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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
UPDATE! CALL FOR GUEST STRIPS Each year I schedule a one week break for myself around Christmastime. I never miss updates, so I figured I deserve at least a week away. Nice time to recharge. Last year, I just didn’t post anything during that week, but now it occurs to me that there might be [...]
ORIGINAL ART SALE UPDATE! Went ahead and added a piece of art to the store today! Man, that was a lot easier than I thought it would be! Just one strip’s pencils right now, but more to come. Make your requests now! Check out the pencils to 106! Okay, I’ve brought this up before, but [...]
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 [...]
SILENCE It’s taken me 197 strips (holy snot, that is such an impossible number to the me of 2 years ago), but I finally did a strip with no dialogue! Believe it or not, this has been a goal of mine for a while, but I could never come up with an idea I felt [...]
NEW TALL TALE RADIO INTERVIEW! To celebrate SuperFogeys 200 and a few other things, Tom Racine interviewed me last week and we had a blast. I think this is a good one. I was very careful about inappropriate laughter and even reduced my number of “ums” per minute by 75%! Heck yeah! Tom puts it [...]
“CHARACTERS” PAGE UPDATE! Hey, don’t if everybody know this, but just above the strip is a tab that links to a page with a rundown of all the characters that have graced the pages of the SuperFogeys. I try to keep it as current as possible. I just did a massive update that takes into [...]
T.L. COLLINS AND THE AIDS WALK/RUN Hey all, just wanted to let you know about this great thing SuperFogeys Origins Artist T.L. Collins is doing. Show him some support, won’t you? (UPDATED WITH LINKS!) BUBBLES OF LIGHT A SuperFogeys Origins/SuperFogeys crossover? Yep. Wondering how they sync up? Well, the Bubbles of Light have shown up before. [...]
T.L. COLLINS INTERVIEWED ON THE VILLAINS CORNER WEBCOMIC CHAT! Found this while googling (why didn’t you tell me about it, TL!?). It’s a fantastic interview with TL and the guys over at Villains Corner about both Bullfinch and SuperFogeys Origins. TL goes in depth on the creation of Bullfinch and the painful process that it [...]
A PEACOCK NAMED ARISTOTLE Okay, this is just too weird not to share. There I am, just minding my own business at work and taking a brief break to check out Facebook. I notice that my wife has posted something new. I look closely. I can’t be seeing what I’m actually seeing, can I? I click [...]
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A week ago today… SEIZURE TWO (The following assumes you have already read this.) She wouldn’t eat her french fries. I should’ve known something was up when the fries just sat there on her plate and she demanded rice. Who the crud prefers rice over fries? Certainly not Cami. Not ever before that night. “She [...]
SUPERFOGEYS VOLUME ONE UPDATEI’m happy to report that the first SuperFogey Trade Paperback–Volume One collecting Chapters 1-5 is off to the printers and they have confirmed that it will be done in time for its debut at the Baltimore Comic-con on October 10th. I’ll be there personally to sell and sign copies. I’m so glad [...]
THE ANNOTATED SUPERFOGEYS 256 This is admittedly a strip that draws on a lot of continuity. Well, some. This whole chapter is going to be like this. Hopefully, you longtime readers will see this as a reward for your investment. As for the newbies…well, that’s what the annotations are for! Okay, on with it. The [...]
AH, WEBCOMICS If I had my way about things, I’d be able to freeze time and spend as long as humanly possible honing each strip. As it is, I not only have a deadline but I have other life stuff too. Only so much effort can go into each strip. And believe me, time = [...]
SOVIET SAM and T.L. COLLINS Welcome back, T.L. Collins! More than any other artist, T.L. defines what a SuperFogeys Origin should look like. We haven’t seen him grace these “pages” since 2009, but he comes back in a big way with this 8-page Soviet Sam story. Sam is a character we’ve only glimpsed briefly in the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS, STEVE OGDEN! If you don’t know the name Steve Ogden, then you’re missing out on one of the most beautiful webcomics out there,Moon Town. Steve is a class act who can do it all–write, letter, draw, ink, and color. In fact, this is only the second Origins tale that I myself [...]
