My Plate Is Piled High Tuesday November 30, 2010

My plate is piled high. I'm not complaining. The work I need to do is work I love, work I have chosen, and work that keeps me and mine warm and well-fed in these tough times. If anything, I should be as grateful as anybody else doing honest work for… 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

July 18, 2001 Wednesday July 18, 2001

Comic-con! I am SO there... Should you feel inclined to meet me, I'll be available for autographs, thrown money, and general bowing and scraping in the KeenSpot booth for at least four hours each day. The booth is at the opposite end of the building from Artist's Alley, along the… Read more

Thursday September 17, 2009

Tuesday July 6, 2010

Original Art for auction Monday November 16, 2009

Howard has once again collaborated with his daughter Keliana to create some Schlock-themed artwork. This piece was done as margin art for the upcoming book Schlock Mercenary: Resident Mad Scientist, and features Reverend Theo Fobius discussing something (probably religion) with Petey and a Meaty-Petey. Keliana has expressed the desire for… 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

Guest Art from Kevin Wasden Thursday March 15, 2007

Kevin Wasden and I got to hang out together at LTUE XXV, and he did a great sketch of Tagon. Naturally I wanted to extend a personal invitation to him to provide some guest art for the next Schlock book. He was excited to participate. I've gotten a lot of… Read more

Pre-Orders Are Open: Sharp End of the Stick Wednesday May 16, 2012

Pre-orders are now open for Schlock Mercenary: The Sharp End of the Stick. They're $20 each, and the Numbered Customer Choice Sketch Edition is just ten dollars more. There are also some bundles you should be aware of: Sharp Shebang -- all eight books for $125. Save $30 off the… Read more

Back to the Drawing Board Tuesday April 3, 2012

World Horror was fun, and emceeing the Utah's Biggest Liar contest was a hoot, but it's time to get back to work. Oh, I could relax. The buffer has been topped off, and a book and a board game are off to their respective printers. I could spend the next… Read more

Radiohead Has My Blessing Monday October 1, 2007

In case you missed the news, Radiohead (one of the biggest bands of the decade) has decided to release their new album in the same way I released the Strohl Munitions Coloring Book: you name your price, and you get the digital goods. Okay, I'm not claiming to have invented… Read more

Last Two Days to Pre-Order! Monday November 13, 2006

This Wednesday morning at around 8:00am Mountain Time (GMT -7), Sandra is going to start printing off the last batch of mailing labels for the Thursday and Friday mailing. If you're hoping to order Schlock Mercenary: The Blackness Between and have it ship out before the Thanksgiving holiday, now would… Read more

Tron Legacy Soundtrack: Made of Awesome Thursday December 9, 2010

I picked up the Tron Legacy soundtrack on iTunes yesterday, and it is wonderful. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, AKA "Daft Punk" deliver some of their signature grooves, but also brilliantly mimic some of the best recent film scores from Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson Williams, John Powell, Christophe Beck,… Read more

Do You Design T-Shirts? Tuesday December 12, 2017

UPDATE: We have the applications we need! Thank you for your interest. Sandra and I are looking to engage the services of a designer for a new round of Schlock Mercenary t-shirts. This will be a work-for-hire project that pays a flat fee for each design, plus a slice of the… Read more

62% More Awesome Thursday August 23, 2007

My buddy (and fellow Blank Label Comics cartoonist) Dave Kellett has a new book out: "62% More Awesome: The Third Sheldon Collection". The collection features every single strip since the previous Sheldon collection -- "The Good, The Bad & The Pugly" -- and includes extra strips he couldn't fit in the… 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

This Just In! Howard in Boise This Saturday! Thursday November 3, 2005

This Just In! Howard in Boise This Saturday! entry, November 3rd, 2005 On Sunday I found out I need to be in Boise this weekend on some family business. In the spirit of mixing business and pleasure, I'll be putting in an appearance at Twilight Games from Noon to 6pm… Read more

Auction Time! Tuesday September 16, 2008

By Sandra Tayler As promised we are now offering the special Teraport Wars #0001 Sketched edition. On the final page of this book Howard will illustrate the character of choice in full color. This is a unique piece of Schlock history. Don't let it go to someone else! Place your… Read more

Bold Words From Me in the Stripped Rough-Cut Monday September 19, 2011

With just 68 hours left on the clock, "Stripped" has funded at 155% of its Kickstarter goal. I'm excited to see this film, and I'm even more excited at the possibility of getting hours of bonus footage available if the project overfunds even more. More money means a better movie.… Read more

Convention Report: Ad Astra, Day Three Sunday April 13, 2008

It's always hard to leave a convention, and Ad Astra was no exception. Sunday seemed very, very short, especially by comparison to Saturday. I only had three events, and at the end of the third one (my signing session in the Dealers' Room) Sandra and I were supposed to hook… Read more