Tag: 2026

February 2026 Newsletter

WHOA! What happened to February? It happened so fast! Even still, I have some art and comic updates for y’all this month~

My newsletters are always free and here’s where you can follow ’em:
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Want to see archived newsletters? Check those out on my blog or my Patreon!

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Latest Public Arts

All Friday public 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

Selling Sexy Comics, an Hourly Comics Day Special by Jey Pawlik, done in cool minty green tones with heavy blacks and black linework, with some oranges and yellows just on books and the booth. Jey is a white nonbinary person with short black cropped hair and big rectangular glasses wearing various cozy sweaters and cardigans. Jey’s partner, Max, is a white agender person with short tidy hair and wearing a button-up with a sweater on top and jeans. Narration: 7pm – the night before the con Jey and Max are working at their table, printing, folding, stapling and cutting a huge pile of zines. Max says “I cannot wait to finally get this zine out there!” Jey replies “Me too, it was a lot of work but I think it’s our sexiest one yet.” Max says “And you drew Betty’s orgasm splash page so well, Jey!” Jey slips a belly band on the zine “I Built You A Sex Machine” with a blurb about the comic, the price and a big 18+ notice. Jey says “It’s too bad though.” Max asks “What is?” Jey replies “That we can only sell these in person and not in our own online shop that we own! UGH Payment processors shouldn’t be allowed to restrict our smut. Adults should be allowed to buy porn!” Max agrees and says “I know, but at least we still have in-person shows we can sell these at.” Narration: 10pm Two suitcases are ready to go with a handwritten ribbon above them “all packed”, while Max and Jey look exhausted. Max wearily says “Well, that’s the last of it, finally.” Jey is on the ground giving a thumbs up. The two get ready for bed, brushing their teeth and washing their faces. Jey says “Shows are a lot of work, huh? Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it.” Narration: 11pm, 12am, 1am Max and Jey are in bed and Max replies “Sure, but remember after every show we always say something like: That was fun, let’s do it again!” Jey says “That’s true! I hope the zine sells well.” Max says “Me too.”

February’s Oh Joy Sex Toy comic was an Hourly Comics Day Special all about what goes in to selling sexy comics at conventions!

Read them here for free!

 

Three more pages are up from my “Ins and Outs of Webcomics”! Learn what all you need to make and start your own webcomic.

Read from the beginning | Read the latest page | Buy the zine | Read ahead on Patreon

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Patreon Updates

This month’s sketchbook is up over on Patreon!

This month’s sketchbook is here!

Another busy month but I had a really great time drawing some silly doodles about my most recent Skyrim playthrough. I played Skyrim a LOT when it came out back in 2011 and during a heavy freelance month I felt the pull to start a new character.

Highlights this month: silly Lupin doodles, website design concepts and ideas, Darumaka, reaction to the Pokemon Direct, and as always some really great shoutouts from the 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:

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March 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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Website Updates!

Topaz Comics has been needing an update for a looooong time and I’m just starting to work on it and think of new ideas to update the site with.

Things I want to do: make better use of the sidebar, make the front page library more mobile friendly, compile and make a nice archive page for each comic, finish up links and extra pages!

Something I’m also playing with is adding “Thanks to our Patrons” list to our About & Links page, where I’ll list $5 members by their usernames, but give $10 members the option for a personalized icon on the site that they can then also go use wherever they want (not commercially)

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Cool Comic Recommendation

Shaderunners by Lin Darrow & Alex Assan

Another friend’s comic that I love dearly. Shaderunners follows the story of a world where the colour has been pulled from it and are exclusively used by the elites of an alternate-reality’s 1920’s New York.

It’s got quite a backlog if you’re looking for something long to read and it’s still updating too~

Oh, did you know I did a guest comic for it too, back in the day?

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Other Things

I was working on some children’s book freelance work, which has been different but very rewarding to work on!

I’m working on a side-OJST comic for the upcoming pledge drive in June so be on the look out for that. I’m still trying to decide what it’ll be about.

Commissions are still up in the air, but I’ll let everyone know when they’re back up!

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Let’s make some more art in March!

Updates

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!!

My newsletters are always free and here’s where you can follow ’em:
RSS | Mailing List | Patreon

Want to see archived newsletters? Check those out on my blog or my Patreon!

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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

Read them here for free!

 

I posted a two one-shots this month over on Topaz Comics, this comic about me fishing for the first time.

Read it here!

 

And this one about sleeping along side nature vs. the big city.

Read it here!

 

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:

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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

Godslave by Meaghan Carter

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!

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