May was such a month?! I had so many deadlines and projects and NIF and phew~ I’m glad it’s almost June!
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Latest Public Arts
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Webcomic Updates
A very fun, very abstract OJST for you this month. This time, a SFW comic, about finding my own fashion!
Read Enemies to Lovers with Fashion here for free! 🔞
I finished up posting my mini autobio “Do You Have an Instagram?” with an added bonus page. Go check it out!
Read from the beginning | Read the newest pages
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Patreon Updates
This month’s sketchbook is up over on Patreon!
Despite the deadlines, I managed to get a sketchbook done! Phew
Highlights include: A bunch of concept art, both commissioned and my own, lots of birds I saw, some cursed Makas, and Tomodachi Life 3DS news~
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+ member?!
More on Patreon this month:
- Sketchbook Shoutouts – 78
- Forward to this Address – 6
- Treasures of Time – 45
- OJST Behind the Scenes: BJ Dildo 2.0
- Cursed Makas
- Forward to this Address – 7
- Gender Slices PDF
- NSFW Sex Machine Time
- Forward to this Address – 8 (Content Warning for off-screen abuse)
- Birds I Saw – 10
- Old Concept Art Book – 9
- Treasures of Time – 46
- OJST Behind the Scenes: I Got Married
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Announcement for August (IMPORTANT!!)
I wanted to give everyone a lot of notice but I’ll be taking August completely off this year!
I’ve been so darn busy with freelance work, which is great, but I haven’t had a break and have run out of my comics and personal art buffer. So I’ve decided to not post ANYTHING in August: no comics on Topaz, no OJST, no sketchbook, and no Friday public art. I’ll be putting my Patreon on break for August, so Patrons won’t be charged for that month. This’ll be the first time I’ve ever paused my Patreon since I opened it in 2017.
Then I plan to come back in September stronger than ever (hopefully!) I hope you’ll look forward to what I’ve got coming up~
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June Schedule
Working on getting back into the swing of things with my schedule now that I’ve reached all my deadlines. Bare with me if things are delayed!
- $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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NIB & INK FEST 2026
NIF 2026 comes to a close on May 31st at 5pm EDT
I’ll be one of the hosts for the closing ceremony tomorrow so come by and help us draw things to a close!
And don’t forget to check out NIF for one more day wooooo!!
I’ve got two comics in the marketplace: Gender Slices and Touchdown/After Practice Double Feature
Reclaim Your Right To Rest, a panel I did with Kelci D Crawford, is up to watch forever on Youtube if you missed us live
Reclaim Your Right To Rest on Youtube
Hope to see y’all there~
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Cool Comic Recommendation
Wychwood by Ally Rom Colthoff (varethane)
Do you like aliens? Do you like magic? Do you like semi-post apocalyptic stories set in Toronto (I know you do because you’ve read Dead City~). Then you’ll love Wychwood! Made by a friend and past coworker of mine, and another comic trying to move away from Hiveworks, go give Wychwood a read. The art is beautiful and the characters are so much fun!
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Other Things
I’ll be volunteering at the Cartoonists United booth at TCAF intermittently throughout June 6th and 7th. I’ll have just a handful of books on me. We’ll be at booth 139 on the hockey rink.
My websites have been having some server issues and I’m slooooowly working on transferring all my website stuff away from my current webhost Bluehost (they’re bad. don’t use them) to a Canadian webhost. So websites, emails, and RSS might go down when I do the big transfer. I’ll try and do it on a weekend so it doesn’t affect my Mon-Fri work email or comic updates.
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We made it through! See you next month and HAPPY PRIDE~!!!
Somehow April was the fastest month ever? It went by in a blink of an eye! Regardless, I got a lot done and here are some comic updates for y’all~
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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 $1 and up 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
A review on a toy I’ve had for a long time, I was surprised there hadn’t been one done already. So I stepped up and chatted about one of my favourites in this silly review! Yee-haw!
Read the Mustang Vixskin review here for free! 🔞
I’ve finished up posting “The Ins and Outs of Webcomics”! Go read the whole thing:
Read from the beginning | Read the latest page | Buy the zine | Read on Patreon
And a new mini autobio comic has begun, this is just a four pager titled “Do You Have an Instagram?”
Read from the beginning | Read ahead on Patreon
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Patreon Updates
This month’s sketchbook is up over on Patreon!
April flew by so fast, but I managed to finish this month’s sketchbook.
Highlights include: lots of Resident Evil 9 doodles and putting Leon in situations, Treasures of Time sketches, Darumaka in many many outfits, and some great shoutout requests from my Private Collector gang!
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+ member?!
