The Seventy Maxims Project
We’re reprinting the Seventy Maxims “defaced” edition, and the crowdfunding project for that wraps up in just under a week....
View ArticleOrigin Story: Maxim 32
Today’s the final day of (the final hours, at this point) of the Seventy Maxims Reprint project. Here, then is a nice origin story for you, the origin of Maxim 32. I was signing and sketching at...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to Mike Byers
I met Mike Byers in 2009, and I only knew him for about one week each year. He passed away suddenly this weekend, and I wish I had known him better. I wish all of you could have known him better....
View ArticleSlowing Down Is Hard to Do
Long COVID has made the last couple of months quite difficult for me. I supposed it’s inaccurate to say that slowing down has been hard for me to do, because I haven’t been given a choice in the...
View ArticleImmersion, Emulsion, and No-Butter Hollandaise
I did not expect an immersion blender to become a kitchen essential for me, but that’s where I am now. I originally thought it’d be great for making milkshakes, but then I figured out water-in-oil...
View ArticleBeverly Hills Cop: Axel F
Years ago while trying to explain that a bad remake does not ruin your childhood, I described modern remakes as attempts to make money by “strip-mining nostalgia.” And before I explain the metaphor...
View ArticleStructuring Life to Support Creativity
Sandra Tayler, whom you may know as the editor, publisher, project manager, and so much more behind Schlock Mercenary, is crowdfunding a book called STRUCTURING LIFE TO SUPPORT CREATIVITY....
View ArticleDragonsteel Nexus This Week!
Sandra and I will be at DragonSteel Nexus this week, signing, sketching, and saying hello from our booth in the Exhibitors Hall. For daily updates, you can follow us on BlueSky – howardtayler and...
View Article2024 In Review
How did 2024 go for me? Well, the beginning of the answer to that question can be found in the date of this post. We’re two-thirds of the way through January and I’m only now finding the time and...
View ArticleThe Sketching Begins!
Book 18, Mandatory Failure, has arrived from the printer. I’ve signed about 2500 copies, and we’ve begun queueing those up for sketches. A few stacks of MANDATORY FAILURE awaiting sketches from Howard...
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