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

Seven Years Tuesday June 12, 2007

Wow. Today, June 12th of 2007, marks the seventh anniversary of the first appearance of Schlock Mercenary on the web. The first three or four weeks of the strip went up in June of 2000 in a long-extinct subdirectory of the tayler.com domain. Then I discovered Keenspace (now ComicGenesis), and… Read more

Party at the Keep - TODAY Saturday May 20, 2006

Last night I finished the 100th sketch-edition of the book. The packages are in the mail now for over 80% of our paying customers. All that remains is about 200 sketches and some bonus stuff for a few APO orders. (Schlockers in the military will be getting what hopefully amounts… Read more

BIG DUMB OBJECTS: The sketching begins! Tuesday May 18, 2021

Last week I signed the covers of all the copies of BIG DUMB OBJECTS necessary to fill pre-orders. This week I begin sketching. You can see the wall of books in front of my sketching station, which, unlike stations for previous books, is configured with gear to allow me to… Read more

Building my Dream Home Friday September 28, 2007

My brother Randy designed a neat software tool that will analyze your interests and build your dream-home for you. Mine has a tower and a griffon-roost. Read more

August 27, 2002 Tuesday August 27, 2002

I've done some reading recently, and I've enjoyed it. Allow me to make some recommendations: First, Robert Reed's Marrow -- this book was an absolute head-trip, with the most convincing slower-than-light society I've yet seen created by an author, coupled with the biggest spacecraft, and the most convincing (and SCARIEST)… 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

Friday March 27, 2009

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

Wednesday September 7, 2011

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

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

Nom, Nom, Nom-inations Sunday April 24, 2011

SQUEEEE! Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel has been nominated for the 2011 "Best Graphic Story" Hugo award. For added squee, Writing Excuses Season 4 has been nominated for "Best Related Work." (Writing Excuses is that podcast I do with Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells.)  I've appeared on the Hugo ballot before,… 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

Brandon Came To Mine, I'm Coming To His Tuesday October 14, 2008

Brandon Sanderson is launching his Hero of Ages book tour tonight at 5:30pm at the Brigham Young University Bookstore. You can get signed and numbered copies of book three of the Mistborn trilogy, and you can also see me and Dan (his Writing Excuses buddies) heckling him from somewhere nearby.… 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

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

Convention Report: Emerald City Comic Con, Day 2 Thursday April 5, 2007

First of all, I'd like to thank the Emerald City Comic Con organizers for having us out. They covered  hotel and travel expenses for Blank Label Comics, along with our table, and treated us really well. We all had a great time. I also need to thank Stacy Whitman 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

Calendars, Horses, Reviews, and Comfy Con Friday November 15, 2013

Here are some things I don't want you to miss, but which have dropped way below the fold: Calendar Pre-orders are Open Sandra is Kickstarting a gorgeous picture-book I reviewed Thor: The Dark World I reviewed Bowl of Heaven, by Benford and Niven Also, this weekend is Comfy Con! I'm… Read more