Happy February everyone, this month came and went so quickly, but I’ve got some art and comic updates for y’all!

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Public February Art

I post illustrations and fun art publicly every Friday. These can be seen & shared over on tumblr, mastodon, cohost, pillowfort, bluesky and jpawlik.com/blog with sketches and thumbnails up early for patrons, VIP members, and kofi members, then for free 2 months later.

Webcomic Updates

A new Alola Darumaka page is up and we made it to page 100!

Read early on Patreon | Read from the beginning | Read on Topaz Comics

Page 4 of my HRT diary comic is up! Ch-ch-changes are happening, and I’m currently only making these pages as those changes happen but pages will go up on Tuesdays early on Patreon and then up 2 months later for free on Topaz Comics.

Read early on Patreon | Read on Topaz Comics

A new pages of “After All” went up for my Private Collector tier! This is a NSFW Jigen/Zenigata comic written by Max. Jigen’s having a very good time.

Read on Patreon | Read on my VIP Blog

We’re nearly done After All, here’s a preview of how much we’ve got left. I’m aiming to get this done and printed into a new mini zine this year!

A new The Curtain Falls page also went up this month. I’m a little swamped with other work so it’s taken a bit of a backseat lately BUT getting any pages out is better than nothing. If you’re new, this is a longer Lupin III fancomic I’m working that focuses on Lupin in his 60s and dealing with change and retirement. We’re on some action packed scenes right now where Yata is in danger. What will Lupin do about it?!

Read it on Patreon | Read on my VIP Blog | Read on Kofi

Similar to After All, here’s a preview of how much we’ve got left on The Curtain Falls. I may actually get this done this year and ALSO printed!

February’s Sketchbook

This month’s sketchbook is up for the Grab Bag tier on Patreon, VIP Blog and Kofi

Another almost 30 page sketchbook, I’ve been really feeling it lately! I’ve got some projects on the go, like finishing up the art for a Lupin Boudoir zine by myself, Max, and my good friend Amiel – hopefully more info on that soon! Working out some more original comic character designs, a bunch of fun Lupin doodles, and some very good shoutouts this month (thank you Private Collectors!)

Did you also see last month I posted my entire 2023 collection of sketchbooks over on the Topaz Comics online shop! It’s a 12 PDF collection of 285 pages of all my sketches, concept art, and fun doodles that I did last year.

Other things

I’m currently working full-time on as the character artist on a VIDEO GAME! So my personal art has taken a bit of a backseat while I do this contract but I’m looking forward to getting back to comics once the game is done. I cannot wait to tell y’all about this game!

I’m also working on a secret OJST comic for their Patreon again this year. It should go up in April.

The state of the internet feels so strange right now and I’m so conflicted about social media and every site wanting to pivot to AI garbage. There’s been a big shift over on tumblr this last week and and I’m feeling completely at a loss as an artist. I’ve been on tumblr for over ten years now. But I will continue to make art and comics regardless, it’s just a matter of ‘where’? My work will always be available on my own sites and Patreon.

And just in case Patreon ever goes under I made a Patreon-like mirror site for myself over at VIP blog, it’s not very pretty yet but I think it works! It doesn’t have the immense backlog yet like my Patreon does but having a back-up just in case makes me feel better. I really hope nothing ever happens with Patreon either way.

Ending on a happier note, over on the Lupin Forum I’m hosting weekly art prompts for folks to feel inspired by. It’s been going really well and if you’re looking for weekly art prompts you should go join the forum.

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And that’s all for this month! Thanks for reading, I really enjoy writing these newsletter posts.