January 2026 Newsletter
Hello and welcome to the first newsletter of 2026! It’s going to be a good year, I’m willing that into existence!!
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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, if that’s something you may be interested in 👀
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Webcomic Updates
I skipped doing a January comic for Oh Joy Sex Toy due to scheduling conflicts but I’ll be back on February 9th with a brand new comic! Get hyped!
In the mean time you can always check out my almost-30 comics in the OJST archive
I posted a two one-shots this month over on Topaz Comics, this comic about me fishing for the first time.
And this one about sleeping along side nature vs. the big city.
The first few pages of “The Ins And Outs of Webcomics” are also up and updating every Tuesday.
Read from the beginning | Buy the zine | Read ahead on Patreon
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Patreon Updates
This month’s sketchbook is up over on Patreon! It’s the first sketchbook of the year and it’s packed with art!
Highlights this month are: lots of Lupins, a new Darumaka costume series, some brush tests and studies, new comic ideas and logos along with the process it takes for me to actually make a logo! And as always some really fun and charming shoutout requests from some Private Collector folks~
Did you know I do post a sketchbook PDF at the end of every month? AND you get access to the entire Sketchbook PDF collection archive if you’re a $5 and up member?!
More on Patreon this month:
- Sketchbook Shoutouts – 74
- The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 6
- Treasures of Time – 26
- OJST Behind the Scenes: Sex Toy Care
- ISO Character Sheet: Diana Ying
- The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 7
- Treasures of Time – 28
- ISO Character Sheet: Aidan Ryan
- The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 8
- Treasures of Time – 28
- NSFW Lupin/Jigen Lazy Morning
- Birds I Saw – 8
- The Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 9 & Back Cover
- Treasures of Time – 29
- Old Concept Art Book – 5
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February 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 (links above in the “latest public art” section)
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Shop Updates!
The Topaz Comics Shop is now shipping out to the USA again — but JUST books and zines!!!
It sounds like other Canadians have had pretty okay experiences shipping books out to American customers, since books are exempt from the tariffs. I’m going to try it out and see how it goes, so if you’ve been wanting any books from the shop now’s your chance!
We also have digital PDFs available on the Topaz Comics Shop & my itch.io
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Cool Comic Recommendation
This year I’m going to be highlighting webcomics that were previously hosted on Hiveworks, but after some tough times and a statement, many artists have since left Hiveworks due to mismanagement and some really terrible conditions. Check out the comics on Chimera Comics to support some really cool projects and help the artists out.
So my comic rec this month is Godslave by a good friend of mine and fantastic artist, Meaghan Carter! Dive in as Edith is tasked with the dangerous job of helping an Egyptian God?!! retrieve the missing pieces of himself.
I also did some cultural consulting on this comic for a really cool nonbinary character in the comic~
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Other Things
I got a Kodak Charmera for Christmas and I’ve been enjoying working on a project just for me, where I take 1 photo every single day. It’s been so delightful! If you’re interested in tiny digital cameras, check this one out!
I’m working on a side-OJST comic for the upcoming pledge drive in June so be on the look out for that.
Commissions are still on hold while I work on a few freelance projects that’ve come in. I’ll let everyone know when they’re back up!
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Here’s to a really great 2026!
