September 2025 Newsletter
September went by so quickly?! What happened? Regardless, here’s a newsletter full of comic and art updates!
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Latest Public Arts
All Friday art is crossposted to tumblr, mastodon, pillowfort, bluesky, and jpawlik.com/blog and over a month early for all Patrons — which also include sketches and thumbs with almost every piece!
A small website update too: I redid my art blog look so it matches my portfolio. I’m still playing around with a few things on it, like maybe adding my non-Patreon membership option there so bare with me!
OH and I’ve got a pinned Q&A on my art blog as well, if you have questions feel free to comment on the post or pop one in my guestbook.
Webcomic Updates
WHAAAAAAAA–I’m back at OJST!
My comics will go up the 3rd week of every month. “Not Set In Stone” is about my decision to go on HRT and how I don’t need to listen to my 25-year-old self for the rest of my life.
Two HRT Diary comics for y’all this month, and the start of a 5 page HRT story.
Read from the very beginning | Read the newest pages | Read ahead on Patreon
Patreon Updates
This month’s sketchbook is up for the Grab Bag tier on Patreon
It was a very exciting and busy month but I’m thinking things will slow down now that I’m settling into my teaching position and I’ll be able to sketch a bit more. There’s sketches and thumbnails for projects I want to work on soon, concept art, thoughts and feelings, and of course Shoutout Requests from my very cool Private Collector gang!
More on Patreon
October Schedule
As always things may move around depending but I’m going to try and do a form of OCtober this year, more info about that on Wednesday.
$1 members get Patreon posts on Tuesdays and Fridays
$5 members get Patreon posts on Wednesdays and my Sketchbook PDF at the end of the month
$10 members get Patreon posts every other Thursday (or so)
Free comics are posted every Tuesday on Topaz Comics
Free illustrations are posted every Friday on my art blog and most social media sites
Topaz Comics Shop
We’re back to Canada-only shipping due to tariffs on TOP of Canada Post being on strike once again. Topaz Comics has moved to Chitchats for shipping for the time being and I’ve added a local pickup option for folks local to the GTA.
Cool Comic Recommendation
Tiger, Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund
I just realised I hadn’t talked about Tiger, Tiger yet?!
Maybe one of the best webcomics I’ve ever read. I’ve been a fan of Petra’s since my DeviantArt days in highschool (so almost 20 years ago). Tiger, Tiger is a high seas adventure with beautifully drawn ships and characters. A noblewoman steals her brother’s ship on her obsessive hunt for sea sponges but she may have found an eldritch horror god instead–who’s less horror and more hot butch some of the time.
Other Things
I’ll be at MCX in Mississauga, it’s a free convention so come by and say hi in November!
Commissions are closed until the new year due to time constraints, I’ll update when they’re open again.
I’m teaching now and really enjoying it! Professor Jey has a pretty nice ring to it.
Also to my knowledge, you ARE able to reply to this newsletter in your email if you ever want to leave a comment/feedback/fun fact for me and I’ll get an email reply.
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Happy beginning of fall, I hope you’re able to get into the spooky feeling soon because I’ll chat with y’all at the end of October~
