October 2025 Newsletter
Happy HALLOWEEN everyone! Here’s a newsletter with lots of little treats inside for you~
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Latest Public Arts
All Friday 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!
I’m still slowly working on remaking my Patreon mirror on my art blog, it’s a work in progress so if menus appear and disappear that’s why.
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Webcomic Updates
This month’s OJST comic came out on the 14th, and this time it’s all about T-Gel! What is it? How does it work? Is it right for you? Go on and read it and see if maybe it’s the HRT you’ve been dreaming of (’cause that’s what happened with me)
Three HRT diary comics went up this month over for free on Topaz Comics, I’m almost done wrapping up this short mini story.
Read from the very beginning | Read the newest pages | Read ahead on Patreon
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Patreon Updates
Y’all this is my 100th sketchbook on Patreon! So this month’s sketchbook is up FOR FREE over on Patreon
If you’re new here, I do post a sketchbook PDF at the end of every month and you can see all those in the Sketchbook PDF collection if you’re a $5 or up member.
This month is a lot of fun Halloween doodles, some character design, logo design, and comic thumbs. And as always some great shoutout requests from my Private Collectors — if you’re a $10 member you get an inked request every month, included in my sketchbook!
More on Patreon
- Old Concept Art Book – 2
- OCtober
- OCtober Favourite Food
- Sketchbook Shoutouts – 71
- Jigen Now and Then – 4
- Treasures of Time – 15
- NSFW Q&A #7 Fujiko
- OCtober A Treat
- Treasures of Time – 16
- OJST Behind the Scenes: Destressing with the Magic Wand
- OCtober Photography Witch
- Jigen Now and Then – 5
- Treasures of Time – 17
- OCtober Alola Halloween 2025
- Collecting Collections Poll
- Jigen Now and Then – 6 (LAST PAGE)
- Treasures of Time – 18
- October 2025 Sketchbook
- Treasures of Time Halloween 1979
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November 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 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
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Cool Comic Recommendation
What Happens Next By Max Graves
An absolutely incredible webcomic. The writing is so realistic and it feels so frighteningly real. Milo, a young trans man who’s extremely online, has been involved in a murder and he’s trying to find his way in the world after the horrible event. Everyone is problematic in the most interesting ways! I just can’t stop reading because what happens NEXT?!
Content warning this comic is for mature readers and includes: murder, death, blood, transphobia, homophobia, nudity, mental health, drugs, and a whole lot more
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Other Things
Max and I will be at MCX in Mississauga as Topaz Comics! This is a free convention so come by and say hi on November 15th. I’ll also be doing a sketch challenge at 11am where the audience will give us ideas on what to draw in 20 minutes and have a chance to WIN said sketch!
I’m halfway done the semester now and teaching has been going really well. I love inspiring folks to make comics!!
My 35th birthday is coming up on November 5th and I’m still deciding what I want to do for it, maybe I’ll post some art.
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That’s all for now, see you again at the end of November!
