HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, SUPERFOGEYS So…I was so up in my own chili last week that I completely missed the boat on acknowledging the anniversary of the SuperFogeys. It was three years ago last week, on September 25th, 2006, that I showed the first SuperFogeys strip to the world (well, MySpace). This is what it looked [...]
UPDATE! KRISHNA POSTS THE ROUGH THUMBNAILS TO THIS PAGE! Over at his PC Weenies site, Krishna has posted the thumbnails to this very page. Krishna’s thumbs are better than a lot of people’s finished art and I think I probably could have gotten away with just posting those and a lot of you might not [...]
A VERY MERRY GUEST STRIPPIN’ CHRISTMAS Iiiiiit’s that time again. As per usual, I’ll be taking a week or two off around Christmas time to spend time with my family and recharge my batteries a bit. This past year in SF has taken more out of me than I thought it would–writing SFO and doing [...]
UPDATED! SEE THE ROUGHS TO THIS PAGE! Over on his own site, Krishna has posted the roughs for the page you see above. There’s so much energy to Krishna’s original ideas. Definitely worth a look. THE FIGHT IS ON! If you dig the art above as much as I do, be sure and check out more [...]
THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 233 Spy Gal’s suspicion of Dr. Klein has a bit of a history to it, going all the way back to when the Valhalla computers went a little screwy in Chapter 3 and Spy Gal was determined to get to the bottom of it. But, when she confronted Dr. Klein with the [...]
UPDATE – KRISHNA POSTS THUMBNAILS TO THIS PAGE (BOTH VERSIONS!) AND TALKS ABOUT WORKING ON SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS IN A “MICROCAST!” And you can check it all out right here! THANK YOU, KRISHNA SADASIVAM! A big round of applause, please, for the fantastic job Krishna Sadasivam did on the art for this story. He came in to [...]
GUEST STRIPPIN’ XMAS COMES A BIT EARLY! This is my last guest strip received, and the first one posted. I gave it the primo Thursday, Christmas Eve spot for obvious reasons. Rufus just did a bang up job bringing in the holiday cheer here and I could fathom waiting to show it to you. RUFUS [...]
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope everyone had a great 2009 and that 2010 is even better. I’ll be back Jan. 12. See you then! WELCOME TO GUEST STRIPPIN’ XMAS! From December 28th until January 11th, SuperFans of the SuperFogeys with talent to spare have taken over this space and will be bringing you their unique takes [...]
WELCOME TO GUEST STRIPPIN’ XMAS! From December 28th until January 11th, SuperFans of the SuperFogeys with talent to spare have taken over this space and will be bringing you their unique takes on the characters you all know so well. Enjoy! JOE COOK SHOWS GENE WHAT’S WHAT! How great is the ending to this strip? [...]
WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS, ROSSANA BUGINI! Today’s origin has been a long, long time in coming. I first wrote the script back in June of 2009. Rossana had the art done on the 9-page story a short two months later. Since then, the posting of the story has been delayed for various reasons, not the [...]
THE ANNOTATED “SIX WIVES” PAGE 2 While this is the first we’ve seen of the Captain’s second wife, Betty Hofstadt, we’ve known that Star Maiden was one of Captain Spectacular’s ex -wives for a while. Check out this flashback to see what we know so far. Come on back next for the full look into why [...]
THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 241 Seems like a good time to take a look back at Tom his journey in SuperFogeys and SuperFogeys Origins, don’t it? Tom’s first appearance Tom’s struggles with Jetpack addicition Tom meets with his father at Valhalla Tom talks about his mother Tom gets a girlfrend Tom introduces his father to the [...]
THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT I’m gonna cut right to the chase here: I have a shot at a contract with DC Comics. This is it. This is what I’ve been waiting to tell you for months now. This is the “secret comics project.” What is it? It’s the story of a old movie theater [...]
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 [...]
CHAPTER 8 – “THE CAPTAIN AND THE SPY” Very, very short chapter this time around. About 7 weeks. I know, I know. Don’t think I can do it, do you? Just watch me. Special thanks to Monsterplex colorist Michael DeVito for the assist with this strip. He helped me see the temperature of this chapter [...]
‘SIX WIVES’ ENDS I think today’s conclusion to the ‘Six Wives’ storyline is probably more of a whimper than a bang, but I think that’s important. The story isn’t really over, is it? In fact, this story kind of dovetails nicely with the current SuperFogeys chapter, Chapter 8 – The Captain and the Spy. Big, [...]
