November 25th, 2009
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Jonny Crossbones: Dead Man at Devil's Cove is an ongoing adventure comic for all ages. Follow Jonny, a young auto mechanic in a skeleton suit, as he and Gretchen Fiveash, the niece of a wealthy adventurer, set out on a globetrotting hunt for pirate treasure!
First time readers might be best served by starting at the beginning of Chapter One.
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November 25th, 2009 at 4:39 am
PERHAPS he might have lived here….
*whistle*whistle*
November 25th, 2009 at 10:43 am
good job, Les! The Tick looks awesome, I’m going to hunt it down after work.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
I don’t have words to describe the excitement I felt seeing a new page.
Thanks, Les.
Just ordered Page 24! PSYCHED!
Les McClaine artwork for Christmas is becoming a tradition for me! *lol*
December 19th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Just found this strip whilst stumbling about the Internet…cool stuff!
I’ll be sure to check in for more!
December 27th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Merry Christmas!
January 20th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
So, when are we getting the drawing we paid for in Sept.?
January 25th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
LES!!!
We want MORE!
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:56 pm
Got mine, finally! (It was locked up in a store for a while… grr) LOVE it!
Thanks, Les!
February 15th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
sooo…. guessing you either are really really really busy with (hopefully) work or, you got killed by pirates while researching this story…
February 22nd, 2010 at 11:49 pm
When will the next strip be up?
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:51 am
I despair at ever learning if Jonny washes his skeleton suit – it must be getting pretty rank by this time. Pirates can probably smell him coming, which says a lot.
And why is his skeleton suit fetish ignored and/or accepted by the populace in general? We don’t see any other costumed mechanics running around chasing pirate treasure.
So many questions, so many weeks without an update . . .
February 23rd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Oh, noes! You can’t stop now! It’s just too good!
Found you through Ellie Connelly. Loving Jonny and look forward to the story when it continues.
February 24th, 2010 at 7:57 am
Perhaps I’m dimwitted, or just not paying attention. Your daily blog stops at December 23rd, and this update was from November of last year… here it is the end of February. Have I missed something?
February 24th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
we’re gonna have to start paying for it. Its too good to do without. Les, buddy, you have high demand!
February 26th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
I recommend just not checking in for a while. I’m deleting it from my “favorites”.
March 1st, 2010 at 10:11 am
No way. I’ll keep checking in until I see an update. We’ve got to remember, webcomic artists have to pay the bills, too. I’m sure Les is just working on stuff that pays. The free stuff has to take a back seat. I’m just happy that Jonny exists and I know Les will continue it when time allows. Can’t WAIT until it’s available in hard copy to buy.
March 1st, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Is anyone else getting worried?
March 1st, 2010 at 9:40 pm
a bit, actually. the last this happened it was a flood in the studio. i’m starting to wonder if HE is okay. I mailed him, but does anyone have his phone number?
March 2nd, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I’m hoping it’s The Tick that’s keeping him away from us and not something worse.
March 3rd, 2010 at 3:34 am
If work is keeping away artist from his webcomic, then maybe the webcomic should start generating profit as well. Though I don’t see any way for Jonny Crossbones other than books and prints and book one is still not finished.
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:18 am
Well you can always contribute to Les through Paypal, I’m sure. I did get an email from him last Thursday in answer to a fan-email I sent. He sounds fine, but busy with a lot of freelance work.
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Thanks for the update, Nicole. I think most of us just wanted to hear he’s ok. *grin*
March 4th, 2010 at 1:18 am
yes, thank you!!
March 4th, 2010 at 10:04 am
You’re most welcome.
March 9th, 2010 at 7:35 am
Be careful sending him money, I still have not recieved the sketch I payed for in Sept.
March 9th, 2010 at 11:21 am
John, you should email him. I have stuff fall through the cracks like that when I’m doing artistic stuff and I really appreciate when people remind me of what I said I’d do.
March 9th, 2010 at 11:36 am
How many times do ya think I should email him.
3, 4. Been done.