MR. CROOK IS BACK…AND SO IS STEVE OGDEN! Seems like we just said farewell to Mr. Crook, but this story takes place a little over 50 years before that one, so all is well. This is the second, amazing page from Steve Ogden. Do him a favor and check out his wonderful webcomic,Moon Town. ONE WEEK [...]
ARTISTS! YOUR GUEST STRIPPIN’ XMAS SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE NOW! Guest Strippin’ Xmas begins next week and if you want to see your work featured here then now’s the time to get your entry in to me. Deadline is tonight (December 21st) 11:59pm PST (although I’ll accept submissions for as long as 12 hours after that–but [...]
WELCOME BACK TO REGULAR UPDATES! I hope you guys enjoyed Guest Strippin’ Xmas as much as I did. Really inventive crop of guest strips this year, some of which had me literally laughing out loud. If you missed ‘em and would like to check ‘em all out at once, start here. How’d everybody’s Christmas/Holiday season go? [...]
STEVE OGDEN GOES THE EXTRA MILE I don’t think there’s a single page of this little story that was more labored over than this one. Steve made the decision to add a page to the original 5-page story and it really helps things tremendously. The exact look and pace and number of panels on this [...]
HE THRICE EVIL ORIGIN CONCLUDES! Man, what a finish. This Thrice Evil origin was a real labor of love for both Steve Ogden and I and we sincerely hope you enjoyed it. Steve busted his butt to make this thing as perfect a short story as he could–adding a full page to its length and [...]
SUPERFOGEYS VOLUME ONE MINI-REVIEW–WITH PICTURES! I ran a contest earlier this year to help get the word out about Marc Lapierre joining me on SF as the new regular artist. There were two winners and one of them, Marjorie Rishel, has done a great writeup on her prize–her autographed copy of SF Vol. 1! It [...]
CHARACTER ACTING Good comics feature good character acting. I believe this. It’s one of the reasons why Calvin & Hobbes is so beloved and the lack of it is partly to blame for why Dilbert is often so derided. Can you imagine Watchmen without Dave Gibbons’ expressive and well-defined characters? I can’t. It’s why I love the work of Kevin Maguire [...]
As you all know, we’re just a few weeks away from the big SuperFogeys 5th Anniversary celebration. Many of you are working hard on your artistic recaps of the chapters. Others are crafting short essays to look back on five years of SF. Those who do are eligible for a prize package which includes: 1. [...]
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the creation of the SuperFogeys. Can you believe that? Why, it seems like only yesterday… wait, not it doesn’t. It’s been a long freakin’ time and I can feel it in my bones. To celebrate, I drew up the above image (and inked and colored it meself) to [...]
Today’s fan art in celebration of the 5th Anniversary comes to us from Margaret Racine! Thanks, Margaret. It’s a gorgeous take on a truly evil guy!
Our 5th Anniversary Celebration concludes today with this stellar “recap” of Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” from Steve VanDyken. Steve had the unenviable task of recapping a chapter that isn’t even finished yet, but his take on how it could end is wonderfully dark and cynical–and all the funnier for it. You’ll see how close he gets [...]
This is a good example of how profitable collaboration can be. As scripted, this was going to be one shot of Spy Gal emerging from the casino to see the panorama above. One panel. Marc came back at me with a sketch showing Spy Gal removing bobby pins from her hair and then an inset [...]
By Marc’s own admission, this was the most complicated and detailed SF strip he’s had to do yet. There are actually three layers of art there, and Marc drew them all separately to pull it off. Kudos, Marc. Storywise, the winds of change are in the air. If you need a little help as to [...]
Holy snot, I never would have guessed Marc would outdo his art in the previous strip so soon. This sucker rocks! Been lots of fantastic comments from you guys lately. You psychoanalyze these characters in a way few other readerships do. You make this worth doing. I see lots more conversation on the horizon as [...]
Soviet Sam makes me happy. He’s a character I’ve barely drawn myself, but I love how easily he fits into the main story and how much his presence adds to the proceedings. Nice seeing a bunch of the characters in the same strip again. Marc always handles these crowd scenes so well. Don’t forget to [...]
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 [...]
You know what’s the worst thing you can do to someone? Anyone? Just go up to them and say “I know what you did.” Doesn’t matter if you really know or not, we’ve all got things were ashamed of or trying to hide. Things we’d rather people didn’t know about us. Sometimes, I think about [...]