RESPONSE TO “THE SIX WIVES OF CAPTAIN SPECTACULAR” Just wanted to take a second to thank everyone for their positive responses to the ‘Six Wives’ origin tale. At 9 pages and mostly filled with dry narration, I wasn’t really sure how it would go over. My impression had been that your response to the story [...]
REVENGE It’s an interesting dilemma. If someone you loved was killed and you had the power, would you go after the one who hurt them? Well, would you? SUPERFOGEYS IN JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE??? (NO, BUT…) How crazy is this? This is from super commenter Cartoonist Will, also the creator behind The Misadventures of SuperMilo! What do [...]
REVENGE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING HUMAN Last week a lot of great comments were generated when I asked the question “If someone you loved was killed and you had the power, would you go after the one who hurt them?” The responses were as varied as you might expect. From the extreme “YES!” to [...]
SPY GAL FAN ART! By far the most popular subject for SuperFogeys fan art is Spy Gal. It’s not hard to see why and, truthfully, depictions of her never get old for me. Everyone’s takes are so different from each other. Stepping into the fray with a gorgeously penciled piece is new SuperFogeys SuperFan, Cliff [...]
CHAPTER 9 “HEAD GAMES” BEGINS! MAN, does it feel good to finally be here! Head Games is probably the chapter I’ve most been looking forward to. Despite this low key beginning, there’s gonna be some meaty stuff for you guys to unpack as we go forward. Here’s hoping I can pull it off and you [...]
T.L. COLLINS BUSTS OUT THE BRILLIANCE I love this page. I think it’s a bit of risk, storytelling wise, but I think it works and T.L. just brought his A game to the page. Be sure and check out the fantastic work he’s doing on his own webcomic, Bullfinch. BACK IN FIGHTING SHAPE I spent the [...]
THE TROUBLE WITH SOVIET SAM PAGE 3 So…you may have noticed that this page is missing some colors and some elements of the panels seem out of whack. T.L. and I regret bringing the page to you this way, but we figured this was better than no page at all. The sad truth is that T.L. [...]
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: T.L. COLLINS ENDS HIS RUN ON SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS I knew this day was coming, but I was hoping to put it off as long as possible. T.L. was the artist that made SuperFogeys Origins possible. The first to say yes and the only one to take it on as a regular gig. Without [...]
WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS, CORY THOMAS! If there’s one thing the SuperFogeys is known for, it’s action. Strike that. Opposite of that. Action is exactly what’s going to make “Spy Gal’s Secret Mission”–a mostly silent tale–so special. It’s an experiment I hope you enjoy as much as we do. Cory, artist and colorist of this short, [...]
SILENT RUNNING So. Much. Violence. Kids, turn away. Today’s break from verbosity comes to us courtesy of Cory Thomas, the creator of Watch Your Head. Watch it now! IN SATURDAY’S LOCAL NEWS…WEBCOMIC ARTIST CONFUSES READERSHIP WITH OLD SCHOOL ATTIRE, NEW SCHOOL CREATIVITY Last week I told you about an interview I did with Mike Osgueda at [...]
DON’T MESS WITH SPY GAL. SERIOUSLY. OR CORY THOMAS. Without any speedlines or sound fx, Cory Thomas has perfectly captured Spy Gal’s journey downward to the door to the unseen person who speaks the first words of this up-til-now silent tale. That’s quite the feat. Hats off to you, Cory. Can’t wait to see what you [...]
WELCOME TO A SPECIAL MONDAY SUPERFOGEYS UPDATE! This is it! The beginning of a substantial increase in updates for the month of August. Check the schedule below to see how it all shakes out. UPDATED AUGUST SCHEDULE Tuesday, Aug. 10 – SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, pg. 4 (final page) Thursday, Aug. 12 – [...]
THE ANNOTATED SPY GAL’S SECRET MISSION This was a story that was a bit of an experiment and was a challenge for both me and artist Cory Thomas (Go read Watch Your Head!) If you can’t tell already (and if you can’t then you must be brand, brand new to the strip–hey, welcome!), I kind [...]
UPDATE! BRAND NEW INTERVIEW! This week I had a chance to get together with Holiday Wars writer and blogger supreme Scott King to talk about SuperFogeys in a whole new way. Not only did we talk a lot about the upcoming big reveal next week, but we went in depth into my writing process, the themes of [...]
