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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Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
Jan 29, 20 | 828 – Sorry About the Torture |
Feb 11, 10 | 243 – A Deal is a Deal |
Mar 9, 12 | Pg. 3 “His Old Flame” |
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 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
Aug 7, 19 | 789 – The Mantle of Captain Spectacular |
Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
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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This is one of my favorites. I think it really brings home the idea that these guys are old. We don’t know how Mr. Crook died, but he was in a nursing home and that’s what people tend to do there so we don’t even wonder what the cause was. Maybe that’s a story I’ll [...]
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Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
Mar 15, 07 | 114 – Enter: Star Maiden |
Sep 28, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 5 “Mercenary Spies” |
Nov 6, 19 | 810 – Meanwhile, In Las Vegas |
Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
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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Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
Feb 4, 10 | 242 – Comfort Food |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
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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Apr 2, 14 | 585 – Atomic Fly’s Special Delivery |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Nov 22, 17 | 749 – Caught in the Act |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
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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Apr 9, 09 | 203 – Shame, Shame |
Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
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Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Nov 6, 19 | 810 – Meanwhile, In Las Vegas |
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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May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Dec 9, 08 | 186 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 3 “Going Up” |
Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Nov 9, 16 | 712 – Ah-ah-ah |
Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
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Jun 30, 14 | 605 – Underground Brawl |
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Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
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 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
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Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
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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Sep 26, 06 | 5 – The Urine of What!? |
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Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
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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Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
Sep 9, 19 | 798 – A Dark Past, A Questionable Present |
Sep 5, 16 | 696 – Account Closed |
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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Oct 30, 13 | 544 – Whose Mess Is It, Anyway? |
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Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Feb 16, 21 | 874 – The One True |
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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Jul 6, 12 | Pg. 4 “The Very, Very Long Battle” |
Jul 31, 13 | 522 – A Favor for Spy Gal |
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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This is the episode that almost never was. My original plan was to go from strip 26 to the last strip of Chapter 1–what is now strip 28. However, I realized fairly late in the game that I hadn’t really done anything to set up WHY CS and Spy Gal would get back together. I [...]
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I love Spy Gal. It’s probably the adolescent schoolboy in me, but I have a lot of fun teasing her and putting her in some horrible situations. It’s always fun to see what she’ll do. Gene is the stand-in for my fifteen-year-old self. And, in case you can’t make it out, the book Spy Gal [...]
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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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May 20, 10 | 257 – Blood on the Carpet |
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May 2, 12 | 408 – Remember Your Mission |
Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
Oct 9, 19 | 802 – Nothing More Important Than Loyalty |
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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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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Aug 3, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 3 “Hitting Bottom” |
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Oct 28, 10 | 282 – Mucking with Space and Time |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
I hate the first panel of this one. CS and Spy Gal just don’t look right and I don’t know what I was thinking. The entire point of this strip was to establish that Spy Gal is attracted to Dr. Klein. I don’t do anything more with it for the whole of Chapter 2, but [...]
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Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
Mar 18, 21 | 883 – Through the Mall! |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Jul 3, 15 | 651 – Duplicity |
Dec 19, 12 | 468 – Jerry’s Savior |
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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Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
Sep 18, 08 | 164 – Why “Tangerine?” |
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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Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
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Jul 30, 14 | 614 – The First Lady |
Dec 7, 16 | 717 – The Fury of Soviet Sam |
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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Jun 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
Sep 23, 13 | 537 – The Guthrie |
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Jan 14, 07 | 69 – Swifty’s Computer Problems |
Bingo Knight’s design came from the idea that he is essentially a super accountant. I mean, a super hero who settles Bingo scores? How could he be anything BUT an accountant? Once I knew that, all I had to do was put a dorky guy in a Knight costume and the idea sold itself.
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Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
Jun 14, 22 | 897 – Streaking Past |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Oct 7, 08 | 169 – Faker! |
I don’t know how much this strip actually adds to the plot, but it makes me laugh and sometimes that’s enough. A genuinely well-drawn Spy Gal in this strip, I think. She’s a tough one to draw just right and I always have a hard time with her hair.
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Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
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Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
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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Oct 25, 17 | 741 – Scumbag Jerry |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
Jan 8, 18 | 752 – Like Jerry |
Aug 8, 14 | Pg. 6 “Back From the Dead” |
I love Gene. He’s such a jerk and yet, I think, you feel sorry for him. I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s just me. I broke my rule of having Spy Gal being tough enough to defend herself because I couldn’t pass up the joke. I hope no one minded.
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Jan 15, 18 | 754 – Not Strong Anymore |
Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Dec 4, 13 | 554 – Not In a Way That Matters |
Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
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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Sep 12, 12 | 444 – A New Mission |
Dec 18, 19 | 820 – Heart-Stopping Great Looks |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Finally we’re back to the Fogeys. It was a conscious decision on my part to not have the Fogeys enter the stage for so many strips—six, to be exact. I wanted to try something new. Re-energize myself. I found I really missed them and the strip seems to come alive when they’re “on screen.” I [...]
