Marc just tears it up in these action sequences. I know they tax him, but it never shows in the work. Remember the couple from Texas?
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This one was not scripted to be double-sized. That was something Marc brought to the table and I think the moment here is served well by it. Additional kudos to Marc for pulling this strip out on time even after his Wacom tablet went kaput on him. Perfect excuse to not keep the schedule, but [...]
I really love how Marc is coloring these night scenes. I’d have probably (stupidly) used black. Marc is smarter than me. I appreciate all the great comments about how much (in general) you’re enjoying this latest chapter. It’s far and away the longest one yet and that’s very much on purpose, but it can strain [...]
Guest Strippin’ Xmas Continues! This one comes from longtime guest stripper, Crystal Murphy. Great callback to SF Chapter One. Thanks, Crystal!
And we’re back! Big thanks to the guest strippers last week for keeping the home fires burning. Not that I was entirely neglectful. “The Asthma Killer” blogs wrapped up last week as well. Hope every had a great Christmas and holidays. I know I did. Nice to be able to relax a little. We’re in [...]
Three fingers! Three fingers! Sorry. Thought I’d point it out first before another longtime reader notices for the first time.
Here’s a fan art drawn around the time of Chapter One. I don’t think I’d even revealed what Spy Gal’s feet looked like yet! Check out more of Winston Rowntree’s amazing work on his surreal and epic webcomic, Subnormality!
Just some beautiful, romantic work from Marc there. What a great ending for a chapter. HOWEVER, there’s still two strips left. That’s right folks, it all wraps up one week from today! Don’t forget to visit Brock’s new site over at brockheasley.com!
This is it! The penultimate strip of Chapter 12 “Jackpot!” Many of you were none too pleased after last week’s kiss. I can only imagine how you feel now. Don’t forget to visit my new site over at brockheasley.com!
I love happy endings, don’t you? Wanna read this chapter from the start? Begin here. Tomorrow, Marc and I will be recording a podcast with the great Tom Racine of Tall Tale Radio. We’ll be discussing this chapter, what comes next for The SuperFogeys and more. Tom will be watching today’s comments closely and will [...]
How freakin’ cool is this? Big thanks to SuperFan Kelsi Swensen for making my inbox very, very happy over the weekend. Now I want to play the video game!
This strip is a fun one because it catches new readers up with what’s going on while also placing a few easter eggs for longtime readers to catch. That ticker at the bottom of the screen isn’t just for show! Can you name the references? Bonus points if you can provide links. Don’t forget to [...]
We are now officially in a brand new era of The SuperFogeys. Jerry and Spy Gal are married. I thought it might be fun to take a look back at their romance from Spy Gal’s perspective. How did she get here? Which interactions were key? Call this The Annotated SuperFogeys: Spy Gal’s Perspective. The first [...]
File this under: things you didn’t know you wanted to see. You’re welcome, ladies. Don’t forget to visit Brock’s new site over at brockheasley.com!
I know you guys are always on the lookout for the small details in the strips (and with good reason!), but Marc has really upped the game. There’s some nice, subtle stuff going on in this strip that wasn’t scripted but that Marc threw in there because he’s the good kind of comic artist–he’s not [...]
FAN ART: The Fogeys and Dictator Tot by Kristie Metler
on February 21st, 2012Posted In: Uncategorized
SuperFan Kristie Metler send me this fun little piece just a bit ago. Once in a while, she draws pictures of characters for her kids and her choice on this particular day was the Fogeys! I love it. There’s something really pure about drawing strictly for your kids. Thanks, Kristie! Would you like to do [...]
I had a good laugh the other day when SuperFan Will Boyer guessed that Captain Spectacular was in the room with Jerry and Spy Gal. I thought everyone had forgotten that invisibility is one of his powers! Big thanks to Marc for pulling out all the stops for this double-sized episode! Been a lot of talk [...]
Talking heads, talking heads! SF features this kind of strip so rarely anymore that I know it’s a welcome relief for Marc when he gets one. Plus, I get to return to my first love: dialogue. Do you know what you’re missing at brockheasley.com? Come on over now and find out or I’ll kill your [...]
The noir layers are peeled back a bit here, but not completely. Again, I remind you that this was written a very, very long time ago. Before SuperFogeys Origins even started. I think I’d be much less wordy these days. Big thanks to artist Chip Skelton for his amazing work! Don’t know what incident with [...]
Meat of the story starts now and it occurs to me how this story has suddenly synced up with the current storyline, where Dr. Rocket is similarly imprisoned. Poor guy. At least he’s got cookies! Big thanks to artist Chip Skelton and colorist MAD Conk for the amazing work they did on this story.
I try to be more economical with my dialogue these days, but I admit that sometimes I miss the old days when I thought pictures were just the vessels that carried my words. Big thanks to artist Chip Skelton for letting me me run rampant! Dictator Tot has grown up quite a bit. Now, she [...]
