The Archive is Here! Read Superchum from the Beginning in 1995

Steve Myers • September 1, 2018

Superchum comics first appeared in the mid 90s as part of the University of Delaware student newspaper, The Review.

This is a long time coming. I've decided to restore my old Superchum comics for posterity. I want this site to act as an archive of all of the old comic strips to help see how the character developed over the years from a college newspaper strip to one of the leading funny webcomics. Today Superchum stands as a funny superhero webcomicattracting fans who want to read comics online for free. But in the beginning, it was something totally different.

I've wanted to do this for a very long time. The problem is, the original art was lost in a move. That always presented problems for me, not because I didn't have copies of the strips, but because I wasn't sure the copies I had would reproduce well.

That's changed as technology has caught up with me. So now, going all the way back to 1995, when he first appeared in the University of Delaware student newspaper The Review , here is the debut strip, The Adventures of Superchum and the Mighty Befrienders!

The Adventures of Superchum and the Mighty Befrienders by Steve Myers | Archive comic strip 1

Trusting the Process

Because I'm working from old newspaper clippings, I'm "remastering" these strips a bit. What that means is I'm taking the old clippings I made from when I was working on this comic, and scanning them in. From there I'm cleaning up the legibility. What that means is my old "handwritten" lettering is being replaced with some fonts. And the art is being adjusted in Photoshopto make it cleaner and easier to read on the web. For Chum Fans and UD Review history buffs, here's how my scan of the original clipping looks:

The original comic strip debut of The Adventures of Superchum and the Mighty Befrienders

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Steve Myers

Artist and Creator

Steve created Superchum when he was 13. He's been drawing a version of Superchum and the Mighty Befrienders since 1995.

Inspired heavily by both Superman and The Tick, Superchum is Steve's homage to the Golden and Silver Age of comics.

Steve is an award winning cartoonist and designer who has had his artwork used in movies, books, and comics since the 1990s.

He's also a Search Engine Optimization expert and creator of Doctor Digital the World's First SEO Superhero. Other comics work from Steve include Dirk Fantastic and Spacejacked, both published by Oddity Prodigy Productions. And also Smash Bronson Beach Detective, published by Cat and Mouse Press.