Trying something out this year: newsletters! … well sorta.

Instead of posting each individual update post here I want to do a monthly round up of everything I’ve done in a month. I’ll try out a bunch of different things and see what sticks. What do you like seeing in a newsletter?

And hey if you use an RSS feed reader, you can add this blog to it with this feed link! Don’t know what RSS is? No problem, I made a comic about it

Without further ado, things I did this month:
*all images will be clickable and lead you to said comic link

January’s Oh Joy Sex Toy Comic “Destressing with the Magic Wand”

Times can be tough and sometimes I’m just not up for the whole kit and caboodle so I’ll just reach for my old trusty favourite instead. This last year has been a lot with getting sick, having sudden wrist pain, social media being what it is, it really bummed me out. I’m thankful for my partner Michelle and my therapist, so things are looking up but I know it can be rough sometimes. So this is just a little something I do to relieve some of that pent up energy.

For $10 patrons, I posted a behind the scenes about my OJST comic “Headcanons”. This includes how and why I made it, the script, thumbnails, and sketches of the pages.

Alola Darumaka is back!

After a Christmas hiatus, Darumaka is back and she’s going on a 7 page adventure! Michelle and I are excited to get back into it, I missed drawing this little goofball. If you don’t know, Alola Darumaka is a free to read 4-koma comedy comic about Darumaka and her partner Daven who’ve moved to Alola from Unova. Hijinks happen but it’s all in good fun!

Patrons and Kofi subscribers get early access to pages 1 month before they’re posted publicly on Topaz Comics every Tuesday at 12pm EST

Shop Updates

I added my 2022 sketchbooks to my shop!

But if you’re a $5+ patron or Kofi subscriber you get the whole backlog for these plus a sketchbook for every month going forward. Otherwise I post all my sketchbooks as a bundle per year.

January’s Sketchbook

My January 2023 sketchbook on Patreon & Kofi too! New year, new sketchbook! It includes this months shoutout requests, lots of Lupin Zero doodles, thoughts, comics and ideas(?!!!), some RPG NPCs, and more work on an original comic concept!

The Curtain Falls

My 50 page Lupin comic had some hold-ups while I was recovering from my wrist injury so I decided to post pages as I finish them instead of trying to maintain it once a week. Right now I’m posting it for $5 Patrons and Ko-fi subscribers. This has been a really ambitious project with huge backgrounds and a car chase?! I did this to myself, I know.

Commissions

Hey I’m going to try having 2 commission slots open per month, only 2 because that might be all I can handle right now. Patrons get first dibs. I set up a trello board for it too, I’m a big fan of trello boards.

NSFW Art

For my $10 patron tier, I posted two new smutty Lupin pieces. I’m starting a new thing where people can request specific nsfw art through a suggestions box! It’s been fun and I wanted to answer the question-type ones as the characters. They’ll be like mini sketchy comics. There’s also a very good multi-image drawing of Lupin the Second in some lingerie. My $10 tier has a huge backlog of lewd art spanning a few years now, but if you can’t make it onto Patreon you can grab the PDF versions on my itchio after I collect enough pieces to make a PDF.

Dead City Omnibus

Progress for remastering Dead City has been a bit slow but I’m making headway. My goal is to be done by late March so we can have the big beautiful book ready in time for TCAF (April 29-30th, 2023)

Other things

Hey there’s a Lupin III forum that I’m apart of, posting art on, doing CSS for, and did some badges for! Check it out, it’s really chill so far and a good place to be away from Twitter.

I’m going to be starting my next TTRPG with my group the first week of February, I’m really excited to get back into it. I’ll post the NPC designs I’ve done once they’re revealed to the players!

I’ve been re-reading Witch Hat Atelier and it’s just such a good comic. The magic system is really fun and relatable! I highly recommend picking it up if you can.

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Well I think that about covers it. Does this format work? What do y’all look for in newsletters? I’ll do what I can with the time I have!

See you next month~