More on Patreon this month:
- Treasures of Time – 39
- Sketchbook Shoutouts – 77
- Forward to this Address – 3
- Old Concept Art Book – 8
- Diana in an Oval
- B&W Illustration Commissions
- Forward to this Address – 4
- Treasures of Time – 43
- Sora A 20th Anniversary Redraw
- Forward to this Address – 5
- Treasures of Time – 44
- Come Forth My Muse PDF
- Commission for Max
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May Schedule
I had some scheduling issues last month where I thought I was able to post a Filthy Figments comic for $10 Patrons but I misremembered the publishing date and was a year off, so my $10 tier plans are a bit up in the air right now. Bare with me!
- $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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NIB & INK FEST 2026
NIF is back and starts TOMORROW!!!
This is NIF’s second year and I’m proud to be one of the folks helping putting this month long online fest together~
I even did the Opening Ceremony graphic
I’ve got two comics in the marketplace: Gender Slices and Touchdown/After Practice Double Feature
On top of a panel happening on May 10th @ 4pm Eastern Time: Reclaim Your Right To Rest with co-host Kelci D Crawford
Reclaim Your Right To Rest Event Page
The event is completely free to go to and a recording will be available on Youtube afterwards.
Hope to see y’all there~
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Cool Comic Recommendation
Ghost Junk Sickness by studioCARTRIDGE
Ghost Junk Sickness takes place in a galaxy far from our own. A majority of the story happens on the planet struck by the catastrophe 5 years ago, June7. It’s a post-apocalyptic world on the struggle to recovery, covered with outlaws and bounty hunters who’ve claimed it as their own.
A really long and really wonderful comic by another duo and this comic JUST wrapped up THIS MONTH (like 5 days ago)!!! Now is the absolute best time to go through and read the entire comic.
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Other Things
I was asked to do more children’s book work, I’m working on this month’s regular OJST comic, I’m working on an extra OJST comic for the pledge drive in June, I’m in another Lupin zine, AND I’m heading the NIF promo committee all this month.
Things might be tight for a minute.
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We’ll make it through!
March came in like a cannonball and I got a lot of comics and art worked on~
My newsletters are always free and here’s where you can follow ’em:
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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 $1 and up 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
Technically two Oh Joy Sex Toy comics from me for y’all this month, just because of how weeks work out. We’ve got Gender Goals, which I am extremely proud of. I’m so glad I got to write this heartfelt comic about The Last Unicorn!
Read Gender Goals here for free!
The second comic is about my rough history with hygiene and how I’ve reclaimed it for myself.
Read Reclaiming Hygiene 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 pages | Buy the zine | Read ahead on Patreon
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Patreon Updates
This month’s sketchbook is up over on Patreon!
March’s sketchbook is here!
Lots of small silly doodle comics in this one, both of Skyrim adventures and my time in Pokopia so far. A very Pokemon-heavy month actually. Other pages include: Treasures of Time sketches, lots of brainstorming, Darumaka, and some fun shoutout requests from the Private Collector tier 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+ member?!
More on Patreon this month:
A new short 10-page comic about Zenigata his marriage, and his own relationship to being a husband. The first two pages are up currently for $1+ early access!
- Treasures of Time – 34
- OJST Behind the Scenes: Unlocking Character Customization
- Sketchbook Shoutouts – 76
- Do You Have an Instagram – 4 & bonus
- Treasures of Time – 35
- NSFW Q&A #8 Goemon
- Mastermind Mamo
- Treasures of Time – 36
- NSFW Clitrina Cosmos Dick Concert
- Resident Evil Mondays
- Forward to this Address – 2
- Treasures of Time – 38
- Old Concept Art Book – 7
- Birds I Saw – 9
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April 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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Cool Comic Recommendation
A really beautifully drawn queer post-apocalyptic webcomic (that started just a few months before Dead City actually) and is still going! It’s currently on hiatus but is on it’s way back this year so now is the best time to read through the huge archive.
I’ve linked to the about page just in case, there are some content warnings. It’s very beautiful violence!
Go show Jackarais some love!
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Other Things
I finished up my children’s book work and now I’ve got some actual time to work on personal art again, yay!
Keep and eye out for commissions info, they’ll be opening up for all Patrons first in two weeks 👀
Lots of news of the fall of AI is out and about and I’m grinning! Mandates being submitted, Disney backing out of a deal with openAI, and Sora shutting down. 2026 is the year for humanmade art!
I’m excited to work on art and webcomics again. Alola, Darumaka is on the horizon~
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Let’s keep making art! See you next month~
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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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
February’s Oh Joy Sex Toy comic was an Hourly Comics Day Special all about what goes in to selling sexy comics at conventions!
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:
- Do You Have an Instagram? – 1
- NSFW Jan & Isabelle Doggystyle
- Sketchbook Shoutouts – 75
- Treasures of Time – 31
- OJST Behind the Scenes: Libido
- Wizard Hat
- Do You Have an Instagram – 2
- Treasures of Time – 32
- Lupin, Let’s Learn English
- Do You Have an Instagram – 3
- Treasures of Time – 33
- Old Concept Art Book – 6
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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!
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:
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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 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!
