Howard Tayler

Quick Facts

Full Name	Howard Tayler
Occupation	Cartoonist
Date Of Birth	Feb 29, 1968(1968-02-29)
Age	56
Birthplace	Florida
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Pisces

Howard Tayler Biography

Howard Tayler is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on February 29, 1968 in Florida, Florida, United States. Creator of the popular webcomic Schlock Mercenary and fervent member of the Mormon church.

He and actor Rick Schroder have been Mormons their entire lives.

Tayler was born in Florida. In 1985 he moved to Utah (where he still resides) to attend Brigham Young University. After studying there for two years, he volunteered to be a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) before returning to BYU to finish a bachelor’s degree in Music Composition.

Tayler’s most well-known work is his webcomic, Schlock Mercenary, a comedic webcomic which follows the tribulations of a star-travelling mercenary company in a satiric, mildly dystopian 31st-century space opera setting. Since its debut on June 12, 2000, the comic has updated daily, begun to support its author, and been nominated for three Hugo Awards.

He was born in Florida.

Howard Tayler Net Worth

Howard Tayler is one of the richest Cartoonist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Howard Tayler 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He attended Brigham Young University.

He has been a faithful member of the LDS Church since his youth.

Howard V. Tayler (born February 29, 1968 in Florida) is the award-winning creator of the webcomic Schlock Mercenary. He worked as a volunteer missionary for the LDS Church, then graduated from Brigham Young University. Using his degree in music composition, he started an independent record label.

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Who is Howard Tayler Dating?

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He was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story for Schlock Mercenary four times: The Body Politic (2009); The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse (2010); Massively Parallel (2011), and Force Multiplication (2012). Tayler, Dan Wells, Brandon Sanderson, producer Jordan Sanderson, and Mary Robinette Kowal (2011) were nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Work in 2011, 2012 and 2013 for the fourth, sixth and seventh seasons of Writing Excuses, a podcast for aspiring authors. They won in 2013.

Facts & Trivia

Howard Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Howard Tayler celebrates birthday on February 29 of every year.

Top Facts about Howard Tayler

1. Howard V. Tayler was born in February 29, 1968 and is from Florida.
2. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in music composition and started an independent record label.
3. He began online publication of Schlock Mercenary and left his job at Novell to work on the webcomic full-time.
4. Tayler was a guest of honor at numerous genre conventions and was co- author of a guidebook to administer GroupWise 5.5.
5. Howard Tayler is the creator of the webcomic Schlock Mercenary and produces the writing tips podcast Writing Excuses with fellow authors.
6. Writing Excuses has been nominated for a Hugo Award in 2011, 2012 and won in 2013.
7. Schlock Mercenary has been nominated multiple times and won the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards in two different categories, and been nominated four times for a Hugo Award.
8. He also illustrated and published XDM: X-Treme Dungeon Mastery with Tracy Hickman and his son, Curtis.
9. He won the Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards Best Cameo Award in 2001, and was nominated for Best Comic, Best Writing, Best Other Character, and Best Science-Fiction Comic.
10. He won WCCA Outstanding Science Fiction Comic in 2004, and was nominated for the same award in 2005 and 2007.

What is Howard Tayler doing now?

Tayler spends time regularly during the week drawing at a local comic book and gaming store, as well as producing a weekly writing tips podcast called Writing Excuses with fellow authors Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and producer Jordan Sanderson.

When did schlock mercenary start?

It follows the tribulations of a star-travelling mercenary company in a satiric, mildly dystopian 31st-century space opera setting. Since its debut on June 12, 2000 , the comic was updated daily until its conclusion in 2020, supported its author, and received five Hugo Award nominations.

Is Elizabeth Taylor's brother Howard still alive?

The Elizabeth Taylor Trust has announced the death of Elizabeth’s brother, Howard. Elizabeth adored her brother, and wrote of her admiration for him in her 1965 memoir: “I worshiped Howard as a child—and still do. He’s my best friend of all and I trust him utterly. He died this week.

What are schlock films?

A Schlock film is the term given to a film that represents a low-budget horror flick. With overly-sensational plots, lurid special effects, and perhaps a bit of immature, albeit comedic, gag style underbelly. Schlock films represent a sort of genre.

What is a schlock classic?

A genre of low-budget horror films characterized by sensational plots and lurid special effects ; frequently attributive, as “shlock horror film”, “shlock horror movie”, etc. The term is a play on “shock-horror”.