Pre-Orders now open for The Body Politic Monday July 8, 2013

Pre-orders are now open for Schlock Mercenary: The Body Politic, the ninth volume in the massively-serial space ope-- what am I saying? You people know all of this. I mean, you're here, right? This volume is different from every other volume we've done. There is no bonus story.  There is,… Read more

DVD Review: The Tick Saturday March 18, 2006

Okay, I've seen all the episodes, and The Tick (live action) still = Brilliant. From the pilot episode: "Destiny dressed you this morning, my friend, and now Fear wants to pull off your pants. If you give up, if you give in, then you're going to end up naked, with… Read more

No Time For Reviews: Fright Night and Rise of the Planet of the Apes Monday August 29, 2011

I've got too much script-writing and comic-drawing to give these two films proper reviews with pictures and stuff. I liked "Apes" more than Fright Night, but then again I'm not a fan of horror as a genre. Still, David Tennant and Colin Farrell were fantastic. The only serious failing of… Read more

Movie Review: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby Saturday August 5, 2006

I'll try and make this review short, because tomorrow is my anniversary and I haven't gone shopping yet... This is not a great movie, and might not even be a great comedy. Somehow, though, I went in the right frame of mind, and with the right person (my brother Randy,… Read more

Thursday January 17, 2013

Kickstarting BROKEN WIND and DELEGATES & DELEGATION Friday October 12, 2018

This Tuesday, October 16th, we’ll be opening a Kickstarter for print editions of Broken Wind: Schlock Mercenary Volume 14, and Delegates and Delegation: Schlock Mercenary Volume 15.   Each volume has a bonus story at the end, lots of margin art in the middle, and the same top-shelf quality of binding,… Read more

A Casual, Hacked Review of XCOM 2 Monday March 14, 2016

I have loved XCOM 2, but not unconditionally. There are some things you should know when you consider my review: I’m a “hardcore casual” gamer. I will spend dozens of hours exploring all the corners of a game, but only if it doesn’t abuse me with unrelenting punishment and frustration for… Read more

Movie Review: UltraViolet Friday March 3, 2006

So... let's see. Since December I've now seen four films that have strong female protagonists, an SF/F setting, and which have not been released to critics ahead of time. Three of them were vampire-themed. I have a feeling that anything I say at this point will be irrelevant. I've already… Read more

DVD Review: The Man Friday February 10, 2006

I rented The Man this evening, and just now finished watching the movie, and then the blooper reel. The verdict? Don't bother. The movie was amusing, but neither laugh-out-loud funny nor edge-of-the-seat exciting. And the blooper reel was downright disappointing. The film had SERIOUS potential: Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene… Read more

DVD Review: Doom Tuesday February 21, 2006

For some reason I've had a hankering to see Doom for a while now. Last night I rented it via RedBox, and while it's certainly not great cinema, I enjoyed it a lot. I've played the game on which the movie is (probably very loosely) based, but not all the… Read more

Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Friday July 7, 2006

Drink up, me hearties, yo-ho! I walked into the theater with "Yo Ho, Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)" running through my head. I walked out of the theater with a stern realization that a pirate's life is NOT for me. Pirates get chased by governments, eaten by cannibals,… Read more

Death by Cliché 2: The Wrath of Con Friday May 4, 2018

My writing group has been critiquing, and to some degree workshopping, the Death by Cliché series with their author, Bob Defendi. I’ve enjoyed the process immensely, even just reading the first full drafts. The central premise of the series is that our protagonist, a game designer named Damico, is trapped inside a… Read more

DVD Review: A Mighty Wind Tuesday March 14, 2006

My buddy Dennis told me I needed to see this film. I'm not sure he and I have the same operational definitions of the word "need," but I confess to being entertained. If you're not familiar with the work of Christopher Guest, here's a quick primer: He creates "Mockumentaries," which… Read more

Ready Player One Thursday March 29, 2018

Ready Player One was a visual extravaganza with a story that gave it convenient excuses to feature pop-culture icons from the past thirty years. I enjoyed it a lot, but the most innovative part about the film was that zipper thing on an expandable suitcase which allowed the producers to say… Read more

Alert of potential problem with schlockmercenary.com Sunday July 27, 2008

Note from Sandra Tayler If you have any difficulties reaching www.schlockmercenary.com over the next few days, please click over to www.schlocktroops.com. It has been set up as an alternate location for fans to get their daily Schlock fix. Please spread the word in the event of a problem. That is… Read more

Movie Review: A Sound of Thunder Thursday April 20, 2006

In 8th grade I read Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder." I loved it. Last night I rented the big-screen adaptation and watched it with Sandra. It was nice to make fun of, but the punch of the original story was gone. Also, the effects were very 1993.… Read more

Gonna be a busy week... Monday July 28, 2014

Sandra and I had our usual planning meeting, and she went all "art director" on me and outlined this week's tasks: Design new banners for the GenCon booth Write & illustrate two weeks of Schlock Mercenary Finish my two pages of the Massively Parallel bonus story Here are the things she… Read more

There Won’t Be Spoilers Wednesday April 24, 2019

I’ll be seeing Avengers: Endgame on Friday morning. My review will be pretty basic. I’ll let you know if I liked it, and I’ll tell you whether or not it boosts my Infinity War review back up over my Threshold of Awesome. That’s it. I won’t be saying anything about who does what,… Read more

The Fleening of Chupaqueso.com Wednesday January 18, 2006

Ordinarily when a blog gets blogged, the blogged blog is the only blog to mention the blogging, and may blog back. When Fleen blogged Chupaqueso.com, however, the blogging blog was also a blog of topical interest in the blogged blog's blogger's OTHER blog (even if that relationship requires the blogged… Read more

Sketching is About Half Done Friday February 8, 2019

I’m about half-way finished with the book sketching—a little over half of the Delegates And Delegation books are sketched, and a little under half of the Broken Wind books are sketched. I had a super-productive session Monday evening (Feb 4th), sketching in over 200 books over the course of about seven hours. Sessions… Read more