THE BIGGEST WEEK FOR SUPERFOGEYS…EVER. THIS IS IT! Today begins a short run of four consecutive update days, all leading into the big, triple-sized ending to Chapter 9, Head Games. Tell the neighbors and gather the kids. This is the big one. If you’re new to the SuperFogeys, welcome. You’ve come in at the just the right [...]
IF YOU READ ONE SUPERFOGEYS COMIC THIS YEAR… It must be tomorrow’s comic! Everything you’ve seen thus far has been leading to what you’re going to see tomorrow. And everything you see after tomorrow will come from SuperFogeys 273 – “All is Revealed.” You don’t want to miss it. New to the SuperFogeys? Chapter One [...]
MONSTERPLEX IS BACK! I’ve been promising for a while now that my Zuda-winning/Zuda-booted comic, Monsterplex, would be coming back–at least enough so I can show you all the work we did that you never got to see. If you head on over to the Monsterplex blog right now you’ll see that I’ve begun posting those [...]
WELCOME TO A SPECIAL SATURDAY UPDATE! This is the penultimate strip of Operation: Valhalla – The DIRECT SuperFogeys Prequel. Hope you all have been digging it so far. This is the first appearance of Spy Gal’s family, but most of you will remember them from Chapter 7, Visiting Day. Last strip of this story is tomorrow, see you [...]
OPERATION: VALHALLA ENDS HERE! And now you see how it all began. This strip was tricky. It’s the only one that I can remember that has both Jerry and Dr. Klein in it at the same time. The artist, Mike Hartigan, had no clue about the link between them and, for some reason, removed the [...]
WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS, LEE CHEROLIS! For you new readers (and there have been a lot of you lately), Back in May of this year I ran a contest to see choose who would draw the next, great origin–Spy Gal’s. Over the course of several weeks, many wonderful artists submitted their own version of Spy [...]
BUBBLES OF LIGHT BEGINS NOW! Welcome to Chapter 10 of the SuperFogeys, Bubbles of Light. If chapters 1-5 are Volume One (available for sale in print here), and chapters 6-9 are Volume 2 (available in print pending demand!), then today officially kicks off Volume 3! I don’t want to say too much about what this chapter [...]
LEE CHEROLIS STEPS UP HIS GAME! How beautiful is that page? I’ll admit I wasn’t entirely sure about Lee’s approach to color on this art–it’s a lot stronger than what I’m used to. But I gotta say my reservations were unfounded. He knows his art well and this is just firing on all cylinders. And [...]
MONSTERPLEX IS OVER All of the unseen Monsterplex (my Zuda Winning/Zuda Booted comic, co-created with David Schlotterback and colored by Michael DeVito) pages are now out there for your consumption, along with two unproduced script pages. Head on over to monsterplex.com and lament what might have been! CHARACTERS PAGE UPDATED Do you use the handy [...]
GORGEOUS PAGE I’ve just been really knocked out by the work Lee Cherolis has been doing on the art for this story. Hope you guys agree. See you on Thursday with SuperFogeys 276! A special visitor is coming to Valhalla…
A SURPRISE VISITOR! Yeah, you all tried to guess who it was going to be and no one got it right. But I set you up for failure. I’m mean like that. Today’s strip kicks Bubbles of Light into high gear. Crazy fun ahead. THE SUPERFOGEYS AT RECESS Was hanging out with my daughter Elora (7-years-old [...]
THE THING THAT AMAZES ME ABOUT THE WORK THAT LEE CHEROLIS IS DOING ON THIS ORIGIN… …is how wonderful the color is. The pages look one way in their black and white form, but then Lee adds all kinds of dimension and details with his color. It really is the whole package. Too often in [...]
YOUNG SPY GAL If you’d like to know more about Spy Gal’s younger years, might I recommend her origin, currently running on Tuesdays in SuperFogeys Origins with art by the talented Lee Cherolis? Check it out right now! CHANGE IN THE APPROACH TO THE COLORING I don’t know if any of you noticed, but this week [...]
IS IT HOT IN HERE? Greeting, SuperFans! I do believe the sexy quotient has gone up considerably today. Blame the amazing Spy Gal origin artist Lee Cherolis. And me. A little. I mean, I guess I wrote it. I think we’re skirting the edge of acceptable content here, but we don’t do these things for no [...]
REMIND ME TO DO/NOT DO THAT AGAIN… Today’s strip is another example of a time when my reach has exceeded my grasp. As both writer and artist, I have the luxury of scripting things that I know I can draw. But, every once in a while, I bring the story to a point where I [...]
