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Howard Tayler

Born

in The United States

February 29, 1968

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.

See the author page on Schlock Mercenary website
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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 me Read more of this blog post »

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Average rating: 4.23 · 6,886 ratings · 550 reviews · 46 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Tub of Happiness (Schlock Mercenary, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 619 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under New Management (Schlock Mercenary, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Teraport Wars (Schlock Mercenary, #2) 4.42 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blackness Between (Schlock Mercenary, #4) 4.42 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scrapyard of Insufferable Arrogance (Schlock Mercenary, #5) by Howard Tayler, Sandra Tayler (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Resident Mad Scientist (Schlock Mercenary, #6) 4.50 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emperor Pius Dei (Schlock Mercenary, #7) 4.50 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sharp End of the Stick (Schlock Mercenary, #8) 4.49 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body Politic (Schlock Mercenary, #9) by Howard Tayler, Sandra Tayler (Editor) 4.40 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Longshoreman of the Apocalypse (Schlock Mercenary, #10) 4.49 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Howard Tayler

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Quotes by Howard Tayler (?)

“Where's your sense of adventure?

It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi.
-Captain Tagon & Captain Andreyasn”
― Howard Tayler, Resident Mad Scientist

tags: alibi, humour, mysterious-circumstances, self-preservation, sense-of-adventure

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“Maxim 3:
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

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“Maxim 29:
The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.

-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”
― Howard Tayler

tags: caution, enemies, humour, rules-to-live-by

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A Trip Through The Minefield

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27 posts
Howard Tayler's Blog

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