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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Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
Feb 19, 18 | 764 – Meanwhile, Inside Dr. Rocket’s Bedchamber |
Oct 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
Sep 16, 15 | 683 – What Makes Peace Worthless |
Mar 24, 14 | 582 – The Discomfort of Dark Maiden |
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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Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Jun 5, 13 | 510 – The Evil, Evil Plan |
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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Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Apr 1, 13 | 493 – Dr. Rocket’s Game |
Mar 31, 12 | Pg. 6 “Find the Sharp Metal Instrument” |
Nov 24, 20 | 858 – She Brewed Beer Yesterday |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
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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Oct 4, 17 | 735 – The MSNBC-FOX News Coalition |
Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
May 23, 12 | 414 – Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe |
Feb 13, 13 | 480 – A Bevy of Buxom Beach Beauties |
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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Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
Aug 17, 16 | 691 – That’s Enough |
May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
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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Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
Aug 22, 16 | 692 – See! You Are Needed! |
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Feb 15, 11 | Pg. 3 “For The Girls” |
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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Apr 25, 18 | 781 – Everyone in the War Room! |
Nov 17, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 3 “The Last Punch” |
Aug 16, 22 | 915 – Return to Valhalla |
Mar 27, 13 | 492 – Such Great Heights |
Nov 27, 08 | 183 – Eloquence |
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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Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
Dec 31, 08 | Guest Strip by Edward Krebes of “Hobo and Bowser!” |
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 17, 12 | Pg. 2 “Youthfulenergysupersurplus!” |
May 12, 14 | 594 – The State of Valhalla |
Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Oct 16, 17 | 738 – Old Lady McGoth |
Mar 26, 07 | 125 – Jerry’s Down |
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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Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
Dec 8, 06 | 57 – Captain Spectacular Forgot His Pants |
Jan 30, 07 | 90 – Introducing Star Maiden! |
Jan 18, 17 | 727 – Parlor Tricks |
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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Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Jun 1, 11 | 321 – Unified By a Common Purpose |
Nov 12, 12 | 457 – Again, He Soars |
Mar 13, 13 | 488 – A Pale Queen Commands Them |
Jan 23, 13 | 474 – Overwhelmed |
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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Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Oct 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
Sep 6, 22 | 921 – Obedience is Key |
May 9, 12 | 410 – Attack of the Space Monkeys |
Oct 22, 14 | 530 – The Long Arm of the Universe |
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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Apr 18, 12 | 404 – President Superknocker |
Dec 11, 13 | 556 – Sisters Rule, Pilatius Drools |
Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
Oct 19, 11 | 356 – Best Luck of Her Life |
May 23, 11 | 318 – The Plans of Dr. Klein, Pt. 1 “Getting Rid of Captain Spectacular” |
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Nov 10, 09 | SF Origins: Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden, Pg. 2 “Girlfight” |
Feb 8, 11 | Pg. 2 “New Designer in Town” |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
Aug 11, 09 | SF Origins: Tangerine, Pg. 3 “New Parts” |
Aug 12, 08 | 153 – 6 a.m., Eighth Street |
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 24, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 1 “Incoming!” |
Jul 4, 12 | 426 – Daddy’s Little Girl |
Jan 8, 14 | 561 – Blind Rage |
Mar 12, 14 | 579 – The Romantic Smell of Blood and Suffering |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
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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Oct 21, 13 | SuperFogeys Q and A: 3 of 4 |
Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
Dec 7, 12 | Valhalla Fight Poster – Spy Gal vs. Zurida! |
Apr 16, 18 | 778 – Sam’s Guilt |
Jul 11, 08 | Guest Strip by Sean Conchieri of “Pixel!” |
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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Sep 18, 15 | 684 – Better Than Dyin’ |
Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
Mar 30, 07 | 129 – Captain Spectacular’s Plea |
Jan 20, 11 | 292 – Everything Was Chaos |
Dec 29, 10 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar (Extra) |
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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Jan 14, 13 | 471 – Mmm… Spaghetti… |
Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Feb 11, 21 | 873 – Against the Wall |
Oct 4, 17 | 735 – The MSNBC-FOX News Coalition |
Sep 9, 08 | 161 – Tangerine’s Arrival and Dr. Klein’s Return |
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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Sep 29, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 5 “Time to Move On” |
Oct 28, 08 | 175 – My Pleasure |
Dec 21, 12 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Jul 9, 18 | Pg. 6 “Date or Fight?” |
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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Sep 14, 11 | 351 – Dreams Come Crashing In |
Oct 19, 12 | Pg. 9 “Let’s Go!” |
Nov 26, 12 | 461 – He Escaped |
Oct 9, 19 | 802 – Nothing More Important Than Loyalty |
Nov 19, 06 | 47 – Bingo Knight! |
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 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Dec 9, 10 | 288 – Fill Me In |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
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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Oct 26, 12 | Pg. 10 “The End?” |
Dec 29, 08 | Guest Strip by Scott Gallatin of “Madscott!” |
Jul 22, 15 | 659 – Wasting Time |
Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
Mar 7, 12 | 393 – Impasse |
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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Apr 7, 14 | 586 – The New Percy |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Nov 20, 17 | 748 – Good Enough |
Aug 20, 12 | 437 – Ever Since The Shriveled Speedster Left |
Nov 14, 12 | 458 – Quite An Entrance |
