Please give a hearty clap to artist Marc Lapierre for today’s incredible splash page. Not only is this our big finish to this short chapter, but it’s such a great recreation of a very special moment from a movie I’m guessing you’re all pretty well familiar with at this point. What is Jerry doing and where did he go? This is your answer. Can you piece it all together? Hint: look closer.
Even when I was set to draw this entire chapter myself, this was an episode I knew I couldn’t do myself. I asked Marc to do a layout for me that I could then pencil over and ink and color myself. When the decision was made to turn over all the art duties to Marc anyway, he had a rough sketch of 800 ready to go. It’s actually the first thing he drew for Chapter 23!
800 STRIPS/EPISODES…AND A VERY SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY
Not only do we mark 800 strips/episodes today, this week we also celebrate the 13th Anniversary of The SuperFogeys’ existence. That’s right, the first episodes of Chapter 1 were released waaaaay back in September 2006. I did the first 300 episodes all by my lonesome before Marc Lapierre took over and beautifully drew the next 500. We’ve had a couple yearlong hiatuses over the years, and dipped into Origin stories now and again (with Swifty’s origin being the latest) but SuperFogeys has been a going concern for a very long time now. And that’s kind of amazing. I never would have thought all this would happen when I first started. THANK YOU for reading and keeping your love for SF alive. It’s what fuels us.
CHAPTER 24: THE GUTHRIE
We’re going on hiatus. Yes, another one. BUT–this is a very short hiatus. Marc and I return with Chapter 24: The Guthrie on Monday, October 7, 2019. We’re getting a good buffer going, with the first SEVEN episodes already completed as you read this.
What’s in store for Chapter 24? Only the biggest chapter we’ve EVER done. I’m not kidding. It will be bigger, longer, and filled with more action and twists and consequences than we’ve ever attempted.
I’m scared, Marc’s scared, but we’re gonna do it. We’re gonna deliver on all the story threads we’ve been building over the last several years and bring this whole thing to a head. It’s going to feel like an ending. It’s going to feel like The SuperFogeys is coming to an epic conclusion…and yet it’s not. There’s still two more chapters to go after Chapter 24 is over.
How can that be? You’ll see.
I cannot wait.
LET’S PLAY A GAME
I’m curious…who has been with us since the beginning? Who is only just now catching up with the story? If you can, tell us in the comments below which year you first started reading (or, if you can’t remember that, where the story was at the time) and what got you hooked!
See you on Monday, October 7!
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Wow tangerine arm and a lantern ring? He has also a sword, so my guess he is gathering powerful items from across all worlds? Also, my guess from Jerry being on earth avocado was no that crazy. Would love to know what is on that world.
Indeed, great art from Mark, love the not Stan Lee / Strange Doctor.
As for your game, I have been here since 07 if I am not mistaken. I remember seeing a reference to Captain Spectacular and Dr Rocket on the Atomic Laundromat webcomic
I will say this…”Tangerine arm” was not how it was described in the script. Tangerine’s metal arm only goes part of the way up. So, it’s a different–and very specific–arm Jerry has gotten ahold of. Otherwise, you’re catching on to the game being played her pretty well.
And you’ve been here since 07?? That’s nuts! Thank you for sticking with us.
He got it from the Late, Late Autumn Mercenary, didn’t he?
Or maybe Colossus?
I think I’ve been reading since the Bingo Knight made his first appearance. Or when Spy Gal first came to Valhalla. I really can’t remember anymore.
For me I started reading somewhere around the big Jerry reveal, so what’s that, 2010? I know I was reading it before that, but that reveal got me hooked and I haven’t missed a strip since.
9 years is a long, long time to stick with any comic. Thanks for keeping the faith. I don’t know that we’ve ever topped that Jerry reveal…and I don’t know that we ever will…it’s certainly been a big highlight. Glad it did the trick and got you hooked!
Remember Swifty’s time bubbles, so…somewhere between 2008 and 2010?
Soviet Sam is the character that struck the strongest chord for me:
http://superfogeys.com/2011/06/06/322-long-shadow-on-a-sunny-day/
http://superfogeys.com/2011/06/08/323-what-is-a-villain/
http://superfogeys.com/2011/06/13/324-what-is-a-hero/
I printed those strips, and kept them in my work locker for a number of years.
I am quite touched and honored by that. In SuperFogeys Vol. 1, those three strips are combined into a single page, and it’s a page that means a lot to me, too. Some of Marc’s finest work as well. Thank you for sharing that.
I don’t want Jerry anywhere near the Eternity Glove.
Also, I’ve been here since just before the Jerry reveal.
Since before? Awesome. That’s dedication.
I’ve been a reader since discovering SF on ComicSpace.
Comicspace! I…don’t remember that site very well.
I don’t rememeber when I found your comic.. I know it was pre-Third Man/Klein Reveal. (The first massive reveal before we knew Third Man and Klien was Jerry!) I know it was before the superfogeys.com url was used.
Honestly, I read the archives so many times I cant recall when I first read your comic!
Pre-100? That’s pretty dang early on! Thank you for still reading! The comic has morphed into something so very different from when you first found it.
I met the Superfogeys a year or two after I met my fiancée, soo… 2010 or 2011!
And the only thing that will break my heart, gentlemen, is if after SF is done, the community doesn’t find a way for you two to create something new together.
Pretty dang early! I would love to keep working with Marc. Our partnership has been, I think, a good one. We sync up pretty well, I think! I can’t honestly say we’ve ever discussed it, but if the right idea presented itself that inspired us both, I would not be opposed.
I believe I discovered the comic when it was still rather fresh….Around chapter 4-ish… so 2007.
Looks like Jerry is trying to collect things of Power…hmm…
That is super fresh! And way before I found my legs as an artist and as a storyteller. Thanks for sticking around.
I’m sure Jerry will use those powerful things for the benefit of everyone.
Gotta agree with Swifty: “Jerry? Benefiting everyone?” Bahahaha!
I picked up around chapter 4 or 5? I picked up a lot of webcomics then. And you offered a look at superheroes I hadn’t seen before. I keep it in mind writing my own superhero stories.
High praise, indeed. Thanks for sticking with us (especially through the end of Chapter 5!).
From the scars on Jerry’s face it looks like he may had had a run in with an angry Canadian.
I have been a fan since late 2012…
Good spotting. Since 2012? Nice! So, for you, Marc has always been the main artist.
I’ve been reading this since a bottle of Ensure and 10cc’s of Kryptonite.
Can’t go back further than that!
Hahahaha! Marc has trully excelled on this page! Quite beautiful and detailed!
With all the artifacts (and scars too, oh boy) that Jerry is gathering, it wouldn’t surprise me if he winds up carrying a basket of alternate versions of the Power Crystal into the final showdown.
Oh dang, that would be DEVASTATING.