Ovalkwiki ovalkwiki https://www.ovalkwiki.com/index.php?title=Main_Page MediaWiki 1.37.1 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk Ovalkwiki Ovalkwiki talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk 0 1 11607 2357 2020-05-28T00:00:37Z Tarlen 1 11607 wikitext text/x-wiki [[File:logo.png]] =Welcome to '''Ovalkwiki,''' the Official Encyclopedia of all things ''Schlock Mercenary''= =='''New to the comic?'''== * Check out [[Dramatis Personae]] and [[Our Story Thus Far]]. =='''Here to contribute?'''== * Please review [[The Ovalkwiki Rules of Engagement|The Rules of Engagement]] and the [[FAQ]]. You might even be ready for the [[Style Guide]]. =='''In need of life-changing advice?'''== * Peruse [[The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries]]. But if you've been here before and know what you're after, here are some common jumping-off points. * [[Tagon's Toughs]] * [[Organizations|Other Organizations of the Schlockiverse]] * [[Places]] * [[Vehicles|Vehicles, Vessels, and Assorted Conveyances]] * [[Chronology of the Schlockiverse]] * [[Schlock-tech]] * [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/schlock-turns-12 12th anniversary of Schlock Mercenary on the web] - Howard's blog post on the future of the strip. * Howard didn't blog on the 15th anniversary, but mentioned it (at 15 years -and a day- on [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-06-12 2015-06-12] <tagcloud></tagcloud> ==Interested in some truths that might be stranger than fiction?== * [[The History of Schlock Mercenary|The History of ''Schlock Mercenary'']] * Intersections of fictional Schlock-tech and real Science * [[The Author, Howard Tayler|The Official (If Perhaps Revisionist) Biography of Howard Tayler]] * [[The Museum of Schlock Mercenary Merchandise|The Museum of ''Schlock Mercenary'' Merchandise]] ==Want some other places to find Schlock?== * The [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ comic itself] is a good place. * Not at the computer all the time? [http://store.schlockmercenary.com/ Try a book!] * Want to discuss Schlock Mercenary with other people? [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/pages/community There are several groups for that.] * ''Schlock Mercenary'' has darkened more than one Wiki's doorstep in the past... ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlock_Mercenary Schlock on Wikipedia] (Oh, look. We're notable! And so is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Tayler Howard]!) ** [http://schlockmercenary.wikia.com/wiki/Schlock_Mercenary_Wiki Schlock on Wikia] (the first ''Schlock Mercenary'' wiki, an "unofficial" fan project) ** [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Webcomic/SchlockMercenary Schlock dissected on TV Tropes] (and oh, boy did Schlock ever have it coming.) =="Ovalkwiki" is a weird name== It comes from [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-02-25 this drink in the the comic strip]. It is called "[[Genuine Imitation Ovalkwik|Ovalkwik]]." Howard is not the sort of person to let the serendipity of shared syllables go unexploited, so when he needed a name for the Schlock Mercenary Wiki, "Ovalkwiki" was the name that stuck. He's had ovalkwiki.com parked for the better part of five years now, and he STILL thinks it's clever. s8rnerqbbqmlb25sti9e4g23gdclbr7