What’s sadder than a guy who can run really fast that’s stuck behind a walker? The answer is nothing, my friends, nothing. That’s what makes Swifty so much fun–we all know exactly why he’s so bitter and grumpy and you just can’t blame the guy. For Swifty’s design, I couldn’t make him look too much [...]
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This is the strip that finally broke me. I enjoy the dialogue here a lot, but the art is the (seemingly) umpteenth strip made out of spare parts. This is when I realized things had to change.
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Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Jun 24, 13 | Bubbles of Light 0 |
Aug 5, 13 | 523 – The Big Slam |
Mar 27, 07 | 126 – Who the @#$% is the Third Man? |
Jul 17, 15 | 657 – The Most Difficult Thing Swifty Has Ever Done |
I love this little experiment. It’s two jokes, one the main plot and one a jokey subplot, that don’t work so well on their own but that compliment each other, I think, pretty well. Jerry’s frustration here is my own. Sleep, it seems, will always be denied me. I had no idea the Space Pig [...]
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Jun 19, 13 | 514 – The Handover |
Nov 30, 10 | SF Origins: The Death of Mr. Crook, Pg. 3 “A Man Dies, An Idea is Born” |
Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
This first strip in chapter 2 is all about setting up the game and introducing Dr. Klein, an obviously important figure at Valhalla. When I started the SuperFogeys, I always had it in the back of my mind that I would need to create a “man-in-charge” at some point. Dr. Klein, with his german name [...]
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Jan 17, 07 | 72 – Dictator Tot’s Marching Orders |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
Apr 8, 10 | 251 – One-On-One |
Like Spy Gal in Chapter 1, I had spent two strips building up the arrival of the Healer. I wanted his entrance to be important and surprising. Originally, the Healer was going to be an old man in a cloak. Much more like Dr. Strange or something like that. After being comfortable with that for [...]
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Jul 2, 18 | Pg. 5 “Promise” |
Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
Jan 18, 12 | 379 – A True Hero |
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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Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Dec 25, 09 | Merry Christmas From Swifty (2009) |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
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 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
Jul 16, 18 | Pg. 7 “Passion Enough to Change a Heart” |
May 14, 14 | 595 – Gotta Get Some Internet |
May 28, 14 | 599 – Bubbles of Light Sideways |
I knew the back half of this chapter would be light on the Swifty, so I wanted to make sure his last time in the spotlight was a memorable one. Everyone seems to have a different favorite Swifty ailment, but the one I like the best (and the first one I wrote) is the one [...]
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Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Aug 15, 12 | 436 – Bigger in Person |
Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
Jun 20, 12 | 422 – Whoof! |
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Aug 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
Oct 29, 14 | 532 – The Lynchpin |
Oct 3, 12 | 446 – General Spy Gal |
Mar 20, 07 | 119 – #@$% Heroic |
May 19, 14 | 596 – That’s the Mission |
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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Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Nov 13, 06 | 41 – Swifty’s Litany |
Oct 29, 12 | 453 – Buried Weapons |
Jun 25, 18 | Pg. 4 “The Greatest Woman Who Ever Lived” |
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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Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
Jul 6, 11 | 331 – Paradise |
Mar 25, 07 | 124 – Shooting |
Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
Mar 26, 12 | 398 – Rookie Hero Move |
Whew. What a mother of a strip this was. For those of your keeping track at home, that’s 21 panels there. This marks Swifty’s return to the story after an absence of about 18 srips. I wanted it to be huge and Swifty playing frustrated is just fun. Originally, the last panel was silent—no joke. [...]
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Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Aug 8, 16 | 688 – Zurida, The Peacemaker |
Oct 16, 08 | 172 – The Superhero Code |
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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Aug 10, 16 | 689 – Zurida, the Mother |
Jul 4, 11 | 330 – Swim City |
Jun 26, 08 | 142 – Back in Hel |
Sep 30, 13 | 539 – Spy Gal Beats Up Somebody |
Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
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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Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
May 5, 08 | 102 – WebSpace Page: Swifty |
Sep 23, 16 | Guest Strip by Alethea Lim (Alecat)! |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Jan 18, 12 | 379 – A True Hero |
The Swifty-Jerry dynamic is one of my favorites, and this is one of my favorite exchanges that I’ve had a chance to write. I love how Jerry just ignores Swifty. A fun strip that segued into one of the biggest mistakes I ever made with the SuperFogeys…
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Sep 14, 11 | 351 – Dreams Come Crashing In |
Apr 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 8 “Ticking Bomb” |
Feb 27, 12 | 390 – Bubbles of Light 7 |
Dec 3, 09 | 236 – You Have to Be Careful Who You Let Into Your Life |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Could I just not be bothered to draw backgrounds this time? Looks like. Still, the colors are pretty, right? Right? I try to make the Space Pig be an animal of as few words as possible. You never quite know where he’s coming from, I think. He’s a popular character, so he must be [...]
