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Today we celebrate 16 years of Terminal Lance!
I launched TL in 2010 when I was still an active duty Lance Corporal stationed in Hawaii. I had just returned from my 2nd deployment to Iraq and still had about 5 months left before my EAS.
At the time, it was a huge risk since no one had ever really publicly ridiculed or criticized the Marine Corps at large. However, since day one I put my name on every comic strip that I published and stood behind the work.
TL has brought me many ups and a few downs, and it’s been an epic journey from the day I launched until today. Who would have thought that a humble comic strip would see me become a New York Times bestselling author and traveling around the world.
In 2026, we’re a long way from home, but we’re not done yet.
View behind-the-scenes of this post and more on the official TL Patreon page and check out our new commemorative 16th anniversary shirt on the official TL shop.
Congrats. Although never a military Marine, I was a civil servant at “the Stumps” for 24 years. And during those years, some general or Commandat somewhere began to call us “civilian Marines.“ Your artwork always brought a smile to the marines that I worked with. And I would post your work on my office wall. Aloha.