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Posted on 2/3/09

WELCOME TO SUPERFOGEYS ORIGINS!

Ladies and gents, the day has arrived.  Today is the first day of a brand new webcomic, "SuperFogeys Origins," written and lettered by yours truly, with FANTASTIC art by the imcomparable T.L. Collins.  

For those of you that missed my previous announcement, my circumstances have changed a bit and its become necessary for me to cut my art production in half and only do one SuperFogeys strip a week.  That'll be on Thursdays.

"SuperFogeys Origins" is what you'll be getting from now on on Tuesdays.  In "SFO" I'll be diving into the history of the SuperFogeys universe and showing you the stories and events that shaped the characters into what they are today, as you've known them for the past two years.  

Expect some surprises and some interesting linkups to the current SF continuity.  It's going to be an exciting ride and, I hope, will enrich your experience reading the SF strip proper. 

Joining me for this much-more-than-a-spinoff-strip is T.L. Collins.  T.L. is an amazing artist with one of the most incredible work ethics I've ever seen who has his own, three-times-a-week webcomic, Bullfinch. Do yourself and your funny bone a favor and check it out immediately.

THE MONEY MAN

So, today's page is part one of two of the origin of the Money Man.  I know, I know what you're sayin' - Who the crud is the Money Man!?

For the short answer, go here. For an even shorter answer, I will say only this: he's a very important part of SuperFogeys history. I think you'll dig 'im. Plus, his origin story leads directly into the next SuperFogeys Origin...The Society of Heroes.  Can't wait for you all to read that one.  Consider the Money Man origin a mere primer.

SITE UPDATES!

Well hey, lookee there!  The site just got a little overhaul, as you can see.  Its' mostly cosmetic, but I think things feel a little more "SuperFogeys" and a little less "Th3rd World" around here--which is no bad thing.  This is our corner of the Th3rd World universe and it's sweet to have it feel a little more like home. 

Besides the new Space Pig graphic in the upper left (soon to be joined by some friends), the biggest change is to how I display the strips.  The downright decent folk at Th3rd World found a way to add 50 pixels to the display area, so the strips will appear a bit larger on your screen from now on.  Not a huge difference, but enough that I think it will be easier to read now.  Which is quite cool.

THE OLD FEED IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE NEW FEED

For those of you that follow SF on the RSS feed, you need to know that that's another change that we've made.  SF is now on Google's feed burner (because Google is taking over the universe and who are we to argue?).  Here's the link:

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheSuperfogeys

Enjoy!

NEW SF ON THURSDAY!  SEE YOU THEN!


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tpiro says...

posted 2/3/09 2:06 am

Wow, that's a lot of story packed into one page. Great job TL! This format is really allowing your fantastic work to shine.

Dwight L. MacPherson says...

posted 2/3/09 2:20 am

Nice page, man! I've recently caught up on the story and I'm excited about the Origins storyline. Can't wait to see what happens next!

Ming says...

posted 2/3/09 3:36 am

Great first page, cause it makes me one to see page 2, i've only recently started reading some of your strips, so Origins is a good way for me to start=)

happy to hear that it will link into the SF continuity...

I'm a sucker for spinoff's done well, it's a fine rope to walk on though.

I wish you and T.L Collins all the best!

Greg Bulmash says...

posted 2/3/09 4:28 am

Awsome work by both artists. Congrats guys. This is shaping up to be a winner.

tyler_durden (chaos engineer) says...

posted 2/3/09 6:48 am

the only way this could get better...5 days a week!
awesome job you guys!

Si Civa says...

posted 2/3/09 7:07 am

This page's charm is that it's tells nearly everything about the Money man's values.

Mike J says...

posted 2/3/09 7:42 am

I was still excited to see this even though I had the special soft-opening, haha. Great stuff.