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Apr 16, 18 | 778 – Sam’s Guilt |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
Aug 13, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 11 “Erased” |
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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Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Feb 9, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 5 “Michelle Masters” |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
Aug 28, 15 | 675 – Crossing Worlds |
Feb 25, 13 | 483 – Bubbles of Light 8 |
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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Jul 25, 11 | 336 – Walking Diagonally |
Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
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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Jul 7, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 21 “Sayonara, Sucker!” |
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Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
Dec 25, 09 | Merry Christmas From Swifty (2009) |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
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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Jan 4, 17 | 723 – Ascendant |
Dec 5, 16 | 716 – Boy Haircut |
Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
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I had a TON of fun with this episode. Webcomics can, at times, be a bit of a grind. That schedule, even at just twice a week, can be killer. A visually interesting episode like this where I get to play with depth of field and extreme reactions is just a blast. I had only [...]
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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 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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Sep 21, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 2! |
Aug 13, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 11 “Erased” |
Nov 5, 14 | 634 – Twin Plots |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
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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Dec 25, 08 | Merry Christmas From The SuperFogeys (2008) |
Jan 18, 11 | SF Origins: The Thrice Evil, Pg. 5 “Hungry” |
Mar 3, 07 | 106 – What’s in the Box? |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
My mother hates the language in the SuperFogeys. This bleeped out stuff isn’t for her. Can’t imagine what she’d say if I didn’t censor. Personally, I can’t stand foul language. I think I’ve said the “F” word twice in my life. Once out of anger and another time by accident. Both times, it ruined my [...]
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Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Sep 10, 09 | 224 – The Race |
Aug 31, 11 | 347 – Witch Fontana’s Fortunate Fortunes |
Oct 8, 12 | 447 – Enemy Target Identified |
A transitional strip. I hate these. Usually, I’m able to cover it up better with a joke, but not so much here.
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Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
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Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
The plot of this particular strip was pretty simple: Jerry and Dictator Tot play Wii Bowling. DT loses. DT pulls out a gun. Here’s the script, as originally written: 123 – 1: DT assuming the bowling stance. DT: Bowling is very simple. The remote is like the ball. You pull it back with the button… [...]
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Sep 30, 10 | 278 – The Others |
Jul 1, 11 | Pg. 12 “Comic Book Clothing Physics” |
Sep 1, 14 | 622 – Portalmaker |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Jan 19, 07 | 76 – Space Pig’s Feelings Get Hurt |
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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Oct 3, 06 | 11 – The Power Dampener |
Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
Jan 1, 10 | Guest Strip by Chris Watkins of “Odori Park!” |
Oct 17, 18 | HUGE NEWS! SuperFogeys Volume One—Inaction Heroes now on Kickstarter! |
Oct 5, 16 | 704 – Ankle Biters |
I love this strip. You need that reaction to the name “Third Man” and the leap in logic Star Maiden makes here is a nice shout-out to one of my heroes, Orson Welles. Some day, I have to actually draw a Zombie Orson Welles. In that first panel, Dictator Tot is being removed from the room [...]
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Feb 6, 07 | 96 – Portal? |
Dec 21, 16 | 721 – Requiem for Money Man |
May 15, 08 | SF Collection #2 Cover |
Mar 20, 13 | 490 – Two Thirds of a Secret Revealed |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
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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Sep 22, 06 | 1 – Introducing Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket! |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
May 19, 14 | 596 – That’s the Mission |
Dec 18, 08 | 189 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 6 “The Medallion” |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
Here’s a bit of a storytelling trick…by keeping Dr. Rocket out of the strip for several weeks (off camera–he was in the room the whole time), I make his appearance in the last panel just that much more surprising. That’s the hope anyway. It all seems terribly convenient, I agree. You’re supposed to be thinking [...]
