Tall Tale Features / Tall Tale Radio

All of us here at Tall Tale Features are very happy to present the newest member to be added to our roster, the talented and funny Mr. Jonathan Lemon! You may already recognize his name from his brilliant syndicated comic Rabbits Against Magic which you can read over at GoComics. For those of you meeting Lemon for the first time, you can get to know him through his very touching bio over on the Cartoonists page.

Lemon stuck his foot in the door to Tall Tale Features a while back by playing roving reporter for Tall Tale Radio on more than one occasion (you can find those episodes next to his name on this list). Apparently, no amount of slamming would get him to remove that foot, so we figured we might as well just let him in. As it turns out, we are all very honored to have him on the team and feel he’s going to be a great addition to the site.

So please join us in giving him a big warm welcome! Oh and drinks for everyone! Lemon’s buying.

“Promise me you’re never going to do this again!”

That’s what my wife Erin said to me over the phone as soon as she found out. And after she screamed with delight. My response?

“You got it.”

This month has been a whirlwind of hard work and emotions for me and my family. In my adult life, I learned a long time ago what it really means to work hard for something. You almost have to not care about the outcome. You just do the work that needs to be done. Focus on that and, even if it doesn’t work out, you’ll at least know you did everything you could. Most of your satisfaction will come from just knowing that, no matter what the result.

But…sometimes things come together perfectly and you win one! Now that’s a sweet feeling. MONSTERPLEX has been a 2 year journey for me. 2 years. David came on around the same time, and Mike about a year later. Having now won…I’m still in a kind of shell-shock.

I’m still there and if there’s one feeling that’s overriding all others it’s this: gratitude.

You are all awesome. If someone asks you today, “Are you awesome?” You will be able to say “Yes, I am awesome.” If that same person fires back with “How do you know?” you will turn to that person and say, simply, “Because MONSTERPLEX won.”

I really, truly feel as though this win is because of all of you. I wish I could thank you all individually, but there’s no way I possibly can. There’s too many of you! We’re humbled by that. Truly humbled. We could not have done it without all of you and I’m just so amazed by how everyone came out to support us. I see all of you as a part of this thing with us.

I do need to name at least three people that were INTEGRAL to this success:

To our wives Erin, Tracy and Lauren. They took this journey with us, fought for us and, in some ways, it meant even more to them!

Also, thanks to David Schlotterback and Michael DeVito for doing this thing with me. They make it look like I can write.

To that I would also like to thank my girls, Elora and Cami for putting up with Dad spending hours at the computer and in the bedroom doing interviews. I hope they enjoy Monsterplex for many years to come.

Now…a lot of you are asking, what’s next? What’s next is that we’re going to disappear for a little while. Maybe 2 or three months. During that time, we’ll going to be heavy into production on MONSTERPLEX. Then, soon, Monsterplex will restart on Zuda and you’ll get one new page a week for one solid year. We have a contract. We will fulfill it. (We will be paid!) We are excited.

During that time, we hope the popularity of MONSTERPLEX can grow. If it does sufficiently, DC/Zuda will renew our contract and maybe one day you’ll see it in print! We hope so! This thing is for real now and we want to make good on the promise we’ve shown this past month.

But besides all that…we think you’re in for a real treat. We have a fantastic, fantastic story planned. It’s got twists, turns, suspense, cliffhangers, romance, violence, comedy, monsters galore, mystery…man, MONSTERPLEX has it all.

Stick with us. It’s gonna be one heckuva ride!

One more time…THANK YOU!

More later. Much more.

-Brock

P.S. Keep your eye on the blog, you never know when it might update!

The Legend of Bill comic book, issue #1 is HERE, and it’s SHIPPING out to pre-order buyers! Support Legend of Bill (and its creator) and get YOURS here if you haven’t already! No waiting! Read more…

From Editor & Publisher Magazine:

NEW YORK Apparently, the Los Angeles Times never learned the lesson that you Do Not Mess With the Comics Pages. Read more…

From The Daily Cartoonist:  The Chicago Tribune is responding to reader complaints about the illegibility of some if its comics by increasing the size it runs several of those comics. Read more…

How great is the new Tall Tale Features site? Big thanks to Imy’s Irma E. and Pinkerton’s Mike Witmer for the great work they’ve done making this place, as one person has already put it, a DESTINATION. Read more…

I’d like to officially welcome you to the new and improved Tall Tale Features website.  Tall Tale Features is a collective of like-minded professional cartoonists who are looking to develop a community that speaks to both webcomic fans and creators alike.  We’ve completely overhauled the entire site and added some very cool new features that we think you’ll really enjoy.  Be sure to browse around and check everything out.  Don’t be afraid to use the comment sections.  We really want to hear from you.

I’d like to throw out a very special thank you out to my TTF sister Irma Eriksson, for making the website as pretty as it is.  We hope you enjoy the new page.  Check out the reviews.  Join the forums.  This is as much YOUR site as it is ours.  Have fun!

So, on February 1st, be sure to tune in to this page and check out some new features.  Til then…be patient!  Thanks for stopping by.

If you’re seeing this then you’re getting a sneak preview of the new Tall Tale Features site! Shhhhhh… Return tomorrow (February 1st) for the launch! There will be new content, news and a new Tall Tale Radio episode!

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