PLOTTING A SERIAL WEBCOMIC, PART 5 “Writing the Script”
Once I’m confident that each strip will make a proper contribution to the larger whole of a chapter (and each chapter makes a proper contribution to the larger whole of [...]
PLOTTING A SERIAL WEBCOMIC, PART 4 “Breaking Down a Chapter”
One of the things I didn’t learn to do until Chapter 4 of the SuperFogeys was to break each Chapter down by strip. Before Chapter 4, I would write and [...]
PLOTTING A SERIAL WEBCOMIC, PART 3 – The Throughline
So, it's 2006 and I’ve got story ideas, but they’re not better than gag-a-day stuff because they’re not connected to each other or to any big idea. I didn’t have [...]
PLOTTING A SERIAL WEBCOMIC, PART 2 – How I Started This SuperFogeys Thing
The first thing you have to do with any new concept is generate story ideas. I had my basic idea: superheroes in a nursing home. I even had some of [...]
PLOTTING A SERIAL WEBCOMIC, PART 1 – WHAT’S IN A MEAL?
Webcomics are not made for serial storytelling. A lot of people are going to disagree with me on this point, but it’s my contention that if you don’t acknowledge that [...]
DEMONY CARS
Before there was The SuperFogeys, there was the blog “From Behind the Light.” This is from 2005: I think the powers of darkness tried to kill me last night. How [...]
IT’S A WAR–IN THE STARS!!!
Yesterday, for the very first time in my life, I stared at the title "Star Wars" long enough to break it away from all childhood and cognitive associations to see [...]
Fan Art: 8-bit Captain Spectacular by Tyler Heasley!
Big thanks to my brother Tyler Heasley for this latest fan art! It made me laugh and brought me right back to the 6th Grade and playing The Legend of [...]
Guest Blog: “FANTERVIEW” BY BENJAMIN KISSELL
Brock Heasley, the creative genius behind the immensely popular SuperFogeys webcomic (first appearing in 2006), agreed to sit down and do a web-based “fan-terview” with me. In late spring of [...]