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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Apr 30, 18 | 782 – The Lone Figure in the Doorway |
Feb 27, 13 | 484 – Beaten Into Submission |
Nov 3, 14 | 633 – A Different Destiny |
Jul 20, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 1 “Entry” |
Mar 11, 10 | 247 – Not a Busload of Strangers |
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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Jun 22, 15 | 646 – Dark Maiden Wants What Now? |
Nov 25, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Third Man” |
Sep 20, 16 | 10th Anniversary BONUS STRIP 1! |
May 16, 18 | 787 – Where to Start? |
Feb 3, 07 | 94 – Everything Changed |
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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Jul 29, 15 | 662 – Lazy Villainy |
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Sep 26, 16 | 701 – Man Down |
Mar 28, 07 | 127 – Entralean Slime Pellet |
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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Nov 11, 13 | 547 – Lashing Out |
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May 5, 12 | Pg. 11 “Fly Away” |
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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Sep 15, 14 | The Principle of Order |
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Mar 4, 20 | 836 – Keep Away |
Oct 19, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 8 “Back Home” |
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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Sep 28, 16 | 702 – He’s Got Gloves |
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Dec 30, 08 | Guest Strip by Chris Blanchard of “Renaissance Guy!” |
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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Feb 29, 12 | 391 – Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun… |
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Mar 17, 07 | 116 – Still Hot |
Jun 1, 11 | 321 – Unified By a Common Purpose |
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 5, 18 | 768 – Boy-Haired Crone |
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Dec 29, 11 | Guest Strip by Marjorie Rishel! |
Jun 1, 12 | Pg. 4 “The O’Hara Family Tragedy” |
Oct 31, 12 | 454 – The New Congress |
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 15, 12 | 436 – Bigger in Person |
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Jun 3, 13 | 509 – Villain to Villain |
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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Apr 3, 13 | 494 – Hugging in the Throne Room |
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Jun 20, 12 | 422 – Whoof! |
Mar 5, 12 | 392 – …Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone |
Mar 14, 12 | 395 – The Stink of Captivity |
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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Jan 15, 09 | 192 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 9 “Supposed to Be Me” |
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Apr 8, 07 | 137 – The Operating Blues |
Nov 14, 16 | 713 – No More Killin’ |
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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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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Mar 21, 11 | The SuperFogeys 2011 Teaser |
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Jan 5, 21 | 864 – Walking the Dark Side |
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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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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Jun 13, 12 | 420 – The Leslie Knope |
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Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Jul 14, 14 | 609 – Humbled |
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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Mar 24, 07 | 123 – The Box is Opened |
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, [...]
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Jun 19, 2014 | FAN ART: Captain Spectacular by Jason Williams! |
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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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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Sep 12, 16 | 698 – Good Thing or Bad Thing? |
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Oct 12, 12 | Pg. 8 “Gross Fetuses” |
May 19, 14 | 596 – That’s the Mission |
Oct 13, 09 | SF Origins: JA – Tom’s Story, Pg. 2 “Not About My Dad” |
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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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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May 25, 12 | Pg. 3 “A Couple of Brothers” |
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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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Mar 11, 20 | 838 – The Situation |
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May 5, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 12 “Date or Fight?” |
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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Feb 7, 07 | 97 – The Return |
Apr 1, 13 | 493 – Dr. Rocket’s Game |
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Mar 2, 20 | 835 – Because of the Struggle |
Nov 25, 13 | 551 – The Guthrie is Turned On |
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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Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Nov 19, 12 | 459 – A Family Thing |
Jun 9, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 17 “Er-Hurm!” |
Jan 29, 18 | 758 – No One Else He Can Think Of |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
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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Aug 5, 08 | 151 – Peanut Butter Cookies |
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Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
Jan 7, 21 | 865 – Balance |
Dec 16, 13 | 557 – Dog Off the Leash |
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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Dec 2, 13 | 553 – Capture and Rescue Mission |
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Jan 4, 10 | Guest Strip by Marc Lapierre of “Spooky Doofus!” |
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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Sep 8, 22 | 922 – The New Normal |
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Aug 29, 16 | 694 – Soviet Sam Crackdown |
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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…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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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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