March 9th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
Me too, but I don’t mind. I figure even if I never receive my sketch, the money I sent him could be my payment for reading so much of Jonny for free all this time. Kinda expensive maybe, but ya know, its easily the best comic out here. Wish we had more of it, but that goes right back to him spending so much of his time doing this for free as well. I really do think maybe he should charge for Jonny. I don’t mind paying at all. Its good work.
March 10th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Well, yeah, if you’ve emailed that many times, then I can’t blame you for being frustrated. I bet he’ll eventually get to it, though.
March 10th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Well the reason I sent money for a sketch is because he said it help pay the bills and I really like his work, so I supported it, and would have done so more, but. . . . . .
March 10th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Gotcha.
March 12th, 2010 at 8:21 am
Let face it, there is a sizeable group of us who have been raving about his work and getting the word out and such and buying his sketchs, and we have not heard from him since what, Dec.?
March 12th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
We’ve put a banner ad on our site as we liked Jonny so much, but I’m not sure I want to send people here when the strip is stalled.
March 14th, 2010 at 5:25 pm
He still hasn’t returned any mail either. Anyone called him?
March 14th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
well, take a gander over on the robot site, he seems to be alive and kicking. says he will get the stuff he owes to us as soon as he can. nothing about Jonny though, but honestly, I’m just rather glad he is all right.
Les, cut it out!
March 15th, 2010 at 5:35 am
you didn’t notice his gigantic update post below the comic?
March 15th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
I think I posted that right as he was posting here actually.
March 16th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Hey, the strip was stalled when I got here and I spent quite a long time going through the archive. So there’s plenty here to see for newbs. Besides, as a regular reader of a lot of webcomic, I’m used to them being stalled. Hobbies have to take a back seat to earning the bread and butter.
March 16th, 2010 at 10:10 am
Nicole, I feel like every guy in here just fell in love with you.
But you also raise an interesting topic. What other webcomics are everybody reading? Some cool, Jonny X-bones-like comics I read are Freak Angels by Warren Ellis, Order of Tales, Dead Heaven, and Abominable Charles Christopher. Some non-linear webcomics with amazing art are Oglf.com and Penny-Arcade.
March 17th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Oh, no! Noah, I haven’t heard of any of those and now I have to check them all out!
I read Ellie Connelly, Bear Nuts, Kukuburi, Ask Dr. Eldritch, Clockworks, Tiny Ghosts and others. Would love to hear what others are reading. 
March 17th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Kukuburi is fantastic, I love that series… when it’s actually being updated. Abominable Charles Christopher is in with those guys at Transmission-X. Very serene storyline with incredible artwork.
March 18th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Some of my faves: Starslip, Girls with Slingshots, Max vs. Max, Insult to Injury, Imaginary Monsters, Bad Machinery (John Allison is great) and Molly and the Bear.
March 23rd, 2010 at 5:51 pm
i read this and bearskinrug… which isnt a webcomic but makes milk come outta ma nose. I’m gonna hafta go check out a bunch of stuff now and waste more time in the office! thanks guys!
March 24th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Yes, thanks for all the recommendations!
March 26th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
*sigh* One day I will check in on the website and a new Johnny comic will be up. And my head will explode. Just you wait and see.
April 8th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Well, obviously all the well wishes we gave for the post almost a month ago was for nothing. I guess, no news is good news. . . right?
April 20th, 2010 at 8:58 am
I’m thinking it’s kind of like Aslan in Narnia. He only shows up when you really REALLY need him.
And when he does show up, the results just blow your mind. So we’ll see. 
April 28th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Good things come to those who wait, right? Les, we will wait… we will wait…
June 20th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
YAY
June 20th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Hip hip hooray!
June 20th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Hip hop hooray, even!
June 21st, 2010 at 9:33 am
Huzzah!
June 21st, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Thank you, Les! I’ve missed this strip a lot!
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:53 am
ooOOOoooo, LeeeEEEEeeeeesSsssss, this is JJjjjjooooooonnnyyyYYYYyyyy. Why have you forsaken me, Les, whyyYYYyyyyyyYYYyyooOOooooOOOOooooo