Working on Book Zero Wednesday August 8, 2007

I'm so behind. I meant to have the next Schlock book, "The Tub of Happiness" finished something like six months ago. But I'm only now finishing the coloring on the Bonus Story, and I'm still working on assembling a proper cover for it. Here's one of the cover elements. Since… Read more

Schlock Mercenary Communities

There are several places online for people to discuss Schlock Mercenary: r/schlockmercenary on Reddit Schlock Mercenary Facebook Group Circvs Maximvs  Got one we don't know about? Email schlockmercenary@gmail.com and we'll get it onto this page! Read more

December 06, 2000 Wednesday December 6, 2000

There's a new feature here at Schlock Mercenary, and it is decidedly unfunny, for which I feel the need to apologize. I'll continue to feel this need for maybe twenty or thirty minutes, and then I'll get over it without actually apologizing. I hope this guilt-denial mechanism of mine doesn't… Read more

Sick Week Monday February 25, 2008

I fell ill Monday afternoon. It cut my workday short. For the rest of the week I tried to muscle through it, propping myself up with piles of Vitamin C, caffeine, cold medicine, and mid-day sleep. I'm still wiped out. I managed to get a very small amount of work… Read more

The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse is Coming Friday May 9, 2014

Pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary book 10, The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse, open on May 19th. That's one week from Monday. I don't have the hand or the hours to do as many sketch editions as I've done in the past, so we're limiting those to 500. You have been warned.… Read more

Handin' Out Free Samples... Monday September 17, 2007

No wonder this book took so long to put together. I sat down Wednesday night and counted up the pages of bonus material. There are nine pages of bonus story, and then over a hundred more pages in the book that have new content on them. So I started adding… Read more

The Online Debut of the Boxed Set Bundle Tuesday November 2, 2010

I'll be at Webcomics Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, where I will be selling Schlock Mercenary 5-book boxed sets, plus the sixth book, Resident Mad Scientist, for just $100. That's the price of the boxed set by itself, so it's like getting book six for free. But not all of… Read more

Tuesday July 6, 2010

Another Anime Con - Coming Next Weekend! Saturday September 30, 2006

I'll be in Manchester, New Hampshire on October 7th, 8th, and 9th for Another Anime Con. I'll have a table in Artist's Alley, and probably some other events and panels to attend. I will bring books to sell, Tagon pins, and everything I need to create the commissioned pieces you… Read more

Force Multiplication Pre-orders are Open Monday May 23, 2016

You may now begin preordering Force Multiplication: Schlock Mercenary Book 12. Here are some links for clicking! $20.00: Force Multiplication, signed $30.00: Force Multiplication sketch edition, signed and numbered Do you need more than just one Schlock Mercenary book? We have a bundle for you that shaves $50 off the… Read more

The Blógünder is Back Thursday August 10, 2006

Big thanks to Daniel Meyer for his help getting php to work on the home page at schlockmercenary.com. You can again read what I've been writing about. As an added bonus, this is a live-updating script, rather than a polling solution. What does that mean to you? It means that… Read more

Come See Me at SLC FanX! Tuesday April 15, 2014

Sandra and I will be at the Salt Lake Comic-Con "Fan Xperience" this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. We're exhibiting in booth 2017. Travis, our colorist, will also be at the event, and you can find him in Artists Alley, table Q10. Oh! The treasures! When we moved from two storage… Read more

From the Department of Finally He Gets Around To It Thursday January 7, 2016

Last year I commissioned a bonus story for Force Multiplication. The story was written by Sandra Tayler, and illustrated by Natalie Barahona, and it was supposed to be lettered by me. Well, now it’s finally getting lettered by me. This is a story from Bristlecone’s past. You’re looking at about… Read more

The Sketching Begins! Thursday January 23, 2025

Book 18, Mandatory Failure, has arrived from the printer. I’ve signed about 2500 copies, and we’ve begun queueing those up for sketches. A few stacks of MANDATORY FAILURE awaiting sketches from Howard My stamina is not what it used to be. I’m as fast as ever, but I wear out… Read more

Blog Posts I Owe You Tuesday May 27, 2008

I owe you some blog posts. I still haven't written up my LepreCon adventures, and here it's been almost three weeks. CONduit was this weekend, and I skipped most of it, but got to meet (and converse at length, and record a podcast with) Michael Stackpole. Oh, and speaking of… Read more

Find Me at Gen Con Indy Thursday August 14, 2014

I will be at GenCon Indy this weekend. I arrive on Tuesday for setup, and won't fly home until Monday the 18th, and yes, this means the convention is eating a week of buffer. Like a voracious monster with 70,000 mouths... Find me in Booth 1437 with Jim Zub and… Read more

Scrapyard Recoloring is Done Wednesday February 4, 2009

Two hundred and thirty-three rows of comics, almost a thousand panels, nigh on twelve hundred different Photoshop layers... and it's finally all done. Lessons learned: 1) These take ten minutes each, but only if I decide I don't really care. 2) I really care. 3) Budgeting forty quick-and-dirty hours for… Read more

Saturday June 1, 2019

Book Bomb Benefit Wednesday April 10, 2013

Today, April 10th, numerous friends of Dave Wolverton (aka David Farland) are "bombing" his YA novel Nightingale and his writing guide Million Dollar Outlines. What's a book bomb? It's when a large enough group of people all buy a book on the same day to affect Amazon's sales rank for… Read more

I Guest-Blogged at Inkpunks Wednesday March 14, 2012

If you're interested in how I craft some of my story-stuffs, I blogged about sub-plotting over at Inkpunks. As an added bonus, the blog post is full of comics! Also, I'm flying to New York for the weekend. Here's how to find me there!  And now, luggage... Read more