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Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
Oct 17, 11 | 355 – Bubbles of Light 6 |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Mar 14, 07 | 113 – “THAT’S NOT FAIR!” |
Aug 6, 14 | 616 – One of Zurida’s |
How did I go this long without a “When Pigs Fly” joke? That first panel was a challenge for me. In case you haven’t already been able to tell, perspective isn’t my strong suit. Still, I’m pleased with how it turned out. I think it works for what it is. Again, Star Maiden is just [...]
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Aug 3, 12 | Pg. 6 “Inevitably Betrayed” |
Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
May 7, 14 | 593 – When Did Swifty Die? |
Jun 30, 14 | 605 – Underground Brawl |
Sep 23, 10 | 277 – Judging the Future |
Had a blast with the first panel. I love drawing Mr. Crook, design courtesy of Eskimo Dave creator Mike Hartigan. I wish he wasn’t dead. Check back to Episode 10 of Chapter 1 for a part of Mr. Crook’s story. Mustache on Captain Spectacular doesn’t look too bad. A little more insight on the Jerry/Swifty [...]
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May 13, 10 | 256 – A Misnomerstanding |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
This is a mean, mean cliffhanger. I don’t know that it’s fair to end this chapte like this, but it really couldn’t end any other way. Thematically, the next chapter has to begin a few seconds after Dr. Rockets declaration of good news and bad news. I’m hoping it’ll make sense why I did it [...]
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That profile pic of Jerry is my most favorite drawing of him that I’ve done. It just captures him so perfectly. The first mission of the Society of Heroes is a tale I want to tell. It should appear as a backup story in a future SuperFogeys book. Watch for that.
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Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
Aug 3, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 3 “Hitting Bottom” |
This has the worst SuperFogeys drawing I’ve ever done or likely will do. That photo of young Swifty and his car is just atrocious. The less said here the better.
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May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
Apr 13, 11 | 307 – T-Magus |
Oct 28, 10 | 282 – Mucking with Space and Time |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
May 7, 14 | 593 – When Did Swifty Die? |
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Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Aug 10, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 4 “Courtesy Call” |
Apr 13, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 1 “Troubled Birth” |
Jan 30, 13 | 476 – Regret |
Feb 17, 12 | Pg. 2, “Devil Horned Goodbye” |
This is the cover to Book 2, which collected both all of Chapter 3 and the backup story, “Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden in the Inevitable Dimension.”
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May 27, 11 | Pg. 7 “In the Future” |
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Jul 4, 14 | Pg. 1 “One Month Later” |
Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
With Chapter 4 complete, it’s time to roll out Book #3! This cover was a collaboration between me and the artist known only as Jorzac. He generously provided pencils and then those are my sloppy inks slapped on top. Colors byMADConk. Thanks, Jorzac! Collection #3 of course contains the entirety of Chapter 4, along with a [...]
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Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
Dec 9, 08 | 186 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 3 “Going Up” |
Mar 27, 07 | 126 – Who the @#$% is the Third Man? |
Jul 30, 09 | 218 – Good Friends |
UPDATE! COLLECTION #4 NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER! This is it! The cover to the fourth collection of the SuperFogeys. Dare I say it’s our best one yet? Didn’t start out that way though. Th3rd World Publisher Michael DeVito deserves all the credit in the world for the stellar job he did on the coloring for [...]
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Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
Oct 2, 06 | 10 – Why Spy Gal Came to Valhalla |
Dec 27, 11 | Guest Strip by Dan White! |
Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Jul 31, 13 | 522 – A Favor for Spy Gal |
THE TEASER FOR CHAPTER 7, “VISITING DAY” Chapter 6, “Funeral for a Frenemy” is over! The Dr. Rocket we knew was really the impostor Herman! The real Dr. Rocket is back! So…now what? What happens in “Visiting Day?” I cannot tell, but I can tease… Spoiler Alert! Skip to the next section of the post [...]
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Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
Aug 1, 14 | Pg. 5 “Many Doors, All Locked” |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Jul 3, 13 | 518 – The Last Secret |
Commentary I’m proud to say that no one guessed how in the world the cliffhanger from the end of the last chapter would resolve itself. The nice thing about doing a humor strip is that, at times, the humor can be a convenient “out” of a storytelling situation and somehow it doesn’t feel cheap. In [...]
