MTJ GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE!

[TickleMFG]

Sorry to hear this, I think I've looked forward to your releases going on 20 years. You published some fantastic stuff.

Looking forward to what comes next.

 

[riff]

So sad to see you go. I joined the TMF in 2000 and have watched you from the beginning. So many great Artists and story lines. The best of everything for you
in your future endeavors.

 

[MTJpub]

Sorry to hear this, I think I've looked forward to your releases going on 20 years. You published some fantastic stuff.

Looking forward to what comes next.

Thank you for your support for so many years!
We have a handful of releases left and will start releasing them this weekend. So stay tuned!

 

[TickleToyDan]

So many great stories. I found myself in your works. The end of an era.

 

[cletus]

I have many feelings about this:

I've never really connected with anyone in this community so the people behind it might as well be Bezos to me, not that you're ultra wealthy, but it's a business I've done business with over the years since finding that I'm not the only "weirdo" in this world into this kink back in 2001.

Over the years I've tried to support creators as much as my at most middle class thus far income has allowed.

So that being said it's really sad and annoying at the same time to see a major content creator decide to effectively make that content disappear.

I get it as it's been over 20 years and with any content creator being effectively a family owned business and not a corporation people age out, lose interest, life comes up, etc.

Still, for me this doesn't come at a good time as I was seeing the end of the "pay back my college loans" tunnel and now it appears I may have to drop $300 on anything I thought I might someday buy assuming MTJ was possibly going to be around for a while yet.

At least you gave us a heads up as some creators just vanish in an instant. I appreciate all the efforts and have quite enjoyed some of the content I've bought. Best of luck in whatever is pursued going forward.

 

[MisterAE]

End of an Era. Man I have enjoyed many of a comics, stories, and that one interactive game from ya. You will be missed, hopefully just for now. I hope whatever comes next works out for you and yours as well.

 

[MTJpub]

I have many feelings about this:

I've never really connected with anyone in this community so the people behind it might as well be Bezos to me, not that you're ultra wealthy, but it's a business I've done business with over the years since finding that I'm not the only "weirdo" in this world into this kink back in 2001.

Over the years I've tried to support creators as much as my at most middle class thus far income has allowed.

So that being said it's really sad and annoying at the same time to see a major content creator decide to effectively make that content disappear.

I get it as it's been over 20 years and with any content creator being effectively a family owned business and not a corporation people age out, lose interest, life comes up, etc.

Still, for me this doesn't come at a good time as I was seeing the end of the "pay back my college loans" tunnel and now it appears I may have to drop $300 on anything I thought I might someday buy assuming MTJ was possibly going to be around for a while yet.

At least you gave us a heads up as some creators just vanish in an instant. I appreciate all the efforts and have quite enjoyed some of the content I've bought. Best of luck in whatever is pursued going forward.

I wish I could have given our customers 6 or more months notice. Ideally I would have preferred to have had until the end of the year. However, that was not meant to be.

We are planning on bringing MTJ back in some format, but that will most likely not happen until sometime in 2026. While the entire current catalog will not be returning, a majority of it will be. At this time we don't know what that will look like or when it will go live.

Thank you for your support over the years and for wishing us the best of luck.

 

[U.N.Owen]

I wish I could have given our customers 6 or more months notice. Ideally I would have preferred to have had until the end of the year. However, that was not meant to be.

We are planning on bringing MTJ back in some format, but that will most likely not happen until sometime in 2026. While the entire current catalog will not be returning, a majority of it will be. At this time we don't know what that will look like or when it will go live.

Thank you for your support over the years and for wishing us the best of luck.

I've been kind of assuming that the titles that are 20% off are the bigger sellers that will return when you can create a new site, and that the ones that are 50% off are the less popular titles that will be archived long-term.

Is that accurate, or have you not made those decisions yet?

 

[MTJpub]

I've been kind of assuming that the titles that are 20% off are the bigger sellers that will return when you can create a new site, and that the ones that are 50% off are the less popular titles that will be archived long-term.

