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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Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Aug 29, 16 | 694 – Soviet Sam Crackdown |
Nov 6, 19 | 810 – Meanwhile, In Las Vegas |
Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
Aug 5, 10 | 268 – Sick and Unflattering |
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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Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
Oct 11, 17 | 737 – Dastard Number Two |
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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Sep 10, 18 | Pg. 15 “Something Missing” |
May 21, 12 | 413 – The Sunway |
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Nov 18, 13 | 549 – Zurida’s Visitors |
May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
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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Nov 11, 10 | 284 – Pairing Off |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Jun 19, 08 | 140 – The Kindness of His Heart |
Oct 18, 06 | 25 – Pee On Swifty |
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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Nov 24, 14 | 639 – What She Had to Do |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
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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Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Oct 5, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 6 “The Lips That Should Not Be Touched” |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
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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Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
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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Jun 29, 11 | 329 – Ear Twist |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
Jun 21, 22 | 899 – Apocalyptic Lovers |
Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
Aug 8, 14 | Pg. 6 “Back From the Dead” |
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Dec 12, 16 | 718 – What is Deserved |
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Jul 13, 15 | 655 – He’s In |
Jan 6, 10 | Guest Strip by Jermaine McGruder of “Warrior Born!” |
Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
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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Mar 17, 14 | 580 – The Pleasure of Conquering |
Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Mar 1, 11 | Pg. 5 “Couture Fashion” |
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Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
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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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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Jul 1, 15 | 650 – GAH! Feelings! |
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Sep 25, 06 | 4 – Who is Coming to Valhalla? |
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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Sep 9, 11 | Pg. 1 “Blood on the Table” |
Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Dec 29, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel! |
Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
Feb 26, 18 | 766 – Always |
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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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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Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
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Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
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Jun 10, 11 | Pg. 9 “College Years” |
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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Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
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Oct 22, 06 | 28 – The Tragedy of Jerry |
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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Oct 19, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 8 “Back Home” |
Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
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Jun 22, 15 | 646 – Dark Maiden Wants What Now? |
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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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Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
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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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Apr 28, 14 | 590 – Will He Fight? |
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Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Feb 6, 12 | 384 – Taking It Well |
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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Jul 23, 18 | Pg. 8 “Better When She Was a Villain” |
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Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
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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Jul 23, 09 | 217 – Jerry’s Family? |
Nov 16, 06 | 44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed |
Nov 3, 06 | 31- Spittin’ Oatmeal |
Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
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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Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
Dec 29, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel! |
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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Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
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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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Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
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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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Sep 11, 19 | 799 – Redemption is Possible |
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Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
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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Dec 12, 12 | 466 – Tunnel Vision |
Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Oct 12, 11 | 354 – Snap Out of It! |
Dec 21, 11 | 373 – SWAT! |
Dec 15, 20 | 862 – That’s It!? |
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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Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Jul 20, 11 | 335 – Diagonally |
Mar 26, 14 | 583 – The Captain is Not as Alone as He Thinks |
Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
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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Aug 19, 13 | 527 – A Concerned Husband |
Mar 10, 14 | 578 – A Different Kind of Torture |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
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 9, 15 | 680 – Thrice Evil is Not Pleased |
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Feb 28, 18 | 767 – Done Pretending |
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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Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
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Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Feb 17, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 1 “Spy Gal” |
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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Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |
Oct 23, 19 | 806 – Space Pigs in the Forest |
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Oct 3, 11 | Chapter 8, “The Captain and the Spy” Recap by Nick Perkins |
Oct 7, 08 | 169 – Faker! |
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, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
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Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
Jan 12, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 1 “Sweet Samantha” |
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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Oct 20, 14 | 629 – Freaky Differences |
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Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
Feb 15, 12 | 387 – A Hot Shower |
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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Jan 3, 07 | 62 – Conditions of Release |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
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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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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Oct 21, 08 | 173 – The Blender of Vengeance |
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Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
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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Mar 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 9 “Mature Love” |
Jan 29, 14 | 567 – The Day Spa |
Jul 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
Aug 10, 20 | 843 – What About the Crawfish? |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
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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Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
Nov 28, 16 | 714 – Pathetic Counterpart |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Jan 10, 07 | 66 – Captain Spectacular’s Fear of Modern Technology |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
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Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
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Aug 20, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 12 “Party Hard” |
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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Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
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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Jan 23, 07 | 82 – Refuge in Dr. Klein’s Office |
Jul 20, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 1 “Entry” |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Jan 19, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 2 “Homewreckers” |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
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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Nov 12, 20 | 855 – Making Thrice Evil Sad |
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Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
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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Jan 25, 17 | 729 – After the Battle |
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Mar 23, 21 | 884 – No Good at This |
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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Jan 28, 13 | 475 – Too Old For This |
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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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Aug 1, 14 | Pg. 5 “Many Doors, All Locked” |
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Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
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Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
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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Jul 22, 10 | 266 – The Greatest Book Ever Written |
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Aug 24, 12 | Pg. 3 “Crybabies” |
Dec 24, 12 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys! |
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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Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
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Jan 22, 20 | 826 – Into the Suckface |
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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Mar 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
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Mar 4, 20 | 836 – Keep Away |
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Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
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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Apr 13, 12 | Pg. 8 “Enter: The Thrice Evil” |
Nov 5, 12 | 455 – You’re Not My Father! |
Oct 21, 11 | Pg. 4 “Zombie Madness” |
Dec 2, 10 | 287 – GAH! |
Sep 24, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Gwen Patton! |
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Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
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Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
Dec 5, 11 | 368 – Darn That Dr. Klein |
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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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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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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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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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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