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

Keeping Score Friday August 11, 2006

For those who are interested, I've got a Live Journal that I am updating regularly for the next 12 days or so in order to "keep score" on the work I do before departing for Worldcon. It's like this. In order to attend, I really need to have most of… Read more

Find me at Salt Lake Comic Con! Wednesday September 3, 2014

I'm at Salt Lake Comic Con this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday! Schlock Mercenary merchandise will be in booth 1600, but that number is misleading. We're at the west end of Aisle 700, right across from The Pie Pizzeria booth. My full schedule is below, but the booth will be staffed… 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

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

Forty Looks Just Like Thirty-Nine, Only Rounder Saturday March 1, 2008

Thanks for all the kind Birthday wishes, everybody. I've gotten tons of email and postcards, and had a fine birthday. I don't have time to put up an updated postcard-wall picture. I need to get back to work today. This Bonus Story isn't writing itself. I posted my thoughts on… Read more

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

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

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

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

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

I should have had him killed, but it's too late now... Monday July 9, 2007

Fellow Blank Label Comics Cartoonist Kristofer Straub is releasing another book. We're all excited to see Starslip Crisis, Volume 1. Collecting Starslip strips from the very beginning to June 2007, the 176-page book contains over 500 strips. Fans of Straub's razor-sharp wit and cool, clean drawing style will be pleased… Read more

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

Monday January 17, 2011

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

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

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

March 11, 2005 Friday March 11, 2005

News, Blues, and Reviews entry, This morning I got an email message from Xavier Xerexes at Comixpedia, telling me that he'd just posted his Comixpedia Review of Schlock Mercenary. My favorite quote from the review is here: "I think Schlock Mercenary can be seen as a modern reinvention of the… Read more

Wednesday January 27, 2016

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