) Maiden after she left Las Vegas. While the 400th strip played out as a fun reveal, I really did see it as a promise of an untold story I’d have to tell one day. Enjoy. Why do you [...]
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Here’s a tip to writers of comics: Wanna go easy on your artist? Script a bunch of head shots. Writing comics is often about balance. I can’t load up the detail and the backgrounds for multiple strips at a time or I’m gonna wear Marc out, so I’ve gotta also write stuff that it’s a [...]
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Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
One of the things that’s really hard to achieve in the strip format is any sense of scale. A comic book page gives you that vertical space that really allows you to expand the visuals out that a strip just doesn’t. True, there’s nothing saying we HAVE to do this in strips–that’s a self-imposed restriction–but [...]
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Nov 14, 06 | 42 – Dr. Rocket Needs a Special Kind of Healing |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
Apr 2, 09 | 202 – He Started Stuttering |
Apr 22, 13 | 499 – Statuesque |
Some great, great discussion in Monday’s strip. I love that this little comic that started out as just a gagfest can inspire such great debate about such important things like temptation, what is right and wrong, and what makes a hero. I actually did post quite a few more comments than what you’ll see currently [...]
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Apr 13, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “Troubled Birth” |
Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
Apr 11, 12 | 402 – Lost Signal |
Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
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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Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
Mar 6, 13 | 486 – On a Thin Tether |
Feb 3, 12 | Pg. 4 “Exile” |
Sep 11, 13 | 534 – Tangerine’s Mission |
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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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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Oct 30, 17 | 742 – Catching Up on WWE |
Jan 6, 14 | 560 – Lifeless |
Sep 25, 08 | 166 – Beer Don’t Judge |
Nov 1, 17 | 743 – Never Inspired Anybody |
May 16, 12 | 412 – Calling Valhalla |
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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Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Aug 7, 15 | 666 – When He Can Smell You From in There, It’s a Problem |
Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Aug 26, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 3 “Tangerine’s Tendencies” |
Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
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 [...]
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It’s the small SF 550! The milestone that isn’t! Do you feel it though? Pieces… pieces moving into place. Marc once again did a stellar job fitting a lot of characters into a small space. I’m always so grateful he’s on my team. What’s going on behind the scenes right now? (aka why are you [...]
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Feb 12, 09 | 195 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 12 “The Conclusion” |
Jan 11, 12 | 377 – The Blue Light of Revelation |
Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Marc is just killin’ it with these interior Palace scenes. I might have said that before, but I can’t really say it enough. There’s a lot more meat to this strip that might at first appear to a casual reader. You’ll recall Zurida got the power crystal from Jerry and that Jerry confessed to Spy [...]
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Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
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Sep 11, 13 | 534 – Tangerine’s Mission |
Apr 15, 11 | Pg. 1 “A Sudden Meeting” |
The important thing to remember with this one is that the heroes are all standing by watching this whole exchange go down. This is where webcomics can get a little frustrating because it’s easy to forget stuff like that when 5 days pass between updates. But, yes, all of this is happening while everyone is [...]
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Jun 25, 12 | 423 – Family Resemblance (or Lack Thereof) |
May 16, 11 | 316 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 5: The Last Place Anyone Would Think to Look |
Nov 15, 17 | 747 – The Popped Grape |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Jan 16, 13 | 472 – The Stink of the Space Monkeys |
Okay, I’m kind of not-so-secretly proud of the title for today’s strip. I probably shouldn’t be. Marc has really been digging into these villain scenes and I couldn’t be happier with the result. What’s even more impressive is that he’s doing all this concurrently with his always hoppin’ commission work AND the extensive sketch work [...]
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May 8, 13 | 502 – The Presidio Thumb |
Aug 8, 16 | 688 – Zurida, The Peacemaker |
May 4, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 4 “Or Millions Will Die” |
Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
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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Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
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Aug 11, 22 | 914 – Time to Go |
There’s a lot I could say about this strip, but I think it’s better left for you guys below to get the conversation started. We had a great one a couple days ago and I don’t want to muddy the waters with my stupid thoughts… yet. For those looking for a refresher, this is not [...]
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Dec 9, 13 | 555 – She’ll Kill Them All |
Feb 3, 12 | Pg. 4 “Exile” |
Jul 1, 10 | 263 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 5 “A Parting Gift” |
Aug 18, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 4 “Justice” |
Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |