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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘zurida’
SIX WIVES PAGE 8 The color is back and it’s brought Zurida with it! Big thanks to Jon Conkling for getting back on the SFO horse after his back-breaking ordeal. Jon will also be coloring the past pages that he had to skip over, so be sure and check back to see them when they [...]
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Mar 13, 07 | 112 – Budapest ’68 All Over Again |
Apr 22, 13 | 499 – Statuesque |
Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
Apr 1, 13 | 493 – Dr. Rocket’s Game |
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 [...]
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Mar 25, 11 | Pg. 8 “Get Her” |
Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Feb 1, 07 | 92 – Not the Woman He Used to Know |
Jul 23, 09 | 217 – Jerry’s Family? |
Dec 14, 11 | 371 – Leaving Las Vegas |
DOWN DRUNK You ever seen this show What Would You Do? It’s not great art, but I do believe it performs a great service. They stage these scenarios—boyfriend publically abusing girlfriend, racist store clerk giving some darker than hims a hard time, bottom rung human being spiking a girl’s drink in a bar and then trying to take her [...]
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Apr 7, 07 | 136 – CENSORED! |
Oct 9, 06 | 16 – Spy Gal Wakes Up |
Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
Jan 14, 10 | 239 – How Captain Spectacular Knows The Third Man |
UPDATE! MY mini-REVIEW OF THOR! Marvel has done a great job with their "in universe" movies Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man 2. I’ve loved each of them to one degree or another, but a fair argument could be made that we’ve been getting slightly diminishing returns the more they keep doing it. [...]
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Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
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May 31, 22 | 893 – All the Way to Vegas |
THE END OF CHAPTER 11, THE DOCTOR AND THE DOCTOR With today’s double-sized strip, Marc takes his art to the next level. I seriously had no idea he was capable of stuff like this when I asked him to hop onboard the SF train. You can imagine how pleased I am. But, honestly, it’s with [...]
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Jan 9, 13 | 470 – Soviet Sam Strikes Again |
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Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
This is it! The big 400th strip! 400 freakin’ strips. Can you believe that? And, like other past centennial strips, this one brings in a pretty big reveal! What do you think of Dark Maiden? This also marks Marc’s 100th SuperFogeys strip. Take that in. That’s amazing. Never late, always getting better and better, Marc [...]
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New Wallpaper! SuperFogeys 400 – Dark Maiden
by Brock Heasley on April 3rd, 2012The response to yesterday’s big SuperFogeys 400 has been terrific so far. As a thank you to everyone for sticking with us and being so supportive, Marc has crafted a huge wallpaper from the latest strip and it’s a beaut. Click on the image below to enlarge and download it for yourself. Enjoy!
Marc blew me away with that first panel. How great is that? Space Monkeys! Zurida’s Palace! So freakin’ cool. And Star–I mean DARK–Maiden’s new costume! Look for a blog later on showing some of the design work Marc and I did on that. I really love what we ended up with, but there were some [...]
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Dec 18, 13 | 558 – Sokol Steps Up |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Jul 8, 10 | 264 – You Betcha |
Nov 13, 17 | 746 – The New Maid |
Mar 4, 13 | 485 – To The Stars |
Oh, Star Maiden. What happened? I find the different interpretations of who exactly Dark Maiden is in relation to Star Maiden really fascinating. There seems to be some disagreement, which surprises me. But that? That’s a real death. Don’t forget to tip the artist! Click on the Money Man picture below the strip to donate [...]
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Nov 28, 11 | 366 – Who Dares? |
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Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Dec 8, 14 | The SuperFogeys 2015 Teaser and Special Announcements |
Here he is, the man of the hour, President Superknocker. He’s all I hoped for and more. Any resemblance to any Presidents either living or dead is strictly coincidental. These “news strips” come from my love of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. Besides being a great story, I love how Miller tells his story [...]
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Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
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Aug 4, 22 | 912 – Jerry Speaks |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
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 [...]
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Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
Jan 19, 14 | 564 – One Year Later |
Jul 21, 22 | 908 – Torture |
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Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
I think I may have pushed how much dialogue I can fit into one strip to the limit. Golly, that’s wordy. Couldn’t help it. Zurida and her son are so much fun to write for and I really wanted to get a sense of their relationship. They surprised me a little. Marc did a particularly [...]
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Jan 27, 20 | 827 – Lay Her Down |
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Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
How could the Space Monkeys be anything but the Wookiees of the SF universe? Bet ya didn’t see Zurida as the Han Solo. Remember Spy Gal’s solo mission to Zurida’s Palace? Check out the four page, mostly silent tour de force right here!
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Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Jul 14, 22 | 906 – He Looks Different |
Aug 8, 16 | 688 – Zurida, The Peacemaker |
Oct 31, 16 | 709 – Gina Galloway to the Rescue |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
I’m trying to remember the last time I did a strip this wordy… and I’m coming up short. As usual, Marc finds a way to make it work anyway. I’m really digging writing for villains lately as well. There’s been a dearth of them up til now. And Star Maiden. Half the fun of any [...]
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Sep 5, 11 | 348 – The Wheel of Fortune |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Feb 2, 21 | 870 – Spy Gal’s Patience Runs Out |
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Sep 14, 12 | Pg. 6 “Who Could Have Done This?” |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Jul 2, 12 | 425 – The Maiden Within |
Marc went with a very-different-than-normal approach to this strip and it works like gangbusters. (Which is an expression I’ve never really understood. If gangbusters work so well, why do don’t we have less gangs?) Fairly big shakeup today. And you thought Monday’s strip was big. Only two strips left in this chapter! Come back for [...]
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Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
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Jan 17, 11 | Guest Strip by Gabe Altomare |
Y’know, I wrote the outline some months back, but I don’t think I quite realized how many big moments we’ve been waiting on for a while are in this chapter. Tom pointing the finger at Jerry is something a lot of you suspected would come to pass ever since this SuperFogeys Origin page, but I’d [...]
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Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
Oct 10, 06 | 17 – Spy Gal Doesn’t Need Jerry |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
Nov 4, 08 | 176 – An Evil #@$% |
As you can see above, we’re in the home stretch for the Kickstarter. Little over two days left. As you can also see, we’ve lost a few backers of late. I’m told every Kickstarter experiences this. Not everyone has the cash they think they will when it’s time to pay up. Still, at this point, [...]
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Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
Jul 5, 22 | 903 – Big Dumb Floating Ape |
Nov 16, 11 | 363 – Liberated |
Dec 31, 09 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott” – The Sequel! |
If you’re reading this… the Kickstarter may already be over! If it’s before 4pm PST on Nov. 28th, 2012… then there’s still time to get in there! Yesterday, we hit the $4,500 stretch goal and everyone who pledged at the Hero level or higher WILL be getting the soon-to-be-created Spy Gal mini absolutely free. Want [...]
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Aug 31, 12 | Pg. 4 “Crib Cage” |
Aug 25, 14 | 620 – Her Husband’s Keeper |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
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Nov 18, 08 | 180 – The Many Crimes of Dr. Rocket |
In case you missed it last week… 157% funded! Huge, HUGE thanks to everyone for stepping up and supporting this project! I put the call out and you answered in a big way. Now, I hope we can start making some other cool stuff for you. More details as I know ‘em. Talks are already [...]
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Feb 13, 12 | 386 – The Papanazi Report: Vegas |
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Dec 2, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter The Space Pig” |
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 [...]
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Aug 19, 11 | Pg. 5 “Why She Left” |
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Jan 27, 11 | 293 – Good Actor |
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Jun 15, 11 | 325 – At Captain Spectacular’s Door |
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 [...]
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Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
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May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
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 [...]
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Mar 9, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 1 “Nice Moves” |
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Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
Sep 17, 09 | 225 – And the Winner Is… |
May 26, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 15 “DUDE!” |
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 [...]
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Aug 26, 08 | 157 – The Third Man’s Message |
Feb 17, 11 | 296 – Even Her |
Mar 12, 18 | 770 – Bumps in the Road |
Apr 28, 14 | 590 – Will He Fight? |
Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
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 [...]
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Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
Jun 21, 22 | 899 – Apocalyptic Lovers |
Nov 7, 11 | 360 – Decision |
Nov 28, 12 | 462 – Favoritism |
Mar 16, 21 | 882 – Says You |
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.
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Oct 19, 16 | 706 – Money Man’s Daughter |
Jul 28, 14 | 613 – President Reed |
Sep 5, 12 | 442 – The Rest of Them |
Aug 9, 10 | 269 – Sparing Her |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
You didn’t really think Spy Gal was done with Zurida already? Not by a long shot! Be sure to tune in on Wednesday to see how Spy Gal handles that incoming Space Monkey ambush!
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Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
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Jun 25, 09 | 213 – Bubbles of Light 4 |
I gotta admit I struggled with this one. Remember, Marc and I are doing the end of this chapter Stan and Jack style–he’s drawing from a basic plot, and I’m adding in the dialogue after the fact. It’s definitely fun, but also stressful. I don’t want to take anything away from Marc’s great illustrations. I [...]
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Oct 7, 11 | Chapter 12, “Jackpot!” Recap by Steve VanDyken |
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A lot of you have been commenting lately that you’re enjoying one of the newer additions to the cast, Fly Guy. Actually, his name is Atomic Fly, but you’re forgiven since his name has only been mentioned once or twice. Hopefully we’ll get see a few more newbies in the strips ahead. Fun fact! I [...]
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May 14, 08 | SF Collection #1 Cover |
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Jan 2, 13 | Guest Strip by Brock Heasley (???) |
Silent strip! For those who hate to read. Thanks, Marc, for doing the heavy lifting on this one. Chapter 15 – Invasion, Pt. 2: Inaction Heroes No More! ends on Monday! Chapter 16 – Invasion, Pt. 3: Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun begins on Wednesday!
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Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
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Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
I hate giving Marc strips with five panels. Believe it or not, I try to strip these things back as far as I can. If I can get it down to one panel, I will, but as you all know that almost never happens. Marc had a real challenge here. He had to set up [...]
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Oct 3, 06 | 11 – The Power Dampener |
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Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
I was just looking back at Marc’s first work on SuperFogeys yesterday and it really stuck me not only how far along his line work has come, but also how much his method for coloring has changed. There’s just far more shades and details in his coloring now–things that aren’t even in the drawings themselves. [...]
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Mar 12, 14 | 579 – The Romantic Smell of Blood and Suffering |
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Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
There were two issues that plagued this strip kind of from the get-go. One was what Percy was going to eat in panel two. I originally scripted it as the femur of one of Zurida’s palace guards, but after seeing Marc draw it I realized that was just one cannibal too many for SuperFogeys. Plus, [...]
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Aug 20, 14 | 619 – The Repentant |
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Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
May 4, 10 | SF Origins: Star Maiden, Pg. 4 “Or Millions Will Die” |
Mar 19, 18 | 772 – Showdown at the New California Coast |
Here’s a tip to writers of comics: Wanna go easy on your artist? Script a bunch of head shots. Writing comics is often about balance. I can’t load up the detail and the backgrounds for multiple strips at a time or I’m gonna wear Marc out, so I’ve gotta also write stuff that it’s a [...]
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Jul 9, 08 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” |
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Mar 12, 14 | 579 – The Romantic Smell of Blood and Suffering |
Jun 17, 13 | 513 – Devil’s Bargain |
One of the things that’s really hard to achieve in the strip format is any sense of scale. A comic book page gives you that vertical space that really allows you to expand the visuals out that a strip just doesn’t. True, there’s nothing saying we HAVE to do this in strips–that’s a self-imposed restriction–but [...]
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Last Wednesday’s strip generated some great discussion about what Dr. Rocket and Zurida are up to. Today’s strip should provide those answers handily. Those of you with good memories should recall that Zurida saw Jerry quite clearly when she “visited” Valhalla in the previous chapter. Zurida’s invitation to Dr. Rocket to enter her palace kicks [...]
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Jun 18, 12 | 421 – Space Monkey Report |
Aug 22, 12 | 438 – Don’t Insult the ‘Do |
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Sep 27, 17 | 733 – Honey, I Blew Up the Thrice Evil |
I know I can be a wordy sonuvagun (though I’d like to think I’ve gotten better with time and experience), but I really do love strips like this that are more about economy of storytelling than how many words I can stick in a panel. Marc nailed the emotion in a big way, putting the [...]