This one takes me way back. Winston Rowntree is one of the most amazing, underknown webcomickers out there. You would do well to check out his always thought-provoking webcomic, Subnormality (warning: language). Thanks again, Winston!
Big thanks to artist Chip Skelton for the stellar job here. I love all this interplay and it’s so hard to do extended pieces like this in strip form. Great fun. Do you like sports? I don’t. Much. Come complain me and learn how soccer is really a threat to manhood over at my new [...]
Once again, a hearty thanks to artist Chip Skelton for his amazing work. It’s not easy to draw a page of talking heads and make it look dynamic, but Chip does it over several pages like it’s no big deal. On Wednesday, the SuperFogeys 2012 Teaser was accidentally posted late in the day. Did you [...]
Behold… The Thrice Evil in all his glory! I think this is the first time you online readers have seen Thrice at his prime. Quite the sight, eh? Big thanks to artist Chip Skelton and colorist MAD Conk for rendering him so beautifully. Sorry for the late post today! Internet outage left me unable to [...]
It pains me that I’ve never used these kids since writing this story years ago. It’s just such a fun idea and artist Chip Skelton did such a great job designing them. A superhero kid team made up of Unicef Collecting kids with halloween costumes and powers to match–why didn’t anyone ever think of it [...]
Creating the bulletin board o’ evidence was a fun exercise in diving back into the history of the strip and thinking about the things Spy Gal would see as relevant. Pretty much the same thing the readers saw, as it turns out! I love the way Marc drew Jerry’s reaction in the third panel. That’s [...]
Awwww… Chip Skelton once again rocks the Unicefs Upstarts in this, their one and very brief appearance. Next Friday we see the conclusion of this story. Be there! ONE WEEK TO THE AVENGERS! ONE WEEK TO THE AVENGERS! Who else is excited?
This isn’t exactly the team-up I think anybody saw coming, but here it is, the Fogey super team: Spy Gal, Swifty, Soviet Sam and Space Pig! Anyone whose name doesn’t start with an S need not apply. Avengers in four days! Avengers in four days! I know there have to be people who read SuperFogeys [...]
Space Pig didn’t even get a line! Not ONE line! Have you guys been over to Just the First Frame yet? It’s a great new webcomics aggregator that posts just the first panel of any new webcomic on its list. So cool. Great way to know what you’re clicking into. Check it out right here [...]
Big, big thanks to artist Chip Skelton for the great work he did on this whacked out character piece. It was a ton of fun just getting Cap, Spy Gal and Dr. Rocket in a room together and watch them go. Hope you guys dug it as well. Next week begins an all-new Origins tale: [...]
And now you know how Matt got started on his path to greatness and injury. Big, BIG thanks to artist Marjorie Rishel for her fine rendering of some pretty disparate locales. I kind of put her through the wringer with this story. Ever met a dragon? I pretty much have. New blog up at brockheasley.com: [...]
I think this is the first real action strip we’ve seen since Jerry took down the robot in Chapter 12. Reminds me just how GOOD Marc is at the action. Thankfully, there’s tons more action coming up and I’ll get to put Marc through a few more paces. I’ve always referred to The SuperFogeys as [...]
So now you know. Space Monkeys. They’re horrible. There’s been some discussion about what, if anything, makes Captain Spectacular weak. There’s even been some hints here and there and some of you have guessed, but I figured it was time to make it plain. Then I deleted the relevant dialogue from this strip. What remains [...]
I love the beard. If you don’t love the beard, I don’t want to hear from you. Want to know what Cap is thinking about? Check out this page from the SuperFogeys Origins story “The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular.” I finished the script for the SuperFogies Babies last week and I can’t wait for [...]
Strips like this are always a little difficult. There’s a lot going on in that last panel, but if you’re a new reader you’d really have no idea what any of it is. And there’s no way to communicate it to you succinctly. The perils of longform, story driven webcomics. I wouldn’t have it any [...]
Annnnnnd… WE’RE BACK! Did you miss us? Sorry for the brief hiatus, but it was necessary, believe me. Not like we’re making serious bank from this SuperFogeys endeavor (though I’m open to a change there) and a break now and again feels right to keep the fires stoked properly. Comic-Con and my 12th Anniversary felt [...]
Welcome to SuperFogeys Babies–the most ill-advised SuperFogeys Origins story yet! I know, I know. In the history of hacky ideas, is there one worse than doing baby versions of your characters? Probably not, but why let that stop us? I can only promise this: it’s gonna be FUN. My cohorts this time out are artist [...]
Finally! Your first look at the full roster of SuperFogeys Babies! I think Denver and Jeff did some remarkable design work. I worked up a sketch of the SuperFogeys as babies a couple years ago, but I just used their same costumes. Denver and Jeff designed entirely new looks for each of the characters and [...]
So sorry for the lateness of this page! Artist Denver Brubaker and colorist Jeff Couturier are real pros and had it done in time. I just forgot which day it was and didn’t get it up! That may be the lamest reason for a late page possible, but it’s true. It’s really too bad because [...]