Is that accurate, or have you not made those decisions yet?

Some of the titles that are 20% off will not be returning as we will no longer have publishing rights for them. However, they may return independently or possibly be offered again at some new iteration of MTJ in the distant future. It is really hard to say at this time.

As for the 50% off titles... That is the bulk of titles that will be archived long-term but only titles that have had poor sales performance for the last decade or more.

It is important to note that none of the titles in the current catalog will be available after May 11th, 2025. At the earliest it will be sometime in 2026 before we are able to offer them again in some format. Those details are unknown to us at this time.

Thank you very much for asking and for your support.

Jim

 

[Bohemianne]

Oh, Jim, I'm so lost in my little world somewhere and a faint voice called me from afar to check things out in the tickling realm, thus I read the announcement... It's been such a long time (and a very fond one). But I feel I share with you one of the best and most creative part of the genre. The art is very personal to me. How time flies. Everything still remains (I'm getting metaphoric here when I mean something more)... Thank you so much! Your friend - Bohy.

 

[Oblesklk]

I wish I could have given our customers 6 or more months notice. Ideally I would have preferred to have had until the end of the year. However, that was not meant to be.

We are planning on bringing MTJ back in some format, but that will most likely not happen until sometime in 2026. While the entire current catalog will not be returning, a majority of it will be. At this time we don't know what that will look like or when it will go live.

Thank you for your support over the years and for wishing us the best of luck.

Really glad to hear you'll be back, rocking it next year! Whatever form it takes, it's going to be amazing.

 

[cletus]

I wish I could have given our customers 6 or more months notice. Ideally I would have preferred to have had until the end of the year. However, that was not meant to be.

We are planning on bringing MTJ back in some format, but that will most likely not happen until sometime in 2026. While the entire current catalog will not be returning, a majority of it will be. At this time we don't know what that will look like or when it will go live.

Thank you for your support over the years and for wishing us the best of luck.

And now today my 2014 Honda Civic with only 145k miles decides to take a shit and either cost me 8k or just buy something new for 20k, which is what I did so I may or may not buy anything else. Of course life does this to me. Someday to make 150k, but in accounting those jobs tend to expect 60 hours per week.

 

[MTJpub]

And now today my 2014 Honda Civic with only 145k miles decides to take a shit and either cost me 8k or just buy something new for 20k, which is what I did so I may or may not buy anything else. Of course life does this to me. Someday to make 150k, but in accounting those jobs tend to expect 60 hours per week.

Sorry you're having a rough time. I've been there and it makes for a lot of stress. I hope things improve for you soon.

 

[MTJpub]

Really glad to hear you'll be back, rocking it next year! Whatever form it takes, it's going to be amazing.

I really appreciate your show of support during this time.

Thank you!

Jim

 

[MTJpub]

Thank you for all your astonishing and pioneering work over the last 25 years.

I wish you all the very best in your next phase.

Those 25 years sure went by fast...

Thank you for the best wishes!

 

[bigmanhelper]

When I heard this announcement, I genuinely cried! Your stories have given me SO much pleasure (and LAUGHTER) since I first saw your site 25 years ago! I'll miss you!

 

[MTJpub]

When I heard this announcement, I genuinely cried! Your stories have given me SO much pleasure (and LAUGHTER) since I first saw your site 25 years ago! I'll miss you!

I have so many cherished memories of all the artists and authors I have worked with over the years and also so many wonderful interactions with customers. So many customer's like yourself have been with us since the beginning and just thinking of that brings a tear to my eye. Speaking of which... THANK YOU!

Thank you for your support for all of these years. On MTJ, here on the TMF and DA. It means a lot and has allowed us to thrive for the last 25 years!

We will still be around on Patreon (The Bandito Corporation) continuing many of our popular series over there and we hope to bring MTJ back in some format sometime in 2026.

Thanks again my friend!

