Welcome to Tagon's Toughs, a mercenary company whose newest recruit is almost as much trouble as the new owners. They want to revolutionize space travel. Schlock just wants to hurt people and break things. This 240-page volume takes the reader back to the very start of Schlock Mercenary, and then some. It opens with nine pages of all-new strips telling the story of how Schlock came to enlist, and then forges onward chronologically from the very first strip. It also includes concept sketches, commentary, excellent guest art, deck plans for the Kitesfear. If you've been waiting to devour this Schlock Mercenary from the very beginning, the wait is over: grab your big spoon and dig into the Tub of Happiness.

Schlock Mercenary: The Tub of Happiness

Comics & Graphic Novels

Howard Tayler

Graphic Novels

The Tayler Corporation

Sergeant Schlock lost his eyes, and thanks to a quirk of amorph biology he needs to steal new ones. Naturally, he asks Tagon's Toughs to help. Then an offer for real employment arrives, and Schlock, Tagon, and the rest of the company find themselves engaged in a battle for galactic domination. Admiral Breya Andreyasn has attacked a Buuthandi (think "Dyson's Helium Balloon"), and needs their help to steal its technology and perhaps rescue eighty billion gate-clones. his second volume of Schlock Mercenary picks up where The Tub of Happiness left off, and features all of the original strips and footnotes, plus concept art, guest art, deck plans for the Post-Dated Check Loan, and eleven pages of all-new strips featuring Schlock's very first combat mission. Gird up your annie-plant, grab an obligatory fiddly-bit and prepare for The Teraport Wars!

Schlock Mercenary: The Teraport Wars

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.

Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

This is the second print collection of Schlock Mercenary, and it is chock-full of new footnotes and sketches, plus 8 pages of never-before-seen bonus story explaining how Schlock got rich escaping from the circus. This 100 page, full-color collection can stand alone, but makes an ideal companion volume to Under New Management.

Schlock Mercenary: The Blackness Between

Captain Tagon and Admiral Andreyasn need payroll and parts before their little fleet falls apart. But when they finally do locate honest work and military surplus equipment it may all prove to be far, far more trouble than it was worth.
 This is the fifth print collection of Schlock Mercenary the epic space opera delivered four panels at a time.

Schlock Mercenary: The Scrapyard of Insufferable Arrogance

The cure for the common game! Throw off your chains! Too long have your role playing games been held in the bonds of substandard gamemasters, bound in needlessly complicated rules sets, and enslaved by players who will avoid doing anything unless it counts toward leveling up! It is time to take a stand!
 Learn from the masters the ancient secrets of how to: Officially become an XDM and impress dates. (Do-it-yourself secret initiation rites included.) Master the secrets of designing adventures that tell stories. Create magic illusions that can even make your players disappear! Use actual fire in your game properly. Hijack the game as a player, and how to deal with a player revolution as an XDM. Plus loads more!
 If I could go back in time and rewrite Dragonlance, it would be this book...only with more dragons in it. --Tracy Hickman
 I can say without any shame or bias, that this is one of the best books ever written and should be in every hotel room next to the bible. --Curtis Hickman
 Possessed by the spirits of Da Vinci, Van Gogh, and Jack Fred, I illustrated a book that you should buy two of...one to read and one to hang on your wall.--Howard Tayler

XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery

Tracy Hickman

Curtis Hickman

Ideas are like horses, but Amy's tend to run wild. With a little help, Amy learns how to guide her ideas in constructive ways. This book was born because an impulsive child needed a metaphor for controlling her ideas. It is available now so that it can help other children as well.

Hold on to Your Horses

Sandra Tayler

Children's Books

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.

Tayler, Howard

Comic Strips

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Schlock Mercenary: The Tub of Happiness

Schlock Mercenary: The Teraport Wars

Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management

Schlock Mercenary: The Blackness Between

Schlock Mercenary: The Scrapyard of Insufferable Arrogance

XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery

Hold on to Your Horses

Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management