A week of comics done in two days... BAM. Wednesday April 30, 2008

I like being on my A-game. Monday and Tuesday of this week I knocked down a week of comics, scripting, pencilling, inking, and coloring. And it wasn't just talking-head stuff, either. The week I scripted and drew had elephants, fancy equipment, and impending peril. (Peril is difficult to draw.) Anyway,… Read more

Seven Years Tuesday June 12, 2007

Wow. Today, June 12th of 2007, marks the seventh anniversary of the first appearance of Schlock Mercenary on the web. The first three or four weeks of the strip went up in June of 2000 in a long-extinct subdirectory of the tayler.com domain. Then I discovered Keenspace (now ComicGenesis), and… Read more

Presented Without Context Thursday October 22, 2015

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Black Friday at Dragon's Keep Sunday November 21, 2010

If you Utah folk dare to venture out-of-doors this Friday, Dragon's Keep is doing their first ever Black Friday sale.  Board games, Warhammer, Hordes and Warmachine, and back stock comics are all discounted. Also, not listed on their announcement, Schlock books will be 15% off.  And I'll be there to… 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

Party at the Keep - TODAY Saturday May 20, 2006

Last night I finished the 100th sketch-edition of the book. The packages are in the mail now for over 80% of our paying customers. All that remains is about 200 sketches and some bonus stuff for a few APO orders. (Schlockers in the military will be getting what hopefully amounts… 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

In-Universe Fun Friday February 20, 2015

I had a bit of in-universe fun with my friend Alan. The "Planet Mercenary" shopping outlet, which carries all the best weapons and materiel from all the best suppliers in the Schlockiverse now has a logo, and a Twitter feed. Why? FUN!  Check out @PlanetMercenary on Twitter. All in-universe, in-character… Read more

Strength of Wild Horses by Sandra Tayler, illustrated by Angela Call Thursday November 7, 2013

You may recall Sandra Tayler and Angela Call's picture book from 2008, Hold on to Your Horses -- a book for people, especially younger people, who have some impulse control issues. It's available here, and you can even read it and admire the pictures free of charge here. Sandra is… Read more

Friday May 13, 2005

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

The Martian Friday October 2, 2015

“The movie is never as good as the book.” Actually… not never. The Martian just cleared that bar. And in an even more amazing, and seemingly impossible twist on that thing everybody knows, not only is The Martian movie as good as The Martian book, The Martian movie is as good a movie… Read more

What is it about round-number milestones? Sunday April 9, 2006

As I've mentioned before, pre-orders have been brisk. We sold past the "break even" point, which was around 530 books (after design fees, printing costs, and taxes have been taken into account). We're approaching the point where we'll have enough socked away that I can abandon the quest for corporate… Read more

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

Two Days Left! Tuesday November 19, 2019

We’re in the final two days of the BIG DUMB OBJECTS Kickstarter project. I’m not as far along on my deliverables as I want to be (the cover is still a few hours from being finished), but we’re on track to get the books, slipcases and add-ons delivered on time.… Read more

Get Your Wallets Ready... Tuesday September 11, 2007

Schlock Mercenary: The Tub of Happiness is being sent off for printing this week. It is 240 pages long, including nine pages of what one trusted pre-reader called "the most satisfying bonus story ever." The full-color book includes all the strips from June 12th, 2000 through November 11th, 2001... that's… Read more

XDM Pre-orders Closed, Books Ship Thursday Monday July 20, 2009

XDM Pre-orders are closed. Tracy, Curtis, and I signed two pallets of books on Monday, and I think we've got a few left over. I'm going to be taking some of them to Dragon's Keep. That's right, on Wednesday (the day comics arrive) by 2:00pm you can get a Pre-order… Read more

Oh, look. 5,000 books where my car should be... Thursday July 18, 2013

Oh, look. 5,000 books parked where my car would like to park. They are, as of this writing, 18% spoken for. That's pretty good. We haven't set any records, but we don't print books to set records. We print books so that people who want books can buy them from… Read more

The Rules of Writing Excuses: Keeping it 15 Minutes Long Monday March 24, 2008

On Friday, whilst preparing to record Episodes 10 and 11 (yes, even in Podcasting there are buffers to be had) we recorded a three-minute long segment on "The Rules." How do we keep our podcasts 15 minutes long? No Expounding, No Cans of Worms, No Waffling, and judicious use of… 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