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May 13, 13 | 503 – Money Man vs. Zurida |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
Oct 22, 12 | 451 – Will Tangerine Help? |
Sep 28, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 5 “Mercenary Spies” |
Sep 2, 11 | Pg. 7 – “Silent Heart” |
Commentary This strip hearkens back to something set up in Star Maiden’s WebSpace page, namely that she was a webcam girl. I had a lot of fun with the second panel in trying to make Star look both sexy and deranged. The drool pretty much sold it. Swifty’s feeling at the end of this strip pretty [...]
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Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
Feb 23, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 8 “The Return of Zurida” |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
BRIAN ANDERSON Today’s amazing spotlight on Dr. Rocket comes to us from Brian Anderson of the nationally syndicated comic strip,Dog Eat Doug! Brian is doing me a huge favor this week as last week’s ER visit really threw me off my game. Look at the detail in the good Doctor’s face! Amazing work, Brian, and [...]
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Jul 31, 08 | 150 – Star Maiden and Clovis the Bear |
Feb 5, 07 | 95 – Flying Away |
Nov 12, 13 | 548 – Of Course He’s Working with the Aliens |
Dec 28, 09 | Guest Strip by Don Oskowski of “Conduit Flux!” |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
RUFUS EDGE Holy Guest Strips, Captain! I was amazed to get 2 guest strips of high caliber this week, and now, suddenly, I’ve got two more! This latest one was actually submitted as Fan Art, but I think you can easily see why I tossed it into the regular rotation. I literally laughed out loud [...]
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Dec 31, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 3 |
Jun 3, 10 | 259 – What Happened to Star Maiden, Pt. 1 “Homesick” |
Jun 1, 12 | Pg. 4 “The O’Hara Family Tragedy” |
Aug 10, 11 | 341 – Stop |
Dec 25, 09 | Merry Christmas From Swifty (2009) |
Commentary Ah! Ah! Ah! Too much! There’s just way too much going on in this strip. I could have easily took all the same ideas here and spread them out into three strips instead of compacting them into one. Plus, I was way too in love with my own dialogue. Swifty’s in the first panel [...]
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Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Nov 7, 06 | 35 – Healer Q&A |
Sep 3, 09 | 223 – On Your Marks… |
Nov 17, 06 | 45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion |
COMMENTARY This is the second appearance of the Bubbles of Light. No one questioned the first appearance back in Chapter 4 and I don’t really blame them. There wasn’t much to go on. Here we get a few more clues, leading to the obvious conclusion that Swifty—or at least some iteration of him—is time-traveling. The [...]
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Apr 2, 09 | 202 – He Started Stuttering |
Jun 17, 11 | Pg. 10 “Lost Faith” |
Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Oct 16, 17 | 738 – Old Lady McGoth |
Feb 1, 12 | 383 – Jackpot. |
COMMENTARY The angry looks that the Space Pig and Tangerine are giving each are meant to suggest a fallout between them after the events of “The Secret Origin of the Space Pig” (which you can find in SuperFogreys Vol.1, on sale in the SF Store). Tangerine finally arriving at Valhalla was a long time in [...]
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Dec 1, 14 | 641 – A Different World, A Different Thrice |
Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Oct 7, 06 | 14 – Watchin’ TV |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
Feb 25, 10 | 245 – One Week Later |
COMMENTARY Tangerine’s body design presents some unique challenges. He doesn’t really have elbows (the way I draw him anyway) and he’s so much shorter than everybody else that whenever he appears it requires some rethinking of how I usually frame the characters in the panel. I thought long and hard about the use of the [...]
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Aug 12, 13 | 525 – Temptation |
Nov 26, 09 | 235 – In His Shadow |
Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
Feb 2, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 4 “Zurida, Mistress of Worlds” |
COMMENTARY In the first two panels we see that Swifty did indeed use the Space Pig Urine given to him by Dr. Rocket earlier in the chapter. I wish I had chosen a different wall color for the background of this strip (and all those remaining in Chapter 5 for that matter). That brown is [...]
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Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
Apr 20, 12 | Pg. 9 “The Unicef Upstarts” |
Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Jan 16, 12 | 378 – Things Fall Apart |
Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
PINKERTON MOVES OVER TO TH3RD WORLD Didja’ hear? Mike Witmer has moved his great, abso-stinkin’ hilarious webcomic Pinkerton over to Th3rd World. Now, Pinkerton has been with Th3rd World for a few months now, but last week Mike finally make the big move of making Th3rd World the exclusive spot for all things Pinkerton. The best [...]
