Howard Tayler

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born

February 29, 1968 in The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.schlockmercenary.com/

genre

Comics & Graphic Novels, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Howard spent most of his happy childhood in Florida where he was on the swim team in grade school, and in a rock band in high school. He graduated in 1985 and moved to Utah to attend Brigham Young University.

After two years there, he served two years as a missionary for the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons), after which he returned to school at BYU and decided to move to Provo permanently after graduating and getting married.

He currently works full-time as a cartoonist, writing, drawing, and coloring Schlock Mercenary , as well as doing comics for assorted corporate clients.

He is married to author and editor Sandra Tayler.

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Howard Tayler's Blog

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A Trip Through The Minefield

I lost my parents over twenty years ago. I've been alive longer without them than with them, and I'm not an old guy. So yes, from time to time my thoughts wander across the minefield as I wonder things like "how would Mom feel about this?" or "I bet Dad would have figured this out by now."

Unlike a real minefield this is one you can build up a resistance to. What used to blow off a leg now just... read more »

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Books by Howard Tayler

Average rating: 4.59 · 544 ratings · 63 reviews · 10 distinct works

	Schlock Mercenary: The Tub of Happiness (Schlock Mercenary, #1) 4.34 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management (Schlock Mercenary, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 95 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Schlock Mercenary: The Blackness Between (Schlock Mercenary, #4) 4.69 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2006	My rating:
	Schlock Mercenary: The Teraport Wars (Schlock Mercenary, #2) 4.70 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Schlock Mercenary: The Scrapyard of Insufferable Arrogance (Schlock Mercenary, #5) by Howard Tayler, Sandra Tayler (Editor) 4.78 avg rating — 59 ratings	My rating:
	Schlock Mercenary: Resident Mad Scientist (Schlock Mercenary, #6) by Howard Tayler, Sandra Tayler (Editor) 4.69 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Schlock Mercenary: Emperor Pius Dei (Schlock Mercenary, #7) 4.76 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Administering GroupWise 5.5 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	XDM X-Treme Dungeon Mastery by Tracy Hickman, Curtis Hickman, Howard Tayler (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Quest For The Tavern by Tracy Hickman, Curtis Hickman, Sandra Tayler (Editor) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:

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Series by Howard Tayler

Schlock Mercenary (7 books)
by Howard Tayler

4.62 avg rating — 522 ratings

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Quotes by Howard Tayler

“Maxim eighteen: If the officers are leading from in front, watch out for an attack from the rear.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”
― Howard Tayler

tags: attacks , military , rules-to-live-by , suspicion , unexpected

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“Maxim four: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”
― Howard Tayler

tags: explosives , humour , mercenaries , military , ordnance , rules-to-live-by

4 people liked it

“What do you think? Overkill?

I don't believe there is any such thing.
But in this case, 'yes, overkill.'
-Sergeant Schlock & Petey”
― Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary: The Teraport Wars

tags: exceptions , overkill , violence

3 people liked it

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