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Sometimes you just have to slow things down to give them their proper weight. I know if you’re following the updates on the days they come out there’s not much new here, but I think for future readers who get to experience this chapter in book form or all at once, this will be a [...]
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Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
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Jan 8, 18 | 752 – Like Jerry |
Marc did such a great job pacing this strip and conveying the emotion that you almost don’t even need words to get what’s happening here between Cap, Zurida and Michelle. In fact, I was able to get rid of a little bit of dialogue, and it’s a stronger strip for it. Next week we’ll be [...]
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Apr 22, 13 | 499 – Statuesque |
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Oct 20, 20 | 848 – Organic Deodorant |
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Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
I wish I had a lot more space to give over to Percy as I think he’s a pretty fascinating dude with some real identity issues. Hopefully, tidbits like the ones you’re getting today are enticing. I’d love to do a SuperFogeys Origin with Percy someday. I mean, with a hot, despot mom and a [...]
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Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
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Aug 21, 19 | 793 – The Hero He Hates to Be |
If we’ve done our job right, today’s post is not quite what you were expecting. I’ve been touting SF 500 for weeks now as a gigantic update–and it certainly is at quadruple the normal size–but the scope of the tale is actually quite intimate, not unlike SF 300 a couple years back. This is, simply, [...]
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Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
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May 15, 13 | 504 – A Striking Mustache |
Fan Art week kicks off with this FIRST Zurida fan art by Roland Perez! He really captured her design wonderfully. Thanks, Roland! I’ve heard whispers of more fan art coming my way. I can guarantee at least one piece from me–a design for a brand new villain you’ll be seeing in the strip soon (okay, [...]
Welcome back, everyone! Last week’s break was, I’m sure, completely unwelcome, but we both appreciate your patience and understanding. Your response to SF 500 was overwhelming and so, so positive. 107 comments and counting. For a webcomic with a modest readership like ours, that’s a big friggin’ deal. That makes today’s update sort of long-awaited. [...]
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Jul 21, 14 | 611 – Escape |
This strip is a Marc Lapierre special. I’ve learned that with action scenes the less scripting I do the better. Marc has references to pull from that I can’t touch and a much better visual mind for the choreography and how it should play out across panels than I do. Even in the last panel, [...]
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I imagine when you’re older you have to really conserve your movements. Think about it: energy reserves are lower than in the past and maybe the bones don’t work as well. So, you don’t do anything that requires more energy than necessary. Money Man has obviously learned this lesson well. Lots of great, (sometimes) crazy [...]
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Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
I don’t think you get to strike the pose Money Man is OWNING in the first panel and not be considered a total bad@$$. Like, he’s not even gonna give you his front. Naw, you gotta look at him from the side if you wanna admire him after he takes out the bad guy (or [...]
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Jan 6, 12 | Pg. 7 “Space Pig the Sidekick?” |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
This is probably the week you’ve been waiting for. Maybe you’re like Cap and you want to know how Money Man is back, but is that really the question you should be asking? Money Man says no. And when Money Man says no, that’s it. He’s rich. He can do what he wants. In other [...]
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Apr 22, 13 | 499 – Statuesque |
Mar 10, 07 | 109 – WHO THREW THIS!? |
Aug 10, 15 | 667 – The Importance of Good Hygiene |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
I’m gonna be honest with you guys–I did not plan on introducing this story thread in this chapter. I mean, there’s an alien invasion going on. How many more threats do the Fogeys need to deal with? This isn’t the same as saying this is an unplanned story. What Money Man is talking about is [...]
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Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
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Sep 20, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 1! |
Sep 27, 06 | 6 – Introducing Spy Gal! |
Apr 29, 10 | 254 – Why Kill An Innocent? |
Some expert storytelling from Marc in this strip. It looks deceptively simple, but there’s really a lot going on across these four panels and fitting all the beats in and choosing just the right angle is no mean trick. I honestly didn’t know how Marc was going to interpret the script, but he did a [...]
