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.
It’s been much talked about, but this is the first time you’re actually seeing The Guthrie, the machine that’s gonna kill… pretty much everybody. Zurida was the first one to mention it, and you can get all the details right here. The rest of this chapter focuses big time on the Guthrie, so take it all in.
Yesterday marked the 7th Anniversary of The SuperFogeys. The first strip was created on September 22nd waaaaaay back in 2006 and posted on September 25th (on MySpace, of all places). Anyone still out there who remembers that? Man, it’s been a long, strange trip since then.
well i can’t say i was around for the birth of super fogeys BUT i was directed your way via imagine this and have been HOOKED for years EVER since!!!! I love the work…6 years down and a TON MORE to go!!!!
I don’t know about a TON… this story does have an end point after all… but there is big stuff still to come and I honestly don’t know how long it will take to tell it all. We’ll find out together! Thanks for the enthusiasm, Drew.
Great to know another of another “Imagine This!” fan!
And yes, there WILL be a ton more strips, Brock is just trying to say that the end point of this strip is when he passes away at the age of…… no wait, that’d be spoiling to much!
It looks like charging couple of cell phones’ batteries to me. The only evil looking part to my eyes is behind the right ‘collum’, evil eyes in the shadows.
But it’s major news, eep.
Oh, I’ve been reading since I saw this in the DrunkDuck Webcomics site. So I’m quite early fan I think!
Very early indeed!
Congrats on the anniversary. I came through the website.
Also, it seems like this could be one difficult battle force to beat with a weapon like that. š
If it gets turned on, there will be no battle. It’s instant death for anyone it’s aimed against. Pretty scary stuff.
Ah! Phew, I thought they were going to “uncreate” all earthlings and derivates from this world and the next, as if they had never being born (except they would still be remembered by those who remained alive, but that doesn’t help you much when no longer even exist).
Turns out it was only going to kill them! He he, what a relief!
Just make sure that medallion and no medallion get placed in the right chambers.
Ha!
That’s a rather sizable toy.
Marc made it BIG.
With a matching self-destruct button, I assume!
Did anyone else look at that and think “Deep Thought?”
I love it!
GREAT reference. Here’s the thing though… I did point Marc towards a sci-fi classic something-something for inspiration. I think it’s pretty obvious if you know the reference, but you have to reach pretty far back to find it.
I don’t know why, but for some reason it reminded me of the Great Machine from Forbidden Planet (as well as Deep Thought), but I don’t think that’s what you’re referencing.
Nope, but that’s a good one. Believe it or not, it goes back even further than that. Think “silent era.”
I’m not sure why, but now I keep thinking “Metropolis” – been a few years since I watched it – for some reason after you said silent era. Regardless of his inspiration, Marc did a fantastic job on it.
Metropolis?
Nicely done.
I saw it in the early 70’s in the Pantages Theater in LA. It was a beautiful print and I think it was full length. Imagine how saddened i was when AMC ran a “fully restored” print a few years ago and it seemed to be 30% still photos replacing the parts that were lost! Amazing that they are still losing negatives when there was a clean print just 35 years earlier!
Is it me, or there a certain similarity to the doughnut robot in Las Vegas?
Either way, it’s an awesome piece of art.
What’s going on with Zurida’s hair?
Brock, you have a knack for dialogue that shines even in the few lines here.
I hadn’t noticed the similarity to Donutron, but I can kind of see it now. I love spotting themes in artists’ work. Marc certainly has a style all his own.
Oh, and Zurida’s hair is always like that. She has full control of its movement.
Thanks for the kudos on the dialogue, Spike. You’re right, this is an odd one to call it out on, but I appreciate your comment all the more for it.