Resident Mad Scientist Pre-orders Opening in One Week Tuesday May 18, 2010

We're excited. Our advance copies are on their way to us shortly, and after we have them in hand, we'll be able to open pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary: Resident Mad Scientist. Mark your calendars: Tuesday, May 25th, at 8:00am Mountain Time. This book has been far too long in the… 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

BOOK 19 Kickstarter: 10 Days Left Tuesday April 8, 2025

Somebody (probably Howard) forgot to post this news. You should have seen it three weeks ago. Whoops! We’re crowdfunding A FUNCTION OF FIREPOWER, and the project closes in just ten days. The cover looks a lot like this: Cover design by Howard Tayler. Cover illustration by Garrett Berner. The bonus… Read more

SOUL Sunday December 27, 2020

I loved Soul. LOVED. IT. The mythos was fun, the music was amazing, and the story had more heart in it—more truth in it—than anything in recent memory. As an added bonus, if you like jazz, this movie has some amazing things to offer. It’s easily worth a Disney+ subscription.… Read more

The Plan for August Tuesday July 31, 2012

GenCon Indy is just two weeks away, and WorldCon 70 is just four weeks away. August promises to be busy. I shed a lot of buffer over the summer, but managed to regain a week just last week. I need to gain at least two more -- one this week,… 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

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

Last Day to Pre-Order! Tuesday November 14, 2006

Hopefully none of you will be surprised by my announcement that less than 24 hours remain of the pre-order period for Schlock Mercenary: The Blackness Between. Still, I expect to get email sometime tomorrow from SOMEBODY who missed out on my repeated haranguing, and it will fall on me to… 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

Off to the printer Sunday January 3, 2021

Big Dumb Objects has been sent to the printer. And it’s about time. Big Dumb time, even. The cover inset art was done a year ago, and the principal art and story was done five years ago. It was the bonus story which hung us up, and a lot of… Read more

August 28, 2002 Wednesday August 28, 2002

As promised yesterday, here's your link to the charitable-cause bonus strip: (No, not that link. That's the link to yesterday's open letter. Keep reading...) Head on over to the Altbrand MDA 2002 Webcomic Telethon, where a number of webtoonists, including yours truly, are running strips to encourage folks to donate… Read more

Find Me at Gen Con Indy Thursday August 14, 2014

I will be at GenCon Indy this weekend. I arrive on Tuesday for setup, and won't fly home until Monday the 18th, and yes, this means the convention is eating a week of buffer. Like a voracious monster with 70,000 mouths... Find me in Booth 1437 with Jim Zub and… Read more

Stuff I’m Working On Tuesday September 15, 2020

Sabbatical notwithstanding, I’ve got work to do. The big project on my plate right now is the BIG DUMB OBJECTS bonus story, tentatively titled “The Big Disassembly,” which shares the TBD acronym with “to be decided.” The story will be told with big page spreads. I’m doing the preliminary page… Read more

Free Sketches! Saturday at Dragons Keep! Thursday May 1, 2008

This Saturday is the Seventh Annual Free Comic Book Day, and I'll be at Dragons Keep in Provo, UT with several other creators including my good friends Dave Stanworth and Kevin Wasden. Also there: Chad Hardin, Mandy McMurray, and JJ Harrison. I'll have a stack of paper in front of… Read more

Massively Parallel Pre-Orders Open on Wednesday Thursday October 9, 2014

Pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, the eleventh in the current series, will open on Wednesday, October 15th, at around 8:00 AM Mountain time.  This is the largest Schlock Mercenary book we've ever done. 255 full-color pages, lots of new margin art and footnotes, and a 13 page bonus story… Read more

Wednesday November 30, 2011

February 03, 2003 Monday February 3, 2003

As an added bonus, PREMIUM subscribers have the option to download this image in desktop-background sizes. They're also very likely going to be getting some new treats in March, but I'll announce those once matters are a bit more certain. In the meantime, I'd like to extend an offer to… Read more

Friday January 15, 2010

Death by Cliché 2: The Wrath of Con Friday May 4, 2018

My writing group has been critiquing, and to some degree workshopping, the Death by Cliché series with their author, Bob Defendi. I’ve enjoyed the process immensely, even just reading the first full drafts. The central premise of the series is that our protagonist, a game designer named Damico, is trapped inside a… Read more