Okay, I know last week I said page 3 was my favorite of this story, but now I think we have a new contender. It’s entirely possible I’m the only one so terribly amused by this story, but I don’t even care. Denver Brubaker’s toddler spin on my designs cracks me up . And Jeff [...]
Denver and Jeff continue to do an incredible job with this script. To my eyes, every script is looking better than the last. It’s just great, fun stuff. Many people warned me against this story, but if nothing else the art justifies it. I hope you’re all having as good a time as I am [...]
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 [...]
One of the things I love about working with a team is seeing what each individual brings to the table. Denver always paces out my scripts in a way I don’t expect and frames things in a way that lends maximum impact. Jeff then brings it to another level with his colors. I had no [...]
Hey all. Even though the SuperFogeys are taking a little break, Marc and I are still hard at work. And we’re using the extra time wisely–Marc has designed a bunch of new characters and even some new looks for old ones! This is the Spy Gal you’ll see in Chapter 15 – Invasion, Part Two: [...]
There’s just one week of this hiatus left! Starting today and through Friday–Guest Strips! Today I bring you this deep dive into arcane continuity from Gwen Patton. Gwen is riffing off of something revealed not too long ago–namely that there are Space Monkey’s and their poo has a strange property that can turn human beings [...]
Today’s strip is a tour de force and the result of a lot of hard work on Marc’s part. New characters are always a risky move because they take time away from the characters you love, but I think it’s important to establish that Valhalla is a lot bigger than we’re used to seeing. I [...]
Welcome back to SuperFogeys Origins and SuperFogeys Babies. Today’s page reveals the villain behind the Society of Heroes turning into babies, but if you want a refresher on the story so far, go on back to page one. It’s good stuff. Promise. Big thanks to artist Denver Brubaker and colorist Jeff Couturier. Do yourself a [...]
Y’know, for a long time it probably looked like SuperFogeys was the story of Captain Spectacular and his friends and enemies. Then, I think for a little while anyway, it turned into Jerry’s story. Now, I think in what we’re really seeing is Spy Gal’s story. SuperFogeys started with Spy Gal coming to Valhalla as, [...]
Double-sized strips are always an iffy proposition. They take more time, obviously, and they need to kind of justify their existence with a big deal event. Last week’s–with the introduction of a bunch of new characters–was a good example of a justified double-sized strip. Today’s strip, on the other hand, could have been broken into [...]
The second panel makes this page for me. The dialogue is pretty consistent with what I originally scripted, but artist Denver Brubaker and colorist Jeff Couturier took it to another level by actually visualizing what Dr. Rocket is describing. I laughed out loud when I saw it. Nice work, guys! That last panel is a [...]
This is it! The penultimate page of SuperFogeys Babies! Next week… the conclusion. However… there’s no way artist Denver Brubaker and colorist Jeff Couturier are going to top this page. When I saw the art for this, my jaw dropped. Hope you guys dig it half as much. Speaking of Denver, once SuperFogeys Babies wraps [...]
Marc knocked me out with the last panel. I’m guessing some of you as well. He’s got a new method for creating the art now, though it’s impossible for any of you to have noticed. Now, instead of roughing things out in blue pencil first, he’s doing his roughs digitally. This allows him to size [...]
Hey everybody, surprise update today! Marc got this sweet idea for a Fight Poster after reading some of the scripts for the strips that are just ahead. The Spy Gal-Zurida throw down promises to be EPIC. It all begins on Monday. I can’t wait to see what Marc does with it. And in case you [...]
And so it begins–the end game for this chapter. In this strip, Spy Gal and Zurida are referring to a conversation we’ve all already seen over in SuperFogeys Origins. Spy Gal’s Secret Mission is a more than worth a look, but it’s the last page that gives the lowdown on the bad blood on display [...]
A huge battle deserves a proper ramp up and that’s what you’ve gotten this week. Next week sees the fight begin in earnest and Marc and I are pulling out all the stops. We’re even approaching things a little differently, with Marc essentially assuming the role of co-plotter for the rest of this chapter as [...]
As you can see, the title of today’s strip is to be taken quite literally. Kudos to Marc for this strip and for the next several. As I think I mentioned last week, we did the end of this chapter a little differently in that I gave Marc a rough idea of what I wanted [...]
Debris! I love it when Marc gets to draw debris. Today is the last day to submit your guest strip for Guest Strippin’ Xmas 4! Send it along to me at bwhheasley (at) gmail (dot) com. See here for more details.
Hey, Merry Christmas everyone! Can you believe the above piece? I ask Marc very late last week if there was anything he might be able to do for Christmas and he came up with this in record time. I’m so over the moon in love with it. My wife is, too. She’s determined to get [...]
Happy New Year, everybody! As some of you may have noticed, guest strips were a little light this Christmas (thanks again, Crystal Murphy, for steppin’ up!). Marc did a beautiful piece to fill in the gap a bit, and now I thought I’d give it a try with my “guest” strip. How do you do [...]