Very Noir, right? My take on 1984. Don’t worry, we take it down a notch with page three, but artist Chip Skelton did some amazing work on these first two pages and you can’t deny that. Well, you can, but you’d be wrong.
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 [...]
What happens when two villains have each other over a barrel? Find out next week! Note: Apologies for the black and white strip! We are experiencing technical difficulties. Full color strip will be up as soon as possible, rest assured. We don’t like being naked anymore than you like seeing us like this. Want more [...]
It has been a looooong time since we’ve seen the balding guy in the last panel. Need a refresher on Tom? Start with his intro right here and keep reading until you get here! Last week, I put my wedding ring back on for the first time in six years. Wanna know why it was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here’s a secret: these types of strips are some of my favorites. Moving this particular story along doesn’t always allow for these moments of reflection and contemplation, but when they can happen I love to see them. The gold standard, for me, is still this one, but there’s a lot to love in today’s as [...]
I about lost it when this came in via email. This is hilarious, and hilariously out-of-continuity. Margaret Racine has contributed things here and there before, all of them excellent. See Thrice’s origin for the first appearance of “Mommy” and SF 600 for the latest. Great job, Margaret!
We don’t get too many Thrice Evil fan arts around here, but we are seeing it more now. This one comes to us from Eric Merritt, Jr. who did a great job capturing my favorite version of Thrice–the young and powerful one. Look at those pecs! If you’ve got a SuperFogeys fan art you’d like [...]
Yikes! Sorry, folks. Didn’t mean to take so long to get some notes up. The big revelation with this strip hearkens allllll the way back to this strip, when we saw for the first (and only) time what the Thrice Evil of Earth-Abaddon would be like were certain controls not in place. And now you [...]
Some strips don’t need words. This is one of them. SUPERFOGEYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT WEEK! Are you excited for next week? I sure am. Our schedule will be as follows: Monday - SF 700! Tuesday - Special DOUBLE-SIZED Bonus Strip! See how Cap got his new suit! Art by Marc, Words and colors by Brock! Wednesday - Special [...]
Annnnd we’re still back! Those of you who have already figured that out, we’re so glad you’re back with us! Please help us spread the word! I’m interested in seeing what you guys make of today’s strip… or to know if you already figured out a couple days ago what we’re laying down here. A [...]
Week 2 of our return! If you haven’t spread the word already, please do. We take such long hiatuses that I know it takes a while for word to get out when we come back. THE THRICE EVIL Some of you picked up what we were laying down last week. If you didn’t already figure [...]
I fully admit that maybe my favorite thing about this strip is just that I got to use that title. But also, there’s the song. Sung by starving orphans (because of course!). If you haven’t already figured it out, I’ll clue you in: think My Country, Tis of Thee or, if you’re British, God Save [...]
Sorry about that folks! The site was down over the weekend, but it’s all back up and running now. Thanks for your patience! As for today’s strip… we’re really setting the stage here. Thrice Evil is a different kind of bad guy from Zurida, and his Lodge of Doom are a different kind of cronies. [...]
So sorry for not adding text here! I’ve been traveling and attending a film festival and did not have a chance. Not that you really NEED my ramblings. Still, this was a fun one to write. I’m only sorry there wasn’t room to illustrate the different ways Zurida “rules” the USZ! See you on Wednesday [...]
The Song of Rocket’s Loyalty! Since I’m a bit late (again) with my missives, I’ll address something that’s already in the comments below: no, there is no melody to this song. At least, not one that I have in mind. Would be interesting to try to apply one… but I confess to zero musical and [...]
This is the downside to having your doppelganger come over from another, better world: you might get treated like crap. Really, this joke was just too good to pass up. You name a character “Suckface” and this is a visual that has to happen at some point. It HAS to. SUPERFOGEYS ON INSTAGRAM! Reminder: we’re [...]
Let’s give it up for Marc Lapierre, ladies and gentlemen. That’s a truly disgusting second panel. Maybe it’s just me, but food running out of people’s mouths is so, so gross to me. I’ve got kids and I’ve NEVER gotten used to it. If you eat a meal with me and you dribble something out, [...]