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Jul 30, 14 | 614 – The First Lady |
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Nov 23, 11 | 365 – Bloody Roofie |
Jul 8, 08 | Guest Strip by Brian Anderson of “Dog Eat Doug!” |
Jun 18, 14 | 602 – The Legless Speedster |
While it may not have seemed like it at the beginning, this chapter is, I think, aptly named. Every single character has got so many different secrets and agendas and a rule of storytelling (at least one of my rules) is that nothing that is hidden remains so forever. True, new mysteries have been introduced [...]
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Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
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Feb 27, 12 | 390 – Bubbles of Light 7 |
Feb 26, 14 | 575 – Undermined |
New to SuperFogeys? Then you’ve come on the right day. Though the invaders first arrived at Earth in SF 400, this is the first time their overall plan has been spelled out. We’ve known their motivation–Dr. Rocket made a genocidal sweep of the universe in a merciless act of vengeance–but their goal has been somewhat [...]
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Jan 30, 12 | 382 – A Better Question |
I confess the speculation last week’s strip inspired caught me unawares. It didn’t even occur to me that Zurida’s words in the last panel might be construed to mean that she was suggesting another mastermind behind everything. Obviously, that’s not exactly the case. Of course, there IS another mastermind lurking somewhere and we’ll meet him [...]
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May 9, 11 | 314 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 3: The One He Truly Hunts |
Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
Apr 28, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 11 “Huzzah!” |
Oct 13, 20 | 846 – Oh, He Dead |
The end of a chapter is my favorite part. It’s when everything comes together and the design of the thing is made clear. The chapter basically has three endings. You’ve seen one already, but this next one coming up should be obvious to longtime readers with good memories. But it’s the third ending I’m REALLY [...]
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Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
Mar 13, 13 | 488 – A Pale Queen Commands Them |
Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
Dec 10, 09 | 237 – A Surprise Visitor |
Sep 29, 06 | 7 – Turnip Turnip |
If there’s something you want that you’ll do just about ANYTHING to have it… then what would you do to keep it? I feel like the tide is always shifting on Jerry. Sometimes you guys love him, sometimes you hate him. I wonder if today’s strip will garner reactions just as divisive. Huge kudos to [...]
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Feb 1, 17 | 731 – Mr. Brightside |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
Aug 10, 11 | 341 – Stop |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
…and Swifty saw it all. Speculate at will. Next week will be a lot of fun. Hey, quick note about an update to the website. There is now a handy dandy “Like” button for The SuperFogeys Facebook page on the left side. SuperFans on Facebook not only get the privilege of being admitted to Valhalla, [...]
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Apr 10, 13 | 496 – The First Condition |
Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
Feb 24, 11 | 297 – A Strong Man |
Aug 8, 16 | 688 – Zurida, The Peacemaker |
Aug 23, 22 | 917 – The New Valhalla |
Gorgeous Zurida Watercolor by SuperFan Alethea Lim
by Brock Heasley on August 21st, 2013It was a terrific surprise this morning to find a stunning Zurida-Percy-Michelle watercolor this morning by SuperFan Alethea Lim. What you see above is just a small detail from it. If you’d like to see the whole piece and read Alethea’s thoughts on why she did the painting and what she was trying to say [...]
The SuperFogeys in… The Great Gatsby!
by Brock Heasley on August 30th, 2013I was watching The Great Gatsby with my wife the other night (the 2013 version by Baz Luhrmann–incredible movie) and a thought occurred to me that Jerry and Jay Gatsby have more than a little in common. Both of them are hiding their real names and who they really are, and both of them live [...]
When last we saw Zurida she was making one heckuva deal with Jerry. What is still unexplained is what, exactly, she wants to do with the power crystal now that she has it. That’s next week. See you then. Sometimes, strips like this are frustrating because they essentially serve as transitions to to the stuff [...]
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UPDATE! Marc posted this shot of the inks for this strip on his Instagram and I just had to share it with you guys: Sometimes, Marc just goes all out. I know for a fact this monster of a strip consumed his life for the past few days. Well worth it, Marc. Well worth it. [...]
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Mar 12, 07 | 111 – Forgive Dr. Rocket |
Feb 9, 07 | 99 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular and Star Maiden Met and Married, Conclusion |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Dec 29, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part One |