Chip says...

posted 2/3/09 8:35 am

Great openning page! What a wonderfuly fun idea.

amanda says...

posted 2/3/09 8:54 am

The only thing that will suffice is a rock fist! m/

doubledcomics says...

posted 2/3/09 9:09 am

Fantastic start! I wish I could draw like T.L.

wit says...

posted 2/3/09 9:57 am

Love the coloring too. Very eye catching. Nice work TL.

doubledcomics says...

posted 2/3/09 11:33 am

I agree with WIT. There's no real background detail in 5 & 1/2 of the panels but the colour work is so vivid that you really don't notice or even care. All around a great piece. Could we be seeing the origin of a super-team financier, in the Money Man?

DD.

Brock says...

posted 2/3/09 11:35 am

First of all, let me echo what everyone else is saying and just say what a great job TL did on this page. I was completely blown away when he showed me the inks and it just sings in color.

Tpiro - Yeah, it is pretty packed, I'll cop to that. It's a two page origin, so it was bound to happen. Believe it or not, even more happens on page 2.

Dwight - Hey, thanks for checking things out, man. Glad you like what you see so far. Much more to come.

Ming - It's true, this is a perfect jumping on point. No prior knowledge necessary! I need to promote that aspect of it more. In my humble opinion, I think we do have a good spinoff here. You'll have to let me know if I'm right.

Greg B. - Thanks! I hope you're right.

Tyler D. - I would LOVE to do this 5 days a week. Ah, the dream. Thanks, Tyler.

Si Civa - Yeah, there's no question where he's coming from. Hopefully it'll make what he does next believable.

Mike J. - Haha. Glad I didn't spoil you too bad.

Chip - If it turns out not to be so fun, I'm depending on you to tell me.

DoubleD - Me too.

Wit - It's official: T.L. is the man.

Brock says...

posted 2/3/09 11:37 am

DoubleD - Re: your last comment that was made while I was posting my previous comment: Shh.

Si Civa says...

posted 2/3/09 11:53 am

You know. Now when I think about it, Money man looks a lot like Salvador Dalí.

And curses, that damn typo I made earlier..

bullfinch says...

posted 2/3/09 2:42 pm

Thanks for all of the great comments guys! 5 days a week and 3 for Bullfinch and my head might implode like a dwarf star.

dgriff13 says...

posted 2/3/09 3:56 pm

terrific work. like the colors, the cut scenes to less fortunate folk, the writing. you guys make a great team.

Greg Bulmash says...

posted 2/3/09 4:10 pm

Well, TL, you need to get out and earn some sweet moolah with Uncle Rico. Then you'll have time to draw 5 full pages and 3 strips a week.

Tyler says...

posted 2/3/09 10:23 pm

I liked the script, but it was oh so much more fantastic to see as a whole picture. Great one, Brock.

Colleen T. Sheehy says...

posted 2/4/09 1:23 am

Ooooh nice.... I Like It!

Brock says...

posted 2/4/09 12:31 pm

Si Civa - Does he? I confess I don't know what Salvador Dali looks like. Guess I better start googling...

DGriff - Thanks, I think so too. And, in my humble opinion, it only gets better.

Tyler - Wait...you saw the script? Who are you exactly? And...thanks!

Colleen - I'm so very glad for that, Colleen. It's different from SF, but I hope it all feels like a piece of the same story--because it is!

Si Civa says...

posted 2/4/09 12:38 pm

Only little bit. Mostly the hair and moustache give that look.

Lynnette says...

posted 2/5/09 5:10 pm

Awesome! LOVE it! :)

Brock says...

posted 2/5/09 5:37 pm

Hey Lynnette! You got an avatar! Thanks for checking out SFO.

argonsassistant says...

posted 2/7/09 10:40 pm

woooho,Im just luvin it,wow what a great page MR T.L. Collins

babs says...

posted 2/9/09 7:56 pm

This is tre cool!

~b

Eman says...

posted 3/29/09 9:00 pm

All I can say is I love it.

Enoch

George says...

posted 4/27/09 8:10 pm

This is some amazing stuff! I'm loving the art, the story's intriguing, and I'm always a sucker for bright colors. Yay!
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