Happy Trans Day of Visibility everyone! Here’s March’s newsletter, and a lot happened!!
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Latest Public Arts
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Webcomic Updates
Two Darumaka pages are up for free over on Topaz Comics!
And if you want early access to pages, sketches and thumbs check out my Patreon or my VIP Blog.
Read from the beginning | Read the newest pages
I started a short Lupin illustration series about the gang’s tits! It’s fun, it’s sexy and it’ll be Lupin x Everyone one at a time. Three pieces are up for Private Collectors with more to come (heh heh)
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Taking a break from The Curtain Falls this month so I could work on and finish the Paul Bunyan comic for Transfixed. In the mean time I thought I’d post my Patreon-only OJST comic from last year’s pledge drive. I did this comic on my rediscovered hobby: Photography!
4 of 5 pages are up for Grab Bag folks with the last page going up this Wednesday.
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Four more pages of the new comic The Curse Eater! This is a pilot/test chapter so we can get a feel for the new story and it’s very exciting! 10 of 12 pages are already available to read on Patreon and my VIP Blog plus sketches and thumbs!
Read on Patreon | Read on my VIP Blog
The first two pages of The Curse Eater are also now up for free over on Topaz Comics and will be going up every Tuesday!
March’s Sketchbook
This month’s sketchbook is up for the Grab Bag tier on Patreon and my VIP Blog
Here’s this month’s sketchbook! There’s some fun concept art, a bunch of silly doodles, comic planning and more – and as always some great shoutout requests from the Private Collector folks!
Also enjoy a sneak peak into some comic sketches for the comic I did with Max for the Transfixed anthology! The pages I picked are SFW, with a minor NSFW mention on one page and some smooching on another. Hope you enjoy because we had such a fun time with this concept.
Cool Comic Recommendation
I’ve been reading Sakana since it’s inception back on SmackJeeves (where we were also posting Dead City) and it is absolutely one of my favourite on-going webcomics. It’s sweet, the comedy is so good, the art is incredible! What more could you want?
The story follows Jiro Sakana who works at a fish market in Japan and is trying to get a date with the cute girl who works across from him. Hilarity ensues.
Did I mention there’s also queer characters? You’ll love them.
Transfixed – Trans & Genderqueer Erotic Fairy Tales Anthology
Max and I have a 15 page story in this really wonderful anthology from Filthy Figments.
Kaye is looking forward to his next Grindr date when he starts hearing some unusual rumours. Will his date really be a five-dick having, pro-bono lawyer, who can make you orgasm for 15 minutes straight? Intrigued by the mystery, Kaye is ready to get to the bottom (and maybe bottom for) the mysterious Paul Bunyan. Legends of Paul Bunyan, Transman is a contemporary trans masc4masc story based on the legend of Paul Bunyan, American folk hero. (Legends of Paul Bunyan, Transman by Max & Jey)
Disney Villains Cursed Café?!!?!
So that secret game project I was working on for the last two and a half years? It’s out!
I was the character artist on the game, my work for the game consisted of 104 character poses and reactions with blinks, flips and interchangeable arms and items, main cast café background character art, 30 cutscene illustrations, 36 potion effects, some character design and refining, and fake text design.
So my favourites to draw were Yzma, Hook, and Maleficent for sure and I think it shows. When you get the chance to design cute outfits for Yzma and make her react to things you kinda think “I never thought this is where I’d be” and it was really wonderful.
It was such a joy to work with my art director Shel Kahn and the whole team at Bloom Digital on this big project. As a small studio, we are all so proud of this game.
I’m going to be working on another game with Bloom so I can’t wait to yell about the next one too!
April Schedule
Working on having a consistent posting schedule for public and VIP posts so here’s April’s calendar view!
Tuesday is webcomics day, $1+ patrons get early access with free pages going up on Topaz Comics
Wednesday is Grab Bag day, $5+ patrons
Every other Thursday are Private Collector NSFW posts, $10 patrons
Other Things
It’s the last day to get this huge bundle of books and comics by trans creators! Go check it out, Max and I have our Jan and Isabelle sexy comics in this one. Trans Rights Readathon Bundle on Itch.io
I’ve been doing a lot of social media work for the Nib & Ink Festival committee over at the Cartoonist Coop. I’ll be doing a panel about RSS feeds and you’ll be seeing Dead City in the lineup of comics to read and buy!
Max, Amiel and I will be sharing a booth at TCAF this year! Come by and say hi in June.
I’m still open for commissions! If you’ve been wanting some art from me, now is the time because I don’t know when I’ll be able to take them again after my next contract.
Happy TDOV! I came out as nonbinary 10 years ago today, that’s so wild!
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Phew, that was a busy one! Onwards to April!
Hope y’all had a good February, it went by SO FAST what happened?!
As always my newsletters are always up for free:
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Latest Public Arts
I post public art every Friday (and sometimes more)! Everything is also crossposted to tumblr, mastodon, pillowfort, bluesky and jpawlik.com/blog with sketches and thumbnails up over a month early for all Patrons and VIP members!
Webcomic Updates
Page 13 of my HRT Diary, a follow-up autobio comic to Gender Slices, is up for free over on Topaz Comics!
Read from the beginning | Read the latest page
Took a little break from Alola Darumaka to post another 2 page Zelda one-shot. I’ve been practising a lot with halftones lately!
After Practice has wrapped up for Private Collector folks, go read the whole comic, or grab the PDF over on itch~
Read it on Patreon | Read on my VIP Blog | Grab on Itch.io
Two new pages of the Curtain Falls went up for the Grab Bag crew this month. We’ve only got a few more pages of this comic to go and I am so happy with how it’s turned out. I love drawing old Zeni!