SUPERFOGEYS TURNS FOUR, I TURN TO YOU In case you missed it (I did), the SuperFogeys turned four last month, on the 22nd of September. September 22nd, 2006 was the first day I ever posted a SF strip online–on MySpace, if you can believe it. And now here we are. I’ve reached the point in [...]
UPDATE! READER GREG BULMASH BREAKS IT DOWN! I’ve gotta thank Greg for this. He posted it earlier today in the comments and it just made me smile. He puts the point across in a way that I, as the person asking for the donation, would be too ashamed to. So just know that I didn’t [...]
PAGE 7, “BOOM” In a lot of ways this is my favorite page of this story. I think that’s true for Lee as well. I think it’s fair to say that we’ve gone into some uncharted territory here (for The SuperFogeys) and that’s kind of fun to see. Don’t you think? WALLPAPER AND DONATIONS UPDATE Well, [...]
THE THIRD GIRL After 21 weeks, my wife and I have finally decided to make the impending arrival of our third child and girl public knowledge. She’ll be arriving on February 18th of next year and we’re incredibly happy about it. How this impacts the SuperFogeys remains to be seen…but don’t worry, I’m taking measures! [...]
THE SPY GAL ORIGIN ENTERS ITS LAST ACT We’re in the home stretch now! Just 3 more pages after this one and then You’ll know everything you need to know about Spy Gal before she joined the Society of Heroes (if not everything there IS to know). The amazing art is, always, by Lee Cherolis who [...]
UPDATE! THE SPY GAL FAN ART YOU HAVE TO SEE! This is just came across my inbox. Inspired by your comments on today’s Spy Gal page, SuperFan Gwen Patton (the creative force behind Jenny Everywhere’s Infinite: Quark Time) came up with this fan art featuring Spy Gal eating fried chicken. Gwen calls this a new [...]
NOT THE LAST PAGE…BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN One of the things Lee did after he read my script for the Spy Gal Origin was to immediately demand that we split the last page into two. My challenge as a writer is always to script these things into the number of pages the artist is willing [...]
THE SPY GAL ORIGIN COMES TO A CLOSE How about a big round of applause for Lee Cherolis for the great job he did on this story? From the Spy Gal Art Contest in May until now, it’s been a long road for Lee to get to this point and I for one think did a [...]
MONSTER I’ll tell you what’s a monster–THIS STRIP! I knew for a while how I wanted to handle the monster, but when it came to doing it–that was another bit of business altogether. This reminded me a lot of my first foray into comics making with the art of inking. I really love inking other [...]
DID YOU SEE THE NEW SUPERFOGEYS ORIGIN? Two days ago, a brand new SuperFogeys Origin started with art by Steve “Moon Town” Ogden, featuring none other than The Thrice Evil. Many of you went over the moon for Steve’s artwork and requested wallpapers for your desktops. Well, Steve is such a nice guy that he went ahead [...]
TODAY’S STRIP There’s a lot to be said about today’s strip, but I’m gonna let you guys say it below. But, for the record: Sexiest. Shoulder. Pop. Ever. DICTATOR TOT – LOCAL HERO?!? As some of you may recall, the villain that menaced our heroes through chapters 3-5, Dictator Tot, was loosely based on my daughter, [...]
WELCOME TO GUEST STRIPPIN’ XMAS! For the next two weeks, other artists and writers will be taking over the SuperFogeys while I take a short break to catch my breath. 2010 was a whirlwind year for SF and I need it! THE MYSTERIOUS CRYSTAL MURPHY RETURNS! Crystal Murphy doesn’t have a webcomic that I know [...]
MARJORIE RESHEL BREAKS IT ALL DOWN IN HILARIOUS FASHION! Only a true blue SuperFogeys fan could have crafted this. This is a knowing, detailed, mythology and character-rich guest strip that had me laughing out loud for quite a while. Marj is a semi-regular commenter in these parts, but she’s clearly ALWAYS paying attention. She’s a [...]
WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS, CHRIS WATKINS! I have nothing but good things to say about my collaboration with Chris Watkins. Not only has he been a dream to work with, but the storytelling choices he makes and the very defined, cartoony spin he puts on things leaves me a bit jealous. And those colors! Chris’s [...]
THIS IS A BIG WEEK FOR ME I put the finishing touches on the second draft of me memoir this week. It’s done and ready to be sent off to agents and publishers. That’s a crazy feeling, but sad. I think I enjoy the actual process of writing more than I do having done it. [...]
