Schlock Mercenary

Schlock Mercenary
Schlock Mercenary book 3: Under New Management
Author(s)Howard Tayler[1]
Websitewww.schlockmercenary.com
Current status/scheduleCompleted
Launch dateJune 12, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-06-12)[2]
End dateJuly 24, 2020[3]
Genre(s)Science fiction, comedy

Schlock Mercenary is a comedic webcomic written and drawn by Howard Tayler. It follows the tribulations of a star-travelling mercenary company in a satiric, mildly dystopian 31st-century space opera setting. After its debut on June 12, 2000, the comic was updated daily until its conclusion in July 24, 2020, supporting its author and receiving five Hugo Award nominations.

The comic had been collected into fifteen print volumes as of April 2019, and a sixteenth volume has been announced.

The online comic concluded in July 2020 at the end of the twentieth volume, with an announcement by Tayler that the main story was complete, though spin-offs might be expected in the future.[4]

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  3. ^ Tayler, Howard V. "Book 20: Sergeant In Motion — THE END". www.schlockmercenary.com.
  4. ^ "Done, at Least for a while…".