Product Description

This is the first-ever print collection of Schlock Mercenary comics. It includes the complete "Under New Management" story, plus all new footnotes, Sunday-style coloring on every strip, sketches galore, deck plans of the Serial Peacemaker, a group 'photo,' and a bonus 'origins' story about Sergeant Schlock and his first plasma cannon. These 80 full-color glossy pages are a must-have for fans of the comic, and a perfect primer for everyone else.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #227412 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-19
• Released on: 2006-05-19
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• 80 pages

Review
Schlock Mercenary is a modern reinvention of the classic adventure comic strip that was such a huge part of newspaper comics in the 20th century. It has a grand overarching mythos, satisfying individual storylines, wonderful characters, a fun, fast pace, and a consistent sense of humor. And most of all, it has just the right sensibility, one that respects the plot and the science in its science fiction, but not much else. --Xaviar Xerexes, Comixpedia

Hard science fiction is hard to do. Comedy is also hard to do. Comedic hard science fiction is like catching neutrinos with tissue-paper. Howard Tayler pulls it off, each and every day. He must own stock in Kleenex. --Eric A. Burns, Websnark

About the Author
Howard Tayler has been a rock musician, telephone support technician, field consultant, record producer, software product manager, and (finally) a cartoonist. He lives in Orem, Utah, with his wife, four children, and The Voices In His Head. They have never been happier.

Customer Reviews

A Soft Answer Turneth Away Wrath
When Wrath isn't looking, shoot it in the head.

With that, and other maxims from the acclaimed mercenary handbook, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Pirates, intrepid Captain Tagon blasts off with his crew of misfits in their first collection. This is one of the most clever, funny, and well written comics in recent memory and this collection is the perfect way to enjoy it. With lots of value added features, Under New Management is great value for the money.

Great!
Great read from one of my favourite webcomic authors. Nicely printed and lots of interesting bonus content.

How this Book Changed My Life
All right. The title might sound over the top, but Schlock Mercenary DID change my life in a very real way. Before I found Schlock Mercenary, I thought that all web comics were terrible. Schlock Mercenary opened my eyes to a new world of entertainment, and now I read webcomics every week.

Schlock Mercenary is my homepage.

That said, Schlock Mercenary is a masterfully constructed story. Howard has managed to create a captivating cast of characters that cover every role in a sci-fi mercenary unit. This allows him to tell entertaining stories from every possible point of view. The story is riveting and honest, in it's own bizzare way.

And did I mention FUNNY?