Read on Patreon | Read on my VIP Blog
Did you know Max and I are working on a pilot chapter for our next webcomic THE CURSE EATER?! It’s so exciting!! This is just a 12 page test chapter to try out some things and play with these new boys. Six pages are already available to read on Patreon and my VIP Blog plus sketches and thumbs!
Read on Patreon | Read on my VIP Blog
February’s Sketchbook
This month’s sketchbook is up for the Grab Bag tier on Patreon and my VIP Blog
Photography Corner
Cool Comic Recommendation
If you’ve read EK’s previous work TJ & Amal, which is one of my all time favourites and I also highly recommend, you’ll want to check this one out. It’s absolutely gorgeous, heartbreaking, sweet, and very real. The story follows Tre, a photographer, and Olly, a storm chaser, as they hop in Olly’s old station wagon to follow a storm during the pandemic and dealing with the world crumbling around them. EK’s characters always feel so real, like I could just bump into them in real life.
CW: Contains sensitive and heavy content
Lupin Zine Preorder Extravaganza
Three Lupin zines I’ve been working on have preorders for physical copies open AND digital copies are available right now! More details can be found in here, but I am so stoked to get these books out into the world. The three of us worked really hard on our pinup zine Things Exchanged, and Max and I couldn’t be happier with how After All These Years turned out. I hope you’ll read them.
Buy them on the Topaz Shop | Buy the PDFs on Itch.io
March Schedule
Here’s a calendar view of what I’ve got planned for March posts, I’m trying to get a solid schedule to follow.
1st of the month – Shoutout request form goes up ($10 tier)
Tuesday – Webcomic page to be posted on Topaz Comics ($1 tier early access)
Wednesday – SFW project update ($5 tier)
Every other Thursday – NSFW project update ($10 tier)
Friday – Fun art that’ll be posted on social media ($1 tier early access)
End of the month – Sketchbook PDF ($5 tier)
End of the month – Newsletter (free)
Other Things
I’ve been working on the Nib & Ink Festival committee over at the Cartoonist Coop and am so stoked to be apart of the lineup with an event happening in May about RSS feeds, I hope y’all will join us in May for the very first NIF: a virtual comics festival!
I’m still open for commissions! If you’ve been wanting some art from me, now is the time because I don’t know when I’ll be able to take them again after my next contract.
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See y’all next month for March’s newsletter!
First newsletter of the YEAR! Let’s go 2025! This’ll be a big one, there’s just been lots going on and I’m excited to share that with y’all.
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Latest Public Arts
You can also find all these pieces on on tumblr, mastodon, pillowfort, bluesky and jpawlik.com/blog with sketches and thumbnails up over a month early for all Patrons and VIP members!
Webcomic Updates
A new HRT Diary comic page is up up for free, with some more over on my Patreon and VIP Blog~
Read from the beginning | Read the latest pages
Alola Darumaka is updating again with three new pages!
And if you want early access to pages, sketches and thumbs check out my Patreon or my VIP Blog.
Read from the beginning | Read the newest pages
3 new After Practice pages are up for Private Collectors! This comic will be wrapping up on February 6th.
A sexy 19-page story about two older lesbians, Jan and Isabelle, who come home to a relaxing bath after flag football practice!
Read it on Patreon | Read on my VIP Blog
The Curtain Falls also got two new pages this month! This is a 50 page Lupin III fancomic, where Lupin is now in his 60s and has to come to terms with the fact that nothing lasts forever. Is he ready to retire?
We’re almost done with this comic as well! I can’t believe it, we’re in the final stretch!
Read on Patreon | Read on my VIP Blog
SNEAK PEEK for you newsletter readers
Max and I are working on a new webcomic pilot!!! This’ll be a 12 page test to try out how we’d like the comic itself to look and feel but three pages are available RIGHT NOW on Patreon and my VIP Blog
January’s Sketchbook
This month’s sketchbook is up for the Grab Bag tier on Patreon and my VIP Blog
Commissions
Photography Corner
So for the last 2 years I started getting into film photography and thought I’d finally start posting some of those online. This is a just for fun hobby and I’m going to try really hard not to stress about scheduling posts and such.
Cool Comics
I thought I’d try something new this year with a comic recommendation every month! I’ll be putting links to these comics in my blog’s side bar too.
Lacey is a good friend of mine but I’m not starting with Lies Within because of that, I’m starting with Lies Within because you NEED to read it. It’s fun, it’s witty, it’s modern and supernatural. I won’t say too much because I don’t want to give too much away but go read it you won’t regret it!
Ladies of Lupin Zine
I thought I’d posted this already but didn’t! Max and I did a 4 page gay Fujiko comic for the Ladies of Lupin zine which you can still order here: https://ladiesoflupiniii.bigcartel.com/
Profits from this project will be donated to National Network of Abortion Funds
Other things
I finally did a small rebrand, changing up my display picture and banner for the first time since 2025. I have a small moustache now after all!
Max and I have applied for a few conventions already; TCAF (Toronto, June 7-8, 2025), Citrus Con (Remote, June 20 – June 22), NIF (Remote, May 2025) and will be applying for Dashcon 2 tomorrow. I’ll be sure to let y’all know if we get in to these!
Max and I will have a garage sale booth at Nerd Market 5 on February 23rd from 12pm-4pm
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Hope y’all are staying safe out there
