Let The Sketching Begin Monday January 28, 2019

It’s that time of year again, when our family room is full of boxes and the game table is covered with books. The signing is complete, but I still need to sketch in around 1500 books. The sketching is complicated by the fact that we want to ship packages as… Read more

Tuesday April 11, 2006

WebComiCon 2007, San Diego Tuesday July 10, 2007

For the first time ever, Webcomics have unified their presence at Comic Con International. "WebComiCon," the heart of the webcomics action in San Diego, will be found in the middle of Aisle 1300, where some of the top names in webcomics -- Abismo/Nerve Bomb, Blank Label Comics, Dayfree Press, Dumbrella,… 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

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

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

Pre-Order Your Tub of Happiness Today! Thursday September 20, 2007

At long last, the first five-hundred and seven days of Schlock Mercenary are coming to a dead-tree near you. Pre-orders for Schlock Mercenary: The Tub of Happiness are now open. This 240-page volume features every strip and footnote from June 12th of 2000 through November 11th of 2001, and includes… 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

Plotter Proof on the Auction Block for Charity Thursday May 19, 2011

My friend Jake Black beat cancer. Now he needs to finish beating his medical bills.  I'm donating four items to the cause. Three of them are original marker-art pieces, but the fourth is that oh-so-sneak-previewy plotter proof, which I got in the mail yesterday. It's the whole Emperor Pius Dei… Read more

Two (links) for Tuesday Tuesday February 9, 2010

First, an awesome photo. This was posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) site this morning, and is just one example of the inspiring and educational photographs available there. If you're not checking out APOD daily you're missing out. Next, a clever poster: I know, it looks like… Read more

Friday March 27, 2009

Skullkickers: It's The Comic I Wish I Had Written Thursday March 10, 2011

Yesterday the Skullkickers trade paperback hit the streets. I've been picking up issues of this comic book ever since the writer, my buddy Jim Zubkavich told me about it. The trade contains the first five issues, plus a couple of bonus stories, and I can pay it no higher compliment… 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

Friday August 29, 2003

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

Tuesday August 29, 2006

Tuesday November 30, 2010

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

From the Cartoonist's wife Wednesday July 25, 2007

Howard departed for comic con on Monday morning. According to telephone reports, he had a wonderful time relaxing with fans in Vegas. Then yesterday he drove to San Diego and worked setting up a booth display until he was ready to drop. When I talked to him last night he… Read more