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Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
May 5, 12 | Pg. 11 “Fly Away” |
Jan 11, 10 | Guest Strip by Bearman of “Bearman Cartoons!” |
SUPERFOGEYS ON DIGITAL STRIPS Well, sadly, SF went out on the first round of Webcomic Idol. Were my readers confused about the voting process? Did SF have a target on its back? Were the other comics that much better? Is this all a result of a smear campaign by Marvel and DC for damage done [...]
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Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
Apr 15, 13 | 497 – Michelle |
Jan 1, 14 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 4! |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
May 20, 13 | 505 – Dark Disease |
TWITTER Hey, anyone else on Twitter? I’ve been on it for about a month now and I think I’ve moved past the addictive stage and into the comfortable I’ll-post-when-I-really-have-something stage. It’s fun. See my Twitter page here. Right now I’m slowly working my way through adding commentary to the strips in Chapter 5. Every time I [...]
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Jul 16, 09 | 216 – Cami |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
Mar 23, 11 | 301 – Hmph |
Sep 16, 13 | 535 – A Superhero, His Sons, His Ex and His Evil Best Friend are Locked Up in a Palace… |
Jul 23, 18 | Pg. 8 “Better When She Was a Villain” |
MOTHER OF AN EPISODE So little dialogue…so much drawing…and I don’t like any of it. I’ve gotten slammed in the past for being too critical of my work. Whenever I get into that mode, people usually do one of two things: either 1) defend my work against me and my wonderful insecurities or 2) tell [...]
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Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
Nov 10, 14 | 635 – The Blame Game |
Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
FUNERAL It didn’t occur to me until this week how coincidentally timed this chapter of SF is. Unless I miss my guess, today is the 11th anniversary of my own father’s funeral. He died on the 23rd of November. The story of all that is amazing, funny, tragic, epic, inspiring and defining (for me). Yes, [...]
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Dec 19, 16 | 720 – Thank You for Making Me Angry |
Aug 27, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 13 “Doom” |
Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Jan 31, 07 | 91 – WebSpace Page: Star Maiden |
Jan 1, 09 | Guest Strip by Mark R. Engel of “Prematurely Disappointed!” |
Today’s Strip… Today we have a very funny guest strip by SuperFogeys superfan Chris Blanchard! I love this little peek into a possible future. This is a joke I could easily see myself writing, but Chris beat me to the punch! Check out Chris’ webcomic Renaissance Guy over at Drunk Duck (my old stomping grounds)! See you [...]
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Dec 7, 06 | 56 – Dr. Rocket Will Have His Revenge |
May 14, 14 | 595 – Gotta Get Some Internet |
Feb 17, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 7 “Two Years” |
Jun 11, 09 | 211 – Shrinking Your Carbon Footprint |
Dec 6, 06 | 55 – A Mysterious Figure in the Wings |
Today’s Strip… Today’s guest strip comes to us from one Mister Edward Krebes! I love the overlapping punchlines in the last panel and it’s nice to see someone loves Star Maiden as much as I do. Check out Ed’s webcomic Hobo and Bowserimmediately to get your last taste of the Christmas Spirit. See you tomorrow!
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Oct 17, 11 | 355 – Bubbles of Light 6 |
Mar 19, 07 | 118 – Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Feb 9, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 5 “Michelle Masters” |
Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
Today’s Strip… Wow, talk about above and beyond! Mark R. Engel got this entry in just barely under the wire and I think it’s easy to see why he needed the extra time! Mark’s use of Swifty here is very, very funny and I love the Dictator Tot cameo! Great punchline and great pacing–which is a [...]
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Aug 26, 11 | Pg. 6 “The Missing Spark” |
Jul 17, 15 | 657 – The Most Difficult Thing Swifty Has Ever Done |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
Jan 2, 07 | 61 – Dictator Tot in Hel |
Today’s Strip… What a great riff on a classic super hero convention! Today’s excellent and quite funny strip comes from T.L. Collins, the creative mind behind the newer webcomic Bullfinch. I really like T.L.’s art and the personality he injects into each of the characters. So much so that…well, you may want to read the next [...]
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Oct 28, 10 | 282 – Mucking with Space and Time |
May 20, 08 | SF Collection #4 Cover |
Mar 26, 14 | 583 – The Captain is Not as Alone as He Thinks |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |