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

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

The Chainsaber, Mk V Monday April 27, 2015

Here, for your viewing pleasure, is a bit of Ben McSweeney's preliminary line-art from the Planet Mercenary RPG weapon section: Here's the draft text that goes along with it:  [REDACTED] Autocutlery Chainsaber Mark IX Most civilizations invented power cutting tools long after they dispensed with swords in favor of firearms,… Read more

Friday August 29, 2003

Sunday April 19, 2015

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

Overfund Rush and Cover Design Thursday December 15, 2011

You guys blew past the "give me more dice" mark in less than a day, and are well on your way to "now Schlock can fly." Our next overfund mark, just $2100 away (that's 38 domestic copies of the game) gives all supporters an additional way to play Sergeant Schlock… Read more

Howard on Comics Coast to Coast Friday August 1, 2008

Tom Racine of Comics Coast to Coast interviewed me briefly at Comic-Con, and that interview is up as part of Episode 47 - Justin and Tom's Comic Con Recap. I haven't listened to it yet, but from the liner notes it looks like mine is the second segment in the… Read more

Supporting Schlock Mercenary When You Shop Monday November 19, 2012

If you're planning to shop at Amazon.com this holiday season, you can support Schlock Mercenary (and by extension, Howard & Sandra and their children) by beginning your shopping trip with any Amazon.com link you find on this site. Hey, look! There are two such links in this paragraph alone. There's also… Read more

Convention Report will continue.. I'm just busy Tuesday April 8, 2008

I'm finishing up the Teraport Wars bonus story this week, and haven't had the brain space to finish writing my Ad Astra convention report. I assure you, though, I'll get around to it. 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

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

This Week's Writing Excuses is Up! Monday March 10, 2008

This week on Writing Excuses Brandon, Dan, and I discuss heroes and protagonists. Brandon almost caught me flatfooted with this topic, but Professor Google bailed me out (Okay, it was John August who bailed me out, but Professor Google performed the introduction.) Speaking of being caught flatfooted, on Friday Brandon,… Read more

Friday January 6, 2012

An Egregious Oversight Sunday November 29, 2009

There is a footnote for Sunday's comic, but when I wrote it I only uploaded it to the queue for the iPhone app. I suppose if the app were in the Apple Store already I could have used this "mistake" as an opportunity to drive sales. But the app is… Read more

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

Friday December 5, 2014

RMS Cover Inks: No Way Is This Canonical Wednesday March 17, 2010

In this strip the narrator declares that perhaps the book "had a really shiny cover, and you bought it, and after reading it you looked back at the cover and thought hey... that wasn't even in there." Ever since writing that bit of narrative I've known that the cover for… Read more

New shirts! Pre-order and get a discount! Monday July 9, 2012

Isn't that handsome! We'll be doing this as a discharge print, so the design will last as long as the fabric does. Discharge printing is where the color of the design is "bleached" out of the color of the shirt.  We'll also be doing this in both men's and women's… Read more

Board Game Cover Art Assembled Thursday December 15, 2011

No lettering yet, but here's the assembled piece. It still needs some tweaks, like adjusted shadows and a color nudge here and there. As a reminder, I'll be building wallpapers from this and from some of the components, and providing those for supporters at all levels (including the one-dollar supporters)… Read more