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 regular SF strip, but he made a huge impact about a year ago in the Society of Heroes origin.  T.L. told me at the time that Sam was one of his favorite characters to draw and that he’d love to do a Sam solo story sometime.

You’ll notice that Sam’s origin is pretty much taken care of in this first page. Where the remaining 7 pages of this story takes us is a piece of writing that I’m really proud of. I think you’ll be surprised where T.L. and I are going with this.

Be sure and check out T.L.’s own comic, Bullfinch. T.L. was kind enough to put Bullfinch on hiatus for a month in order to really dedicate himself to Sam’s story, so be sure and “pay” him back by giving his excellent, humorous take on ancient mythologies in a modern day setting a try.

And don’t forget about T.L.’s past SF Origin stories, The Money Man, The Society of Heroes, Herman’s Story, Jetpacks Anonymous: Tom’s Story, and Harvey the Science Rabbit-Pt.1!

THE LOST FINALE

I had an absolute blast Sunday night watching the LOST finale with my wife and a couple of our friends. We had a themed mini party in which we had LOST appropriate food and even dressed up a bit like our favorite characters (okay, the characters we thought we could pull off). There are pictures, and I may yet post them. We’ll see.

As for my reaction to the finale…I’m still kind of forming it but overall I’d say I was very pleased and very moved by it. I acknowledge that I would have liked a little more closure on some of the larger mythology issues, but that didn’t stop me from smiling the whole way through. I though the message in the end was appropriate and meaningful, and that was the thing that was the most important to me. It was a truly moving experience and darn good television.

THRICE EVIL FAN ART

I love fan art. What comic creator doesn’t? This Thrice Evil piece comes to us from Javier Del Villar, a SuperFan that is a regular commenter around these parts and always has some really interesting things to say and some great observations. Thanks, Javier!

 

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See you on Thursday with SuperFogeys 258!