One-Day Sale! Howard's Birthday! Tuesday February 28, 2012

During my lifetime I expect February 29th to come round once every four years, which means I'll have far fewer birthdays than actual years of age. This year I'm turning 44 and celebrating my 11th birthday. So let's have a sale using those numbers. We'll start with the 44. Today's… 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

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

This Just In! Howard in Boise This Saturday! Wednesday November 2, 2005

Oh No! New Site Design! entry, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005 Hey, lookit that. You can read the subject line of today's blog without having to scroll down. I know, I know, most of you are just here for the comic, but every so often I announce things that you might… Read more

Merch suggestions? Monday April 21, 2008

Okay, I'm heads-down on book work, but no matter how fast I get this thing done, it's not going to be shippable to you until (*gasp*) AUGUST. In related news, we'll be cash-strapped starting sometime in June. This is okay. Ad revenue and other merchandise sales can pick up the… 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

Attention Australian Schlockers! Tuesday September 21, 2010

Howard was in your fair country with a load of Schlock books just a few weeks ago. He did not sell all the books he brought. It seemed a waste to ship all that good Schlock back to the states, so an Australian Schlocker agreed to warehouse it. Even better,… 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

Thursday March 23, 2006

Sunday April 19, 2015

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

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

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

Tub Of Happiness Sketch Edition #0001 Monday November 5, 2007

We got our advance copies of Schlock Mercenary: The Tub of Happiness on Thursday, and one of them is up for grabs. This will be the very first of the numbered sketch editions, #0001/1234, and the winner of the auction gets to pick the character that goes in the back.… 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

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

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

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

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

Auctioning some Schlock Monday February 13, 2006

A while back I ran out of business cards. I design them myself, and have them printed at the local Alphagraphics place, and I knew that sometime before the start of my 2006 convention season I'd be needing some more. So on Friday I did something I've been meaning to… Read more