December 2025 Newsletter
What a year 2025 was. I’ve got some big plans for 2026 so I hope you’ll come along with me for those~
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Latest Public Arts
All Friday Fun Art is crossposted to tumblr, mastodon, pillowfort, bluesky, and jpawlik.com/blog and TWO months early for all Patrons — which also include sketches and thumbs with almost every piece! Maybe go check those out~
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Webcomic Updates
This month’s OJST comic came out on the 9th “T with a Side of POP”, I’ve been excited to share this comic because I’m just so happy that I’ve nixed my period finally! Sometimes a low dose of T just isn’t enough to get rid of your period, but luckily there are options. I’m so grateful to my endo for helping me out and being super supportive.
There won’t be a January OJST from me, but I’ll be back in February!
We’ve wrapped up “Jigen, Now and Then” on Topaz Comics: The comic Max and I did for Tsushi’s charity zine “Jigen Before and After” — which raised $500 towards the Transgender Law Center!!
“Jigen, Now and Then” is a 6 page comic about Jigen on the hunt for Lupin as they grow apart.
Read from the beginning | Read the latest pages | Buy the zine (the shop will re-open on January 5th!)
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Patreon Updates
This month’s sketchbook is up over on Patreon! The last sketchbook of the year!
Highlights this month are: zine concepts, Lupin redraws, a bunch of Pokemon doodles and as always shoutout requests from the Private Collector tier!
Did you know I do post a sketchbook PDF at the end of every month? AND you download the entire Sketchbook PDF collection if you’re a $5 and up member?!
More on Patreon this month:
- The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 2
- Treasures of Time – 22
- Sketchbook Shoutout – 73
- Old Concept Art Book – 4
- Treasures of Time – 23
- OJST Behind the Scenes: Tantus Bend-Over Beginners Kit
- Dinovests
- The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 3
- Treasures of Time – 24
- NSFW Lup/Goe Quiet
- Birds I Saw – 7
- The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 4
- Treasures of Time – 25
- NSFW Happy Holidays Lupin
- Golden Lion Tamarins
The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER PDF is up and available to download for $5 and up members right NOW!
The comic will be also going out weekly for $1+ members two months before pages will go up for free over on Topaz Comics.
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January Schedule
$1 members get Patreon early access 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 more) & a shoutout request every month
Free comics are posted every Tuesday on Topaz Comics
Free illustrations are posted every Friday on my art blog and most social media sites
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Cool Comic Recommendation
This is Not Fiction by Nicole Mannino
TINF is a webcomic I’ve been following for well over a decade at this point and it’s been such a lovely story to read as Nicole’s art and storytelling has grown!
The story follows Julian and his love for a particular romance novelist. He attempts several times to meet the author Sydney Morgan, even asking “The Godfather of School” for help and hijinks ensue. Who could Sydney Morgan really be?
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New Years Resolution Bingo!
Last year I started doing a New Years Resolution Bingo card instead of feeling down and out about not getting ALL my resolutions checked off, bingo is a much more fun way to try and get some (but not all) done in a year. I didn’t get bingo this year, but that’s okay!
Want to do a New Years Bingo for yourself?
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Other Things
I’ve wrapped up my first semester of teaching and am feeling good about it! I’m feeling inspired to work on COMICS!
2026 might be the year where I start a new webcomic, and I’m going to do my BEST!
I’m taking December off from a few things like OJST to get all my end of semester work done (lots of marking), so I won’t have a new comic in January but I’ll be back at the beginning of February with a new one so don’t you worry.
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Onwards and upwards to 2026!