Jim

 

[dtka66]

Thanks for everything, Jim! 😢

 

[MTJpub]

Thanks for everything, Jim! 😢

Thank you for your support!

 

[ThatPayPhoneGuy]

MTJ GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE!
418 Publications 20% off!
All other publications (212) RETAIL PRICE REDUCED BY 50%

Fans, friends, and supporters:

It is with both a heavy heart and a profound hope for the future that we announce today that the MTJ website will be closing down as of May 11th, 2025.

For 25 years you all have helped us build MTJ Publishing. It was born from the vision of wanting to create an entire book and comic store filled to the brim with the best tickling art and fiction we could create. All of you helped us create hundreds of comics and novels spanning tens of thousands of pages. Together we got to recruit the finest artists and writers in this community and create a seemingly-endless stable of ticklish characters to bring all our fantasies to life.

Ultimately a discontinued shopping cart service, an aging website, and a changing marketplace are a few of the reasons leading to this change. And in the end, we need to reinvent MTJ Publishing so that we can continue bringing you the best in tickling art and fiction for many years to come.

So what comes next?

The website will be open until May 11th, 2025 and all our current publications will be available (many of which will be heavily discounted!) until then.

After May 11th the vast majority of our titles will be temporarily unavailable while we investigate what our next evolution will look like, and many of our titles will be archived indefinitely. So, if there are titles you’ve always wanted and have yet to purchase - you will need to buy them before May 11th.

Our Patreon page will remain open and will be the only place to see our content for the foreseeable future. Your support would mean more to us now than ever before as we enter into an unknown future. If you would like to see more of Pepper Parker, Operative Kyu, Trish the Ticklish Temp, Runa the Ticklish Warrior Maiden and all your favorite tickling characters - please consider supporting us there THE BANDITO CORPORATION

Thank you all for your generous support and partnership over these decades! We could not have done any of this without you!

Please join us on Patreon and help us determine what the next chapter in our story will look like. Let’s build the future of tickling comics and fiction together.

Your friend, always,

Jim

I'm sorry to read about this, but at least Poe can have a chance to breath now. I hope you'll try something like this again down the line, maybe you could find a group that will advertise with you like "aren't we naughty" or Pink Cherry. It's always possible that you could find yourself aligned with a porn company like Wicked, Vivid, or Digital Playground... anything can happen in this day and age.

 

[ThatPayPhoneGuy]

I just got Poe issues 11 & 12. I hope Bandito will let you sell stuff on his site. Definitely keep everything stored on a file somewhere. Good luck Jim.

• McCoy: In this galaxy, there's a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all of that... and perhaps more, only one of each of us.
• [pause]
• McCoy: Don't destroy the one named MTJ_Pub.

 

[Sunriseticklee]

Sigh....
I have quietly collected some of my favorite tickling related publications from you all throughout the years. You will be deeply missed!

 

[cletus]

Buying 58 of the 106 I still did not have, and I'm running into a constant issue. That issue being that the website is either now buggy or extremely overloaded in that I had to go back and forward a few times for an item to show on my shopping cart. Once I slowed down a bit it seemed to work better. Just had not seen this before the every 2-3 years when I'd go take another look and buy a bunch.

 

[MTJpub]

Buying 58 of the 106 I still did not have, and I'm running into a constant issue. That issue being that the website is either now buggy or extremely overloaded in that I had to go back and forward a few times for an item to show on my shopping cart. Once I slowed down a bit it seemed to work better. Just had not seen this before the every 2-3 years when I'd go take another look and buy a bunch.

It's a shopping cart issue that has cropped up in the last couple of years. You're actually the first to report it. Although I was aware of it as I have encountered it myself from time to time. Sorry for the inconvenience. I really appreciate your support.

Thank you very much!

 

[MTJpub]

Sigh....
I have quietly collected some of my favorite tickling related publications from you all throughout the years. You will be deeply missed!

Thank you for your support over the years!