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

Scrapyard's Front Cover - Complete! Wednesday February 11, 2009

As I mentioned in my last post, the only thing the cover needed was minor tweaks. They have been twunk. (Is that word? "Twunk?" It should be. Tweak, twank, twunk...) This picture is now on the archive page, too. With the completion of the cover for Scrapyard of Insufferable Arrogance… Read more

Schlock Mercenary: Out From Under Thursday November 13, 2008

Schlock Mercenary: Out From Under is the title of the next book in the series. For purposes of folder naming, product codes, and the like, that name is reduced to the acronym "OFU." I'm sure you can think of impolite things to spell with that acronym. Please don't, though. Just… Read more

Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues Monday July 16, 2012

Diana Rowland's second installment in the White Trash Zombie series made me happy. There are a lot of things to like in this book. I'll start with the character voice, since it runs all the way through. Even White Trash Zombies Get The Blues is related in first person, from… Read more

A New Common Core Sunday October 30, 2016

There’s talk these days about college educations being too expensive—and by “too expensive,” some experts have said it’s simply not worth the money. I’m not currently working in the field I studied, but I don’t regret college at all. In part, I suppose, because it’s been paid for. Of the many… Read more

November 01, 2003 Saturday November 1, 2003

Las Vegas Comic-Con Update entry, I'm still here at the Las Vegas Comic-Con, and still using a dial-up connection. I'm also short on the equipment necessary to upload pictures (short one USB camera cable, to be precise), which is a real bummer because Chalain and I have some awesome pictures.… 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

Friday March 27, 2009

Height Two Joshin' See Addle Monday March 5, 2007

For my birthday, my brother Randy took me out to lunch. He related something to me about "my biggest fan" and his friend Larry at Randy's work (for the record, I already know who my biggest fans are, because they've done minion-time at book releases.) And now, because it amuses… Read more

Yes, You Read That Correctly… Saturday June 15, 2019

Sergeant In Motion: Schlock Mercenary Book 20, will be the last book in the Schlock Mercenary “mega-arc,” the unbroken¹ string of 7,300-ish² days of daily comics airing here at schlockmercenary.com. At that point the continuity of the Schlock Mercenary universe will include those twenty books, assorted bonus stories (which appear… Read more

Marginalia Galore Monday April 18, 2011

The Bonus Story for Schlock Mercenary Book 7: Emperor Pius Dei may be done, but the book itself is currently about 30 pictures from being ready to send off to the printer. One of these is the cover, which I'll treat you to in a couple of days. Most of… Read more

Saturday July 1, 2000

Friday August 29, 2003

Schlock Mercenary Turns Seventeen Tuesday June 13, 2017

On Monday, June 12th of the year 2000 the very first Schlock Mercenary strip appeared on the web. Yesterday, Monday, June 12th of the year 2017 marked the seventeenth anniversary of that start date—seventeen years of uninterrupted¹ daily² updates here at schlockmercenary.com. That I am now in my eighteenth year… Read more

Vegas Schlockers Unite! Also... original strips! Thursday July 12, 2007

If you're going to be at Comic-Con, or if you live in Las Vegas, we have some prep-work to do. Yes, "we." 1) If you would like to purchase an original Schlock Mercenary strip, you need to email me and tell me which one. The prices remain the same as… 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

All Stretchy and Fundy and Stuff Friday October 13, 2017

The Random Access Memorabilia Kickstarter closed at exactly $75,000 on Friday evening, all stretch goals met. Thank you!  We’ll be printing the book, the Bristlecone ship coin, and then, in February, we’ll do a shirt-specific Kickstarter using designs that this project paid for. In coming weeks the project page will… Read more

A Sale! And Shipping in Time for Christmas! Friday November 29, 2019

Head over to shop.schlockmercenary.com and use the discount code 2019HOLIDAY between now and December 5th for 10% off anything in our store. Additionally, we have a bunch of things already on sale, and yes, the coupon bonus will stack, increasing your savings. If you need your packages to arrive by Christmas, international orders… 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

I've Got Five Days, You've got Two... Saturday December 1, 2007

This is me, with a heating pad keeping my shoulder loose, earbuds and OCRemix keeping me focused, and one of a couple hundred Peteys emerging under my hand in the back of someone's book. This is me working on a different Petey, while I stare up at myself with a… Read more