Toward the beginning of the year, I did a guest comic for Brock Heasley’s The SuperFogeys. Brock was kind enough to invite me–much to my pleasure–to try my hand at a SuperFogeys Origins story, which I’ve been working on, slowly but surely, the past couple months. So, needless to say, I like The SuperFogeys.

Brock has something big up his sleeve for his comic next week, and I wanted to help him spread the word. So, please take note of the following:

“If you’ve never read the SuperFogeys or it’s been a while since you have, now’s the time to check it out! Launched in September of 2006, the SuperFogeys has steadily developed into a hilarious and dramatic saga that’s far and away from its gag-a-day roots. Throughout its nearly four-year run, one villain has loomed over the residents of Valhalla-Home for the Supertired more than any other, the Third Man. We now know he’s secretly Dr. Klein, the founder of Valhalla, but what does he want? Who is he, really? And how do Spy Gal, Captain Spectacular, Swifty, Dr. Rocket and all the rest fit into his plans?

“Everything has been leading up to the bomb creator Brock Heasley will be dropping on Thursday, August 19th. Early reactions to the revelation (by those lucky few) have varied from “That’s a total mind screw” to “Holy Sh—!” (Okay, so that’s not a lot of variety. Reactions are pretty much the same across the board!)

“To celebrate, SuperFogeys will be running four updates August 16th-19th, Monday-Thursday. Then, in the week after that (after everyone’s had a chance to calm down!), seven consecutive daily updates August 23rd-29th, Monday-Sunday. 

“It’s time to catch back up with SF. What are you waiting for?”

www.superfogeys.com

So, these are nearly two months old now, but, seeing as I’m in Japan again, it’s almost like I took them yesterday! Except it’s much much hotter now. Melty hot. Anyway, back in May, I took a business trip to Japan, and snapped some round-the-town shots of Osaka and Yokohama. Here are the Yokohama highlights. Note the lucky clear shot of Mt. Fuji I got from my hotel room, and the “mega-rama” I stitched together of the cityscape!

As mentioned, I’m back in Japan now, and this time, it’s personal. I mean, vacation. So, mayhaps I’ll be able to grab and share some shots of Hokkaido, too–a little closer to home, as far as the strip is concerned!

I managed to get in my morning stroll every day I was in Osaka this week. The streets are fairly clear at 6am, and Osaka is full of really interesting architecture. Industrial art.