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Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
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Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
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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Aug 12, 19 | 790 – Hey-O! |
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Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
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 18, 10 | 285 – Medical Centre |
Nov 13, 19 | 812 – Spy Gal Dual Wields |
Feb 2, 07 | 93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Jun 7, 22 | 895 – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop |
Gene’s closing line in panel one was originally something like “Give her your utmost respect.” I quickly discovered at the lettering stage that I didn’t have enough room for that. Thank goodness. I love that he just shouts “Respect!” Kinda’ thing that makes me laugh. Spy Gal threatening violence on a little girl makes me [...]
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Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Aug 12, 11 | Pg. 4 “Fear of the Space Pig” |
I don’t remember if this strip was done this way out of laziness or because I wanted to shake things up. Honestly, if I had to guess I’d say I was trying to shake things up. I think I was trying to create the feeling of overhearing the conversation before you really see who is [...]
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Oct 14, 08 | 171 – Hello, Karma |
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Nov 7, 16 | 711- Fallen Son |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
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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Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
I think my ink line is too thick in these middle Chapter 3 strips. Also, the camera is just a little too tight, a constant problem of mine overall. Knowing what I wanted to do with Dr. Klein by the end of this chapter, it was important to keep him present in the story. That’s [...]
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Jan 3, 07 | 62 – Conditions of Release |
I love the panel with the close-up of the hands. From the drawing to the colors, it just works. Too bad the rest of the strip doesn’t. A lot readers asked me what those sparks near Spy Gal’s wrist were in the last panel. Then answer: My feeble attempt at visually depicting her arthritis. …I [...]
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Jan 27, 07 | 87 – The Third Man is Not Pleased |
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Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Mar 25, 11 | Pg. 8 “Get Her” |
Jan 19, 14 | 564 – One Year Later |
Swifty coming in at the end was kind of cheap. I didn’t have a real gag for this one, and he usually does in a pinch. It was an important Dr. Klein moment though.
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Sep 24, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Gwen Patton! |
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Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
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Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
And now we see the real plan. Get the Captain on the computer to see his ex-wife. In the end, it’s kind of weak. There should have been something extra on the plan, or a bigger reaction from the Captain. It bears fruit, sure, but I think the Captain’s reaction could have been stronger and [...]
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That last panel of Star Maiden is something I’m really pleased with. I wanted a really fluid figure and I often have a hard time drawing women. I surprised myself here. For some reason, readers really latched onto the phrase “Spill it, Gramps!” I have no idea why. I didn’t think it was particularly funny. [...]
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Jan 8, 10 | Guest Strip by Cory Thomas of “Watch Your Head!” |
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Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
93 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular Met and Married Star Maiden
by Brock Heasley on February 2nd, 2007The genesis for this flashback came from Daniel Woodhouse, artist on “Thog Infinitron” and sometime artist of “Beaver and Steve.” I asked Dan to do a short backup story for the second SuperFogeys book and asked him what he wanted to draw. He said “Captain Spectacular fighting in the skies above a city. Maybe a [...]
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Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
May 14, 09 | 208 – Grab the Tush |
Nov 22, 06 | 49 – The Pen is Shinier Than the Sword |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
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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Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
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Aug 10, 20 | 843 – What About the Crawfish? |
Nov 9, 11 | 361 – The Whole Place is Coming Down |
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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May 30, 11 | 320 – One Thing Left |
Mar 4, 07 | 107 – Bubbles of Light 1 |
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Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
Sep 20, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 1! |
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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Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
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May 2, 08 | 85 – WebSpace Page: Spy Gal |
Kind of a weird way to start a chapter. You could argue that this really belongs in Chapter 3 (as it’s mostly old business), but I knew Dr. Klein was going to be disappearing for the bulk of the chapter and wanted to make sure he got in there in some way so that things [...]
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Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
Aug 15, 14 | Pg. 7 “Kill ‘Em All” |
Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
Nov 21, 11 | 364 – Comrade |
After the reveal of the last chapter that Dr. Klein is the Third Man, everything he says is just a little more sinister. This is my playing with that a bit. Artistically, this strip is bunk. Nothing looks right and that third panel is atrocious.
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Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
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Aug 19, 10 | 273 – All Is Revealed |
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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Mar 23, 11 | 301 – Hmph |
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May 2, 18 | 783 – FINALLY! |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
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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Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
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Jul 6, 15 | 652 – On the Great Wall |
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 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
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Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
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Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Oct 30, 19 | 808 – 2.5 Seconds Later |
Nov 5, 12 | 455 – You’re Not My Father! |
Mar 3, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 3 “The Captain and Jerry” |
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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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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Jun 12, 13 | 512 – The Worst Thing That’s Ever Happened to Swifty |
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Feb 21, 18 | 765 – The Spark Between Them |
Jun 25, 09 | 213 – Bubbles of Light 4 |
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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Nov 18, 19 | 813 – Villains Landing |
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Mar 28, 11 | 302 – Don’t Remember Any of This |
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I did it. I did a strip with no males in it. In one sense, I really like writing women. It’s different and it’s fun to get outside of myself like that. On the other hand…I”m no woman. There’s a lot going on here. Star Maiden is obviously not on the same page as Spy [...]
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